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Pax Corleone

How to make our adversaries and allies offers they can’t refuse. As threats to U.S. dominance emerge, Washington is looking for a way to counter them. Neocons, liberals and realists all have their own ideas about that. Who will win out?

Foreign Policy Goes Glam

Stars shilling for political causes are everywhere these days. But are they actually making a difference? This weekend's New York Times Magazine also tackled the topic. Drezner offered his 

Inconclusive India

The resolution of the paradoxes that define India will determine its future trajectory.

That's Entertainment?

Hollywood may dismiss its silver-screen version of a violent and debauched America as harmless fantasy, but to the rest of the world it's the real thing.

Commentary

A Brave Russian Life Remembered

Isaac Babel's wife, Anna Pirozhkova: one life as a mirror of Russian history.

Blogs

George W. Bush Is A Crybaby

Bush is distorting the record to make himself look better. It's not working.

Books & Reviews

My Kingdom for a Nose

Is there anything the United States can learn from this ancient, sordid affair that put an empire on the path to destruction?

T for Terrorist

Hollywood romanticizes terror - Nir Rosen exposes it.

Recovering Our Nerve

"Getting the wind up", is an old British expression for panicking.

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May 27, 2012