Foreign policy Articles

Left-Out Legislature

Robert J. Lieber | Mar 01, 2007
The new Democratic Congress will find it has only a limited role to play in foreign policy.

The Case for 'Integration'

Richard N. Haass | Sep 01, 2005
You can't beat everyone. Make them join you.

The Ethics of Realism

John C. Hulsman
Anatol Lieven
| Jun 01, 2005
Hans Morgenthau and Reinhold Niebuhr--the fathers of American realism--understood that good intentions do not excuse failure.

Two Kinds of Internationalism

Marc F. Plattner | Mar 01, 2005
What Europeans condemn as unilateralism is in fact traditional postwar internationalism. As Lockeans, Americans prefer it to transnationalism because it's democratic.

Liberal Realism: The Foundations of a Democratic Foreign Policy

G. John Ikenberry
Charles A. Kupchan
| Sep 01, 2004
The quickest way to end unipolarity is to pursue unilateralism. An America that obeys international rules will strengthen its foundation of power and preserve its advantage.

In Defense of Democratic Realism

Charles Krauthammer | Sep 01, 2004
What distinguishes "democratic globalism" --the target of Francis Fukuyama's attack-- from the author's own "democratic realism"?  The second chooses its battles more carefully.

Bad Statesman, Good Prophet

Michael Mandelbaum | Jun 01, 2001
The shape of the post-Cold War world is not really elusive. It is defined by the Wilsonian triad of democracy, free trade and arms control.

Remembering the Future

Paul Wolfowitz | Mar 01, 2000
Taking seriously the admonition that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat its mistakes.

A Bridge Too Far

Lawrence F. Kaplan | Sep 01, 1999
Washington's millenarians and their imaginary world.

Balance, Not Containment: A Geopolitical Take from Canberra

A.D. McLennan | Sep 01, 1997
It does not follow that if a policy of "engagement" has its problems, a policy of "containment" must be flawless. The language that has arisen to discuss U.S. China policy is itself seminally misleading.

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