Foreign relations of Japan Articles

A Realist Rally

Leslie H. Gelb | Sep 03, 2008

As featured in the IHT: Realism can lead the way out of our foreign-policy shambles. But first the camp’s heavyweights need to bridge the partisan

Beyond American Hegemony

Michael Lind | May 01, 2007

The United States should abandon its futile attempt to secure global hegemony in favor of a concert-of-power foreign-policy strategy.

A Plea for Normalcy

Christopher A. Preble | Sep 01, 2006

Given its competing commitments, Washington must reduce its military patronage. Japan, with its economic strength, must fortify capabilities.

What Hobbes Really Said

Noel Malcolm | Sep 01, 2005

Life in the state of nature may be "nasty, brutish and short," but states are not people, and Hobbes is not the ultra-realist he is made out to be.

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.

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.

Responses to Fukuyama

| Jun 01, 1999

Harvey Mansfield, E.O. Wilson, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Robin Fox, Robert J. Samuelson and Joseph S. Nye

Inside the Cave: The Banality of I.R. Studies

James Kurth | Sep 01, 1998

In general, the landscape of international relations thinking in the United States is a view of a great American desert with a few refreshing and enlivening oases. Here's how to improve it.

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