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Conservative Nation

James Piereson | Oct 20, 2010

Declarations of conservatism's demise after the 2008 election were greatly exaggerated. As the opposition, American conservatives are in their element—can they draw upon their intellectual tradition to solve what ails America?

Republican Reckoning

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jun 23, 2009

Mismanaged for eight years by the Bush administration, the Republican Party is in peril. Neoconservative table scraps are neither appropriate nor wise. But the GOP has another foreign-policy tradition to which it can turn. Presidents from Eisenhow

Foreign Policy, Meet the People

Robert Y. Shapiro

Yaeli Bloch-Elkon

| Sep 02, 2008

Partisanship used to stop at the water’s edge. But times have changed; the U.S. electorate is now deeply divided—and not just on domestic-policy prescriptions. Facing a rift among the masses greater than that spawned by either the war in Korea or

The Democrat Armed

Kurt M. Campbell

Michael O'Hanlon

| Jun 01, 2005

Democrats need to learn that jobs and healthcare do not make up a national security strategy.

Towards an Optimal Governing Area

Kevin Hasset | Dec 01, 2004

Today, individuals are no longer mere citizens--they are mobile consumers in a competitive governance market. Caveat emptor.

Black Sea Blues

Charles King | Dec 01, 2004

The Abkhaz seem to have built themselves a state. Now all they need is someone to recognize it.

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Commentary

British Conservatism: Where Next?

Tim Potier | Jun 16, 2010

To judge from the British media's treatment of the General Election result, from 5th May (2005), one would have thought, unless one hesitated, that Tony Blair's Labour Party had just suffered a defeat.

The Establishment Strikes Back

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jun 09, 2010

The Tea Partiers and left wingers lost in yesterday’s primaries. Look for politicians to tack to the center as the election approaches.

Dead Elephants

Daniel W. Drezner | May 14, 2009

The GOP is intellectually adrift and lacks a foreign-policy strategy. While Democrats may be inclined to gloat, the absence of a serious debate on international affairs is bad for the country.

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