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The U.S. Democracy Project

American NGOs that push for democratic change abroad are facing growing resistance.

Voting Blind

John McCain and Barack Obama are busily offering foreign-policy platitudes on the campaign trail, mostly about spreading freedom, working with allies and hunting down terrorists. But what exactly would they do if elected? Digging ourselves out of

A Realist Rally

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

McCain's Choice

Neoconservatives and realists are battling to set the GOP’s foreign-policy agenda—and the future of American diplomacy hangs in the balance.

Letters

Too often, the Beltway conventional wisdom emerges without careful scrutiny, before the hard questions have been asked.

The Shareholder Model

The United States must revisit "the art of the deal" to preserve its global leadership.

Commentary

Practice Makes Perfect

All that preparation worked after all: Obama proved he wasn’t just an empty suit by besting McCain in Friday’s debate.

Barack and Beyond

Jacob Heilbrunn thinks the Democratic nominee is a game changer when it comes to the politics of national security;

Georgia: High Stakes for US Credibility

Just as President George W.

Books & Reviews

A Man of Faith

Eric Hobsbawm's autobiography is a most revealing book--wittingly and otherwise. He turns out to have been a most catholic fellow.

The Beginning of Economic Wisdom

Two primers on economics reveal a lingering philosophical divide in the intellectual imagination of our time.

Imperialism: the Highest Stage of American Capitalism?

Andrew Bacevich's American Empire is really two books in one: one quite good, the other quite inexplicable.

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May 25, 2013