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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.

Mind the Gap

Daniel W. Drezner | Jan 03, 2007
Why policymaking elites and foreigners alike distrust the judgment of Americans.

In Defense of Primacy

Bradley A. Thayer | Nov 10, 2006
Contrary to what Christopher Layne said in the last issue, the world is a long way away from seeing the end of U.S. primacy.

How Well Should You Be Sleeping?

Antony T. Sullivan | Sep 11, 2006
Five years after 9/11 the United States is not winning the inaptly named "war" on terrorism.

Breathing Room

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | Sep 01, 2006
With even the president backing away from a stay-the-course strategy on Iraq, Biden's call for federalism is gaining increasing attention. He amplifies here on the idea, how he arrived at it and what its philosophical foundation is.

Churchill, Not Quite

Graham Allison
Dimitri K. Simes
| Sep 01, 2006
With America facing grave threats, the Bush Administration has failed to demonstrate a willingness to establish a hierarchy of priorities.
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Commentary

Prince Charming

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jul 21, 2009
Obama thinks other countries will do what he wants because he’s friendly and isn’t George W. Bush. After six months, it’s clear this assumption is completely wrong.

State of Confusion

Amitai Etzioni | Jan 29, 2008
President Bush has adopted one strategy for dealing with Libya and North Korea, but he outlined a different one toward Iran in his State of the Union address on Monday. It’s time for some coherence in American foreign policy.

From Your Blog to God's Ear

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Dec 28, 2007
TNI comments on the unprecedented attacks on candidates’ foreign policy advisors.
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Books & Reviews

Woodrow Wilson's War

Michael C. Desch | Jan 21, 2009
George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq was more consistent with the American tradition than many of his critics claimed, and some of his erstwhile supporters wished. The Wilsonians try to distance themselves from Bush, but they wind  up demonstr

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