In the wake of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Americans cried out for catharsis. The 9/11 Commission delivered. What we are left with is an ill-conceived bureacracy in the guise of reform.
Over the centuries, the causes and justifications for war have evolved. But we remain caught in a Westphalian mindset, even though the nature of today’s substate threats demands an altogether-different mentality and a new breed of soldier—or at le
Responding to Dimitri K. Simes’s assertion that we aren’t having a real debate over foreign policy, Derek Chollet argues the Democrats are providing genuine alternatives; Grover G. Norquist looks at the structural reasons inhibiting both parties f
What the collapse of the Soviet Union should have taught us about Iraq.
The sharp divides within the conservative movement are more imagined than real. Any conservative—whether "paleo" or "neo"— would object to a foreign policy bereft of values.
Developing countries are going their own way, and they're doing it without the West. Weber, Barma and Ratner strike first.
The United States should abandon its futile attempt to secure global hegemony in favor of a concert-of-power foreign-policy strategy.
The new Democratic Congress will find it has only a limited role to play in foreign policy.
Multinationals in China and India are seeking more sustainable competitive advantages by shifting from imitation to innovation.
McGeorge Bundy’s honest reversal on Vietnam contrasts with the Bush team’s unwillingness to look back—or forward.