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A Time to Appease

Appeaser! The worst insult to emerge from our political lexicon. As America grapples with exhausting overseas commitments, bringing our might to bear will require a new sort of History lesson.

Comments & Responses

Daniel W. Drezner and Megan McArdle respond to David Frum’s take on the blogosphere. James Joyner and James G. Poulos look at whether NATO insiders have their predictions of the alliance’s demise right.

The Three 'Nos' Knows

In the previous issue of The National Interest, John Mueller argued that the threats from nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism and nuclear war are exagger

Radioactive Hype

Public enemies are unlikely to obtain nuclear weapons, despite widespread fears to the contrary.

Don't Lose Russia

A former U.S. senator offers tough-love advice on Russia to the Democrats.

Power Houses

Symbolism matters. The great powers know this, and their military architecture reflects it.

Tainted Transactions

How a team of Cambridge operators, working together with a Russian "clan", confused all categories and wreaked havoc on Russia's economy.

China Studies in McCarthy's Shadow: A Personal Memoir

Great differences among academics and personal antagonisms in their fields of specialization are common in the best of times.

America and the Euro Gamble

As the American foreign policy establishment has been preoccupied an event of much greater long-term significance has received scant attention.

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May 26, 2012