Peace Articles

A Time to Appease

Paul Kennedy | Jun 28, 2010
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.

Family Feud: The Law in War and Peace

David B. Rivkin, Jr.
Lee A. Casey
| May 01, 2007
American law treats terrorism like an act of war, not a crime. The fact that Europeans don’t doesn’t make their way better.

The Struggle for Democracy

Irving Louis Horowitz | Mar 01, 2006
The promotion of democracy is the centerpiece of Bush's foreign policy, but the president has yet to define democracy.

Privatized Peacekeeping

Doug Brooks
Gaurav Laroia
| Jun 01, 2005
Mercenaries are better than humanitarians.

Is There Life After Victory? What NATO Can and Cannot Do

Josef Joffe | Sep 01, 1995
History counsels that defeat and victory are the two deadliest moments in the life of alliances.

The Illusions of Collective Security

Mark P. Lagon | Jun 01, 1995
The omnibus view of social problems around the globe is a pernicious force threatening to divert organizations like NATO and the UN from their primary purpose.

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