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Tyranny for the Commons Man

Six billion people are now sharing one planet, one water supply and limited energy resources with a grab-first-ask-questions-later mentality. But there is hope. New insights into human psychology can help manage everything from environmental negot

Ambushed on the Potomac

One of America’s best-known neoconservatives gives his take on what went wrong over the past eight years, the role of the State Department in hijacking Bush’s foreign policy and why 50 million conspiracy theorists have it wrong.

What Resource Wars?

Classic resource wars are good material for Hollywood screenwriters. They rarely occur in the real world.

Non-Proliferation Parody

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

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

Commentary

BRIC Wall

Russia and China aren’t the only countries against sanctioning Iran—Brazil and India are too.

Barack and Beyond

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

Putin's New A-Team

What the current Russian ambassador’s return to Moscow really means.

Blogs

Why Is Charles Krauthammer Scared of Obama?

The real question is whether Obama is going to morph into the slayer of old-time liberalism.

Deciding to Save the Planet

It's the end of the world as we know it, and the sooner climate change gets addressed, the better.

Hillary Clinton for Vice President?

Hillary Clinton may be Obama's only shot at victory in 2012.

Books & Reviews

Missiles Over Tskhinvali

Last summer, Russia and Georgia came to blows. Tbilisi’s pro-American president believed NATO would protect him in a fight with the big, bad bear.

Pax Californica

America has at times oriented itself to the East, at others to the West. But what we have always had is a sense of our manifest destiny. And now the ideals of California—nihilism with a suntan—seem to be our primary ideological export.

Philosophy for the All-Too-Common Man

A reflexive hostility to Western religion permeates the chattering classes. If only rationality ruled the day, they argue, the world would be at peace.

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February 12, 2012