The conservative movement is cracking up—just look at three memoirs of former administration officials. These new books may engage in justification and self-aggrandizement, but they do prescribe salves for fixing the conservative experiment.
Everyone knows about Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan. But what about their intellectual godfather? A look at the original democracy-promoting liberal defense hawk, JFK and LBJ advisor Walt Rostow.
Mearsheimer and Walt should have included more field work in their research. Yet their book still deserves to be read and discussed.
Jacob Heilbrunn analyzes a spate of recent Reagan biographies, which demonstrate that neither George W. Bush nor any of the presidential candidates can lay claim to Reagan's unique legacy.
Wishful thinking is preventing the formation of a responsible American foreign-policy strategy.
As a result of America’s misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have lost the global clout we derived from our role in World War II—for good.
Policy decisions suffer when the rational center remains silent and catchphrases take over the debate.
This article was originally published on October 26. Given Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld's resignation, it is being republished.
A review of The J Curve by Ian Bremmer and Winning the Un-War by Charles Peña. Two authors turn their critical, discerning eye on the foibles of U.S. counter-terror and nation-building strategy. Just one offers a constructive course
Despite predictions to the contrary, America's superpower status remains uncontested.