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Republican Reckoning

Mismanaged for eight years by the Bush administration, the Republican Party is in peril. Neoconservative table scraps are neither appropriate nor wise. But the GOP has another foreign-policy tradition to which it can turn. Presidents from Eisenhow

The Somali Model?

Somalia represents interventionst's perfect storm, but our difficulties there demonstrate the military's limits in the War on Terror.

Trading Up

Policymakers can break down regulatory barriers to trade by concerning themselves with consumer, not producer, welfare.

Re-Occupy Iraq?

If the United States seeks to quell the civil war in Iraq, re-occupation may be the answer.

No Free Lunch

America needs to start facing hard economic choices.

Designated Driver Diplomacy

Tory leader David Cameron has outlined a striking new vision for the Anglo-American partnership—with Britain in the role of the "skeptical friend."

Commentary

Dr. Obama

The president’s health-care fix better reduce the deficit. Our bloated entitlement spending threatens to undermine our position as a world power.

Making History in Brussels

The OSCE next week will grapple in Brussels with so-called frozen conflicts, balance of power grievances and other potentially inflammatory issues.

Bush's Misguided Crusade

Critics and supporters alike have hailed the President's speech of November 6 proclaiming that the United States would adopt a "forward strategy for freedom in the Middle East.

Blogs

Barack Obama, Triangulator in Chief

Could Obama go down in history as a conservative president?

In Praise of Neutral Inquiry and Open-Mindedness

Why people talk to Bob Woodward.

Books & Reviews

Revolutionary DeLay

Tom DeLay may not see any problems with the phrase, "one vote, one person, one time", but the rest of America might.

Leaders Count

Three decades of Sino-American relations: the view from the Oval Office.

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May 26, 2012