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James Baker

A Realist Rally

As featured in the IHT: Realism can lead the way out of our foreign-policy shambles. But first the camp’s heavyweights need to bridge the partisan

Spies Like Them

If you want to improve America's intelligence, don't read the 9/11 report. Read Buchan's Greenmantle or Kipling's Kim. We need agents of daring and skill, not better bureaucrats.

India: Relevant at Last?

The achievement of independence by the Indian subcontinent marked the effective end of the age of European imperialism.

One Country, Two Capitals, Review of Solomon Volkov's St. Petersburg: A Cultural History

TThis century has seen power swing with unambiguous force from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

Mexico and the Politics of Free Trade

When it is negotiated and if it is approved by Congress, the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada may prove to be the most important foreign economic policy achievement of President Bush's first term in of

Commentary

Bad Investments

What’s the point of paying allies to provide marginal contributions to the war on terror?

Challenging Israel

Israel shouldn’t be allowed to dictate American foreign policy. If it doesn’t concede on the settlements, Washington should revoke diplomatic support and restrict military aid.

Not So Grand Bargain

If America wants a nuclear-free Iran, it may have to drop its complaints about the mullahs’ support for terrorism and hatred for Israel.

Blogs

Encouraging Enemies to Gang Up Against Us

Whether it's Iran, Syria or terrorist groups, America has a knack for forcing adversaries to act in concert with one another.

The Battle of the Bridge

Despite good intentions, there are limits to cooperation between academics and policy makers. It's time to cool the verbal warfare.

President John Bolton

Proof that, yes, every little boy and girl can aspire to the presidency.

Books & Reviews

FDR's Children

The Democratic rebirth of the virtue of FDR's realism.

Making Lemonade

The Bush administration assumed that the Sandinistas would win in Nicaragua, writes Robert Kagan in his massive study of the Nicaraguan drama.

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February 12, 2012