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Marvin Feuerwerger

The Future of a Contradiction

The great issue of American foreign policy today may be simply stated.

America's Grand Strategy: A Pattern of History

America's Grand Strategy: A Pattern of History Byline: James Kurth     In recent years, there have been many proposals about what should be the future direction, even the grand strategy, of American forei

Making Sense of Japan: A Reassessment of Revisionism

Japan provides the last remaining prop for the dollar’s role as the world’s currency, and with that role all of America’s superpower pretensions.

The World Trade Center Bomb: Who is Ramzi Yousef? And Why It Matters

According to the presiding judge in last year's trial, the bombing of New York's World Trade Center on February 26, 1993 was meant to topple the city's tallest tower onto its twin, amid a cloud of cyanide gas.

Another Way to Skin a Cat: The Spirit of Capitalism and the Confucian Ethic

I have examined the non-economic factors that have contributed to the Little Dragons' remarkable achievements. I have focused mainly on businessmen, government officials, and factory workers who were active players during the decisive years from t

'Asianism' and Asian Security

When, in January 1995, China seized territory from the Philippines in the South China Sea, the states of East and Southeast Asia conspicuously balked at meeting the challenge that this peremptory action posed.

Books & Reviews

The Man Who Liked Reporters

Marlin Fitzwater was the most effective and well-liked press secretary since John F. Kennedy's Pierre Salinger. Fitzwater spent six years working for two presidents of markedly different public styles, Ronald Reagan and George Bush, and lived to t

Best of Buddies; Review of Anatoly Dobrynin's In Confidence

Washington has lived by leaks and rumors for a very long time, but until the collapse of communism there was one person in town with whom it was always safe to let your hair down.

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May 20, 2013