Richard Burt Commentary

Good Deal

The arms treaty with Russia strengthens America’s security by allowing us to cut back on useless warheads.

Slow Train to Brussels

The EU’s response to the economic crisis is limited because it has to be. The union has always balanced national interests with supranational ones.

Can You Handle the Truth?

Missile defense is on the agenda again, this time at the G8. The United States has just signed a deal with the Czechs, to Russian protests. At The Nixon Center, Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin explained Moscow’s concerns.

The Transatlantic Dialogue in The National Interest

The transatlantic dialogue remains one of the premier issues for discussion in the pages of The National Interest and its weekly online supplement, In the National Interest.

Lessons To and From the Road to Hell: Ten Years after the Rwandan Genocide

For better or worse, in democracies, politicians respond to the domestic pressure, which is seldom altruistic.

Iran's Iraqi Tightrope

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May 26, 2012