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Robert McNamara

War From Cyberspace

As Obama appoints Howard A. Schmidt to a new cybersecurity post, former cyberczar Richard Clarke shows America is the most vulnerable country in the world.

The Unipolar Moment Revisited

As the "unipolar moment" stretches out into an era, its opportunities and vulnerabilities both come clearer a dozen years after its conceptual coinage.

U.S. Asia (and China) Policy Reconceived

True realism about Asia transcends the Bush Administration's narrow focus on geopolitics and China.

Reforging the Atlantic Alliance

NATO is not dead or doomed, but the Allies should use the Prague Summit to assure its healthy future.

Harbinger or Aberration?: A 9/11 Provocation

The attacks on Washington and New York were the first of their kind; they may also be the last. A case against rushing to conclusions.

The Impossible Imperative? Conjuring Arab Democracy

Arab democracy is no oxymoron, but expecting it in time to remedy our 9/11 problem is unrealistic.

Commentary

NATO's Cyber Threat

Article 5 should not apply to cyber attacks.

A Tie that Bonds or Binds?

A panel of experts weighs in on the past, present and future of America’s strategic relationship with Israel.

The Election on Empire

The elections just might deliver the strong medicine needed to jolt malignant Iraq policy back on course.

Blogs

Harold P. Ford and the Integrity of Intelligence

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has politicized intelligence for decades. Vietnam all over again.

Books & Reviews

Enough Blame to Go Round

H.R. McMaster has written a scathing indictment of America's civilian and military leadership during the early phases of the Vietnam war, and he speaks--to a military audience, at any rate--with unique moral authority.

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February 13, 2012