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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

Beyond American Hegemony

The United States should abandon its futile attempt to secure global hegemony in favor of a concert-of-power foreign-policy strategy.

Ahead of the Curve: The TNI Archives

Six-party talks over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program are set to resume this Thursday on the heels of failed talks in December and Kim Jong-il’s provocative nuclear test in October. TNI takes a look back at other crucial junctures in A

Letters

Too often, the Beltway conventional wisdom emerges without careful scrutiny, before the hard questions have been asked.

What Hobbes Really Said

Life in the state of nature may be "nasty, brutish and short," but states are not people, and Hobbes is not the ultra-realist he is made out to be.

The Case for 'Integration'

You can't beat everyone. Make them join you.

Commentary

Partition and a Recipe for Balkan Disaster

The Balkans are again at a crossroads. The authors respond to the argument that ethnic partition is a viable option for Kosovo.

China Spats

Beijing's uncooperative attitude has played into the hands of hawks. But Washington must pick its battles.

Escape From Mexico

Is our southern neighbor a failed state? Police can’t protect the population. The higher-ups are sending their families north and out of harm’s way.

Blogs

Re-Framing Drug Violence

Cartels do not deserve all the blame for drug violence. Washington also has blood on its hands.

Books & Reviews

Doctrinal Faith

Unflinching loyalty to the Bush Doctrine leads Robert Kaufman astray in his study of American foreign policy—and Truman, Reagan and Bush do not make a three-of-kind.

A War, or Un-War?

Experts Peña and Pham square off on Iraq.

The Best Defense

Can John Mearsheimer's analysis of "offensive realism" explain or guide U.S. foreign policy? Better, perhaps, than the author realizes.

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February 13, 2012