There's a dangerous illusion in the legend that Reagan changed course in Cold War policy and set the country on a path to expansive overseas adventurism. Beware of false lessons about his stewardship.
Al-Qaeda has accomplished the unthinkable: establishing an embryonic recruitment, radicalization and operational capacity on our shores. Our current strategy risks another 9/11.
In a volatile region of the world like South Asia, principled realism, not sloganeering, should guide U.S. policy.
There are no textbook solutions for the problems of a country like Pakistan--but a creative approach can go a long way.
The Specter of a "Colored Revolution"Kazakhstan's scheduled December 4, 2005 presidential election brings two major questions into focus for this Central Asian state.
China's reaction to the outbreak of influenza on the mainland will affect more than just the health of its citizens.
Bush's realist head and voter's evangelical hearts are taking him in two different directions on China.
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.
Arafat's death opened a real window for peace--but it won't stay open for long.
Some states are more equal than others. America's non-proliferation strategy should reflect this reality.