The creation of Barack Obama’s legacy will play out against three fundamental backdrops: America’s financial crisis; the ability to shore up the power of the United States; and the willingness of Joe Q. Public to spend blood and treasure beyond ou
Both sides of the debate over the Geneva Conventions have it wrong. It’s unrealistic to expect states to follow the outdated agreement to the letter. Yet America would also benefit from a code of conduct followed by all the relevant actors—even te
The sharp divides within the conservative movement are more imagined than real. Any conservative—whether "paleo" or "neo"— would object to a foreign policy bereft of values.
Conrad Black responds to Robert Tucker and David Hendrickson
Promoting democracy is not only alien to American diplomatic tradition, it could jeopardize our security.
The International Committee of the Red Cross strains at the gnat of American unilateralism and swallows the camel of terrorist atrocities. Stop applauding.
What Europeans condemn as unilateralism is in fact traditional postwar internationalism. As Lockeans, Americans prefer it to transnationalism because it's democratic.
E. Wayne Merry responds to criticisms of his"Therapy's End" essay (Winter 2003/04).
NATO died with the Soviet Union. Get over it.
America's public diplomacy stinks. It's time to learn some lessons from the Cold War.