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A Conversation Continued: Democracy and Demagoguery in the Middle East

Ted Galen Carpenter | Aug 13, 2007
President Bush’s views on freedom’s universality are not merely simplistic, they are profoundly dangerous, writes Ted Galen Carpenter.

A Conversation Continued: Interventionism Is Dead

James G. Poulos | Aug 13, 2007
In response to Ivo Daalder and Robert Kagan’s recent Washington Post op-ed ,

Report and Retort: Carothers Responds to Smith

Thomas Carothers | Aug 06, 2007
Carothers responds to Smith's claim that he underestimated the role of democracy promotion in Bush Foreign Policy.

Report and Retort: The Real Democracy Myth

Tony Smith | Jul 30, 2007
In his article, "The Democracy Crusade Myth," Thomas Carothers underestimates the importance of democracy promotion in the Bush Doctrine.

Promoting Democracy or Hypocrisy?

Sean R. Singer | May 03, 2007
The Bush Administration's checkered legacy of democracy promotion has called into question its future role in U.S. foreign policy.

Reagan Was Right About Ballistic Missiles

Steve Andreasen | May 05, 2004
Historians sifting through President Ronald Reagan's papers may find no subject as riveting or controversial as his policies on nuclear weapons and arms control.

Questions from a Communitarian: Thinking About the International System

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | May 05, 2004
 Yesterday, I had the opportunity to take part in a panel ("The New Global Architecture: Moral and Value Foundations") sponsored by the Swiss Foundation for World Affairs (

Brave Not-So-New World: A Case for Realism and Multilateralism

J. Peter Pham | Apr 07, 2004
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Europe and the Establishment

John O'Sullivan | Mar 31, 2004
In Britain, they have admitted the existence of "the establishment" ever since journalist Henry Fairlie coined the term in the mid-fifties.

Democracy as Realpolitik

George F. Paik | Mar 10, 2004
United States foreign policy should be all about democracy, in a way that it never has been.

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