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A Conversation Continued: Democracy and Demagoguery in the Middle East

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

In response to Ivo Daalder and Robert Kagan’s recent Washington Post op-ed ,

Report and Retort: Carothers Responds to Smith

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

In his article, "The Democracy Crusade Myth," Thomas Carothers underestimates the importance of democracy promotion in the Bush Doctrine.

Promoting Democracy or Hypocrisy?

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

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

 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 (

Europe and the Establishment

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

United States foreign policy should be all about democracy, in a way that it never has been.

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May 26, 2012