Presidency of George W. Bush Commentary

President Bush has adopted one strategy for dealing with Libya and North Korea, but he outlined a different one toward Iran in his State of the Union address on Monday. It’s time for some coherence in American foreign policy.

Revisiting the run-up to the Iraq War is not just settling scores. Paul Pillar reflects on mistakes made and what they say about current U.S. policy and policymaking.

The decision for war in Iraq looked decidedly liberal, at odds with the usual conceptions of individual liberty and limited government. Conservatives and libertarians should remember this in future decision-making.

As tempting as the comparison may be, America’s involvement in Iraq has followed a starkly different trajectory than its previous misadventure in Vietnam.