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China Also Rises

Piers Brendon | Oct 20, 2010
Will China seek revenge for its century of humiliation at the hands of the West?

Manchurian Paradox

Stephen S. Roach | Apr 27, 2009
The America-China symbiosis cannot be overstated. Beijing’s willingness to buy U.S. debt allowed us to live on credit, while our purchase of Chinese goods propelled their meteoric rise. But as the financial markets have soured, some in the United

A Realist Rally

Leslie H. Gelb | Sep 03, 2008
As featured in the IHT: Realism can lead the way out of our foreign-policy shambles. But first the camp’s heavyweights need to bridge the partisan

Dollars & Sense

Grover G. Norquist
Dov S. Zakheim
| Jul 02, 2008
Pundits across the political spectrum have been busy making pronouncements about the “real” financial and political costs of the war in Iraq. Most of them are just blowing smoke. In TNI’s Realist, Grover Norquist and Dov Zakheim separate fact from

Cell Phones in the Hindu Kush

Bruce Hoffman
Seth G. Jones
| Jun 24, 2008
Al-Qaeda’s resurgent and it’s putting itself back together on the Afghan-Pakistan border. How are U.S. efforts stacking up? A trip to the region.

All the World's A Stage: America's Image in the Muslim World

Andrew Kohut
Richard Wike
| May 06, 2008
"Simply put, America’s image in much of the Muslim world remains abysmal." With the deepening and unrelenting challenges we face in the Middle East, how much has America’s image in the Muslim world declined?
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Commentary

A Full-Court Currency Press

Michael J. Green | Oct 13, 2010
Washington should pressure Beijing on its currency—multilaterally.

Turning the Page in Iraq

Ryan Crocker | Oct 12, 2010
Reduced violence and signs of political progress in Baghdad are heartening. But the United States remains essential to Iraq's success.

The End of Smile Diplomacy?

John Lee | Sep 23, 2010
China's deft statesmanship is giving way to ham-fisted provocation.
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Blogs

An Especially Delicate Phase in U.S.-China Relations

Ted Galen Carpenter | Oct 11, 2011
Currency manipulation. Arms sales. Taiwanese reunification. Washington-Beijing tensions are reaching the boiling point.

General Chen’s Assurance Not Entirely Reassuring

Ted Galen Carpenter | May 23, 2011
Soothing words from the PLA leader fail to mask a discomforting reality.

The China Syndrome

Jacob Heilbrunn | Oct 19, 2010
After putting curbs on its rare earth minerals, Beijing has raised doubts about its self-proclaimed peaceful intentions: Is China the next Wilhelmine Germany?
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Books & Reviews

The Changing of the Guard

Rajan Menon | Jan 02, 2008
Rajan Menon evaluates the latest works on the future of East Asia and its impact on the world. Is Pax Americana in decline, and are we on the verge of a Pax Sinica?

Doctrinal Faith

Colin Dueck | May 01, 2007
Unflinching loyalty to the Bush Doctrine leads Robert Kaufman astray in his study of American foreign policy—and Truman, Reagan and Bush do not make a three-of-kind.

The Best Defense

Barry R. Posen | Mar 01, 2002
Can John Mearsheimer's analysis of "offensive realism" explain or guide U.S. foreign policy? Better, perhaps, than the author realizes.
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