Riga summit Articles

The Three Faces of NATO

Richard K. Betts | Apr 10, 2009
One must wonder why, with the end of the cold war, NATO did not dissolve. How do we explain the organization's transformation and vitality at the end of the twentieth century?

Reaganism v. Neo-Reaganism

Richard Lowry | Mar 01, 2005
Reagan knew the difference between a conservative foreign policy and Wilsonian interventionism. Do his soi-disant heirs know it too?

American Maximalism

Stephen Sestanovich | Mar 01, 2005
President Bush's reputation as a radical is exaggerated.  He is following in the footsteps of bold predecessors.  So why is he making such a mess of it?

Reorienting Transatlantic Defense

Doug Bereuter
John Lis
| Jun 01, 2004
NATO is neither obsolete nor a threat to a common European defense force. Rather, it is the centerpiece of Euro-Atlantic foreign policy and a catalyst for European defense reform.

Therapy's End

E. Wayne Merry | Dec 01, 2003
NATO died with the Soviet Union. Get over it.

Hegemonic Quicksand

Zbigniew Brzezinski | Dec 01, 2003
Global domination is a self-defeating goal. Global leadership is not.

Reforging the Atlantic Alliance

Philip H. Gordon | Sep 01, 2002
NATO is not dead or doomed, but the Allies should use the Prague Summit to assure its healthy future.

America the Despised: A Letter from Athens

Takis Michas | Mar 01, 2002
Conservatives and churchgoers are joining the Greek Left to form a new and more visceral anti-Americanism.

Disraeli's Secret

Harvey Sicherman | Mar 01, 2002
Benjamin Disraeli was an exotic character even in his own time, but his career shows the secret that guaranteed him success and fame: He knew what he wanted.

The Risks of Victory: An Historian's Provocation

Paul W. Schroeder | Dec 01, 2001
Gavrilo Princip and Osama bin Laden have much in common, even if the Habsburg Empire and the United States do not.

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