Supply-side economics Articles

The Taxing of Nations

Europe's high taxers want to prevent their citizens from voting with their portfolios.

The Ties That Fray: Why Europe and America are Drifting Apart

Instead of mindlessly extending guarantees to every potential trouble spot, and instead of basing our foreign policy on a presumption of permanent partnership, it is time for Europe and the United States to begin a slow and gradual process of dise

Unusually, the French are Happy

Lionel Jospin told a group of foreigners last summer that "it is a sociological fact that the French are always discontented with how they are governed." Yet polls show the French feel prosperous and confident in the future.

Kosovo: Only Independence Will Work

The continuation of the West's present policy on the other hand, far from solving Kosovo's problems, will only make them--and those of the whole Balkan region--far more lethally insoluble in the future.

Foreign Policy and Domestic Scandal

Nixon's extreme case illustrates the variety of potential problems that can arise in a scandal-weakened presidency. President Clinton seems to have dodged the bullet on the face of it; the November 3 election results demonstrated his remarkable po

Russia's Crisis, America's Complicity

The appointment of the Primakov government in September reflects profound changes in Russian politics, some of which have serious implications for the United States.

Wye Gamble?

Wye's fate will be more important to American interests than Oslo ever was.

Raise the Anchor or Lower the Ship: Defense Budgeting and Planning

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change.

China Studies in McCarthy's Shadow: A Personal Memoir

Great differences among academics and personal antagonisms in their fields of specialization are common in the best of times.

Inside the Cave: The Banality of I.R. Studies

In general, the landscape of international relations thinking in the United States is a view of a great American desert with a few refreshing and enlivening oases. Here's how to improve it.

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May 26, 2012