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The Other Black Gold

The United States may surpass the Caspian Sea as the world's largest supplier of caviar.

The Dragon Awakes

Demand for resources will be the flashpoint in U.S.-Chinese relations.

Where Credit Is Due

Is change in the Middle East the result of Ameican action or serendipity?

Post-Nuclear Strategy

Everyone wants them, but no one can use them. What's the point of nuclear weapons?

Containing Europe

America and Europe compete to influence the international system. The U.S. response should be a new formulation of an old strategy.

Trouble in Tbilisi

Liberty and security are hard to combine. Georgians risk losing both.

Imperial Liberalism

Covenants without the sword are but words. You can do anything with bayonets but sit upon them. And both truths must be heeded.

Reaganism v. Neo-Reaganism

Reagan knew the difference between a conservative foreign policy and Wilsonian interventionism. Do his soi-disant heirs know it too?

American Maximalism

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?

Trading Places

America has long been the world's number one economy. It won't be soon.

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May 26, 2012