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The National Interest

Letters

Francis Fukuyama, Ian Rainey, Mike Roskin, Gary Schmitt, George Modelski, John M. Owen, IV, Eric Chenoweth, Kenneth Minogue and Max Singer.

The Present Opportunity

We still live in a dangerous world, but the tenure of U.S. primacy depends less on reacting to threats than on pursuing the opportunities before us.

An Announcement

This issue of The National Interest marks the beginning ofa new era in the life of the magazine.

Present Laughter or Utopian Bliss?

Realists, neoconservatives and the Great Intramural Debate: who speaks for a conservative foreign policy?

De Gaulle and the Death of Europe

The French understanding of the "national interest," epitomized by De Gaulle's thinking, reminds realists of the necessity of reflection on national identity.

Commentary

Hope and Change for Moscow?

Barack Obama campaigned on changing direction in American foreign policy. So will this involve a shift in our approach to Russia?

Power Interplay

In the future our relations with China and Russia will depend on how provocative each power decides to be. The stakes are high. Better choose wisely.

Are They Right?

Much has been made of the neoconservative influence over U.S. foreign policy. In a new book, TNI senior editor Jacob Heilbrunn tries to make sense of the house that Kristol built.

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May 27, 2012