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A Sit-Down with Brent Scowcroft

Justine A. Rosenthal | Jan 21, 2009
The principles of transformationalism—idealism spread by the barrel of a gun—have been central to America’s foreign-policy failings over the last eight years. With a new leadership in power, Washington has a chance to right past wrongs. But that w

The Big Ten: The Case for Pragmatic Idealism

James A. Baker, III | Aug 29, 2007
James Baker endorsed Republican presidential hopeful John McCain today. In September, he gave his decalogue for foreign policy in The National Interest.

Lines in the Sand

Robert Delahunty
John Yoo
| Jan 03, 2007
A nation-state’s borders are not sacrosanct. Failed states should be fragmented into more governable parts.

The Return of the State

Shibley Telhami | Jun 01, 2006
Five years ago, the Arab state was the problem.  Now it is seen as the solution.

The Ethics of Realism

John C. Hulsman
Anatol Lieven
| Jun 01, 2005
Hans Morgenthau and Reinhold Niebuhr--the fathers of American realism--understood that good intentions do not excuse failure.

Bad Statesman, Good Prophet

Michael Mandelbaum | Jun 01, 2001
The shape of the post-Cold War world is not really elusive. It is defined by the Wilsonian triad of democracy, free trade and arms control.
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Commentary

Altered States

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jan 21, 2004
You know it is election season when politicians lay out the platitudes.

A U.S.-Japan Economic Partnership: Beyond Economics, Geopolitical Insurance

Robert C. Fauver
Devin Stewart
| Nov 13, 2002
The idea of formally integrating the world's two largest economies-Japan and the United States-has been floated every two years or so, since the 1980s.

Hubs, Spokes and Public Goods

Josef Joffe | Oct 30, 2002
What has really changed since last September 11? Not very much.

Blogs

Resets and Spheres of Influence

Ted Galen Carpenter | Oct 19, 2010
Surprise, Russia and China want their own spheres of influence. Condi Rice couldn't have been more wrong—the age of great-power politics is far from over.

Books & Reviews

Holding the Bridge

Andrew W. Marshall | Dec 01, 2000
A portrait of a dedicated senator and steadfast cold warrior.

Reagan's Plan

Kiron K. Skinner | Jun 01, 1999
Despite protestations to the contrary, Reagan did have a grand strategy.

The Other France

H.J. Kaplan | Dec 01, 1998
 Modernizing the Provincial City does not tell us anything we did not already know about how the French became and are becoming what they have been and are.
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