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The Era of Nation Cultivation

The concept of nation building has brought nothing but trouble. It's time for a paradigm shift.

China Digs in to Afghanistan

Washington is packing its bags, but Beijing looks set to stay in AfPak for the long haul.

Set South Korea Free

Washington has kept the ROK dependent for too long. Let Seoul increase its military efforts.

Essays

Brezhnev in the Hejaz

Saudi Arabia is the guardian of the Mideast counterrevolution—and America is its greatest enabler. A club of royals under the Kingdom’s protection is now a reality.

Foreign-Policy Failure

Obama’s foreign-policy decisions—from provoking Islamabad to two-timing Beijing to alienating Moscow—lack the strategic long-term thinking the U.S. needs. Hypocrisy and incoherence rule.

Saints Go Marching In

Somalia. Bosnia. Sierra Leone. Kosovo. Armed intervention is on the rise. Libya proves once again that humanitarian adventurism is a mere shroud for Western imperialism.

To Feed, or Not to Feed

The Obama administration is right to withhold food aid from North Korea. 

A User's Guide to the Century

Jeffrey Sachs explains why the new world order of the twenty-first century is crisis-prone.

A Difficult Country: Pakistan and the Case for Developmental Realism

There are no textbook solutions for the problems of a country like Pakistan--but a creative approach can go a long way.

Blogs

U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize Afghan Insurgents

After over a decade of funding the enemy and alienating locals, Americans should not be surprised by the sad state of Afghanistan.

Stop It with the Kony 2012, Already

Washington reviles the LRA yet supports Arab tyrannies guilty of human-rights abuses on a vastly larger scale.

Americans Don't Want a War

They are being swayed by mindless alarmism, not sober considerations of what a nuclear Iran would mean—which makes their expressed aversion to a war all the more telling. 

Books & Reviews

Battle Hymn of the Diplomats

Awash in Wilsonian hubris, the State Department’s meandering and militaristic QDDR will ensure Foggy Bottom remains second-rate—both inside the Beltway and overseas.

Our Man in Nairobi

Smith Hempstone's  narrative of his diplomatic "arm wrestling" with a recalcitrant Moi regime between 1989 and 1993 is lucid, witty and comprehensive.

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May 26, 2012