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Commentary

Can Egypt and Syria Be Saved?

Jack A. Goldstone | Feb 03, 2012
What the experiences of Mubarak and Assad can teach us about revolutions.

No Revolution at the Pentagon

Amitai Etzioni | Feb 02, 2012
Four reasons why defense-budget cuts may not be as dramatic as expected.

Is Burma Turning On China?

John Lee | Feb 01, 2012
How Burma's pivot away from its longtime economic partner debunks the myth of China's diplomatic prowess.
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Essays

Why We Exist

Robert W. Merry | Jan 04, 2012
The National Interest stands for realism in U.S. international relations, a conviction that foreign policy should be based upon real-world considerations—forces, pressures and passions emanating from factors of culture and geography.

Rethinking the Pakistan Plan

Amitai Etzioni | Jan 04, 2012
U.S.-Pakistani relations are in crisis. Strategic fear of India prevents Pakistan from bending to U.S. demands. Easing India-Pakistan tensions could change the dynamics of the U.S.-Pakistan alliance.

The Seoul Nuclear Summit

Miles A. Pomper
Michelle E. Dover
| Jan 04, 2012
Obama has emerged as champion of securing vulnerable nuclear materials. Two years after his Washington summit on this arcane but important matter, national leaders will descend on South Korea to track progress and fashion goals for the future.

Reviving the Peace Process

Daniel Kurtzer | Jan 04, 2012
Obama can take credit for several foreign-policy triumphs, but he has failed to revive the moribund Mideast peace process. Arguments for why it can’t be done crumble against the imperative of American presidential leadership.

Putin and the Uses of History

Fiona Hill
Clifford G. Gaddy
| Jan 04, 2012
“I do not need to prove anything to anyone,” declared Vladimir Putin. Convinced he is the steward of his country’s future, Putin masters Russia’s history—and seeks to manipulate it.

Triumph of the New Wilsonism

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Ray Takeyh
| Jan 04, 2012
No national interest was cited as a rationale for America's Libya campaign; the action was justified solely on humanitarian grounds. This marks a fundamental break with past U.S. policy prescriptions for such military interventions.
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Blogs

Nixon's Great Departure

Paul R. Pillar | Feb 12, 2012
Forty years ago, Richard Nixon had the political courage to challenge the conventional wisdom on China. It was a far cry from the craven flip-flopping of today's politics.

God Bless George F. Will

Jacob Heilbrunn | Feb 09, 2012
The GOP worships unilateralism. This has less in common with Reagan than George W. Bush.

Appeasing Assad

The Editors | Feb 08, 2012
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Books & Reviews

Death by Irrelevance

John R. Coyne Jr. | Jan 04, 2012
Rockefeller, Lindsay, Scranton—just three of the “moderates” who failed to keep the GOP from the clutches of Goldwater and Nixon. Geoffrey Kabaservice laments their defeat with a wistfulness that obscures from him their true frustration.

Eyes and Ears of the Arab Spring

Aram Bakshian Jr. | Jan 04, 2012
The English-language news channel of Al Jazeera consistently is first on the scene of Mideastern developments, and its journalists provide smart analysis of global events. It may be today’s most influential television-news operation.

In the Hall of the Vulcans

Anatol Lieven | Oct 25, 2011
We thought the lessons of Vietnam could never be unlearned. But Washington warmongering heeds no warnings, plunging America into the quagmires of Iraq and Afghanistan. The depths of dysfunction behind these decisions seemingly know no bounds.
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