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Clinton's Strong Defense Legacy Conventional wisdom holds that Bill Clinton presided over a disastrous downsizing of the U.S. military. But this claim is wrong. By Michael O'Hanlon. (Foreign Affairs, 11/1/2003, $ Read More...

Neocons "Critics have twisted the neocons’ identities and thinking on U.S. foreign policy into an unrecognizable caricature..." By Max Boot. (Reprinted with permission from FOREIGN POLICY #140 (January/Februa... Read More... 0 Comments |

Denying Haiti's Refugees Supports view that U.S. should provide protection to Haitian asylum-seekers in the same way the United States did a few years back for refugees from Kosovo. By Bill Frelick. (Washington Post, 3/6/2004... Read More...

Another failed state Discusses U.S-Haiti policy and advises that Haitians should forge a peace settlement of their own and help guide them towards a responsible government. By Helle Dale. (3/4/2004) Read More...

A Foreign Troop: Quagmires in History Call it Quagmire or a "long hard slog" - it's a good description for current day Iraq and the guerrilla insurgency between the Euphrates and the Tigris. The word “guerrilla” recalls the Vietnam War so... Read More... 0 Comments |

The New American Century New Imperialism is already upon us. It's a remodeled, streamlined version of what we once knew. For the first time in history, a single empire with an arsenal of weapons that could obliterate the worl... Read More...

President Bush's New Iraq Commission Won't Be Investigating the Key WMD Issue Discusses how the Executive order fatally limits their agenda. By John W. Dean. (FindLaw's, 2/13/2004) Read More...

Tear Down This Regime Argues for negotiation with North Korea on U.S. terms. By Claudia Rosett. (Wall St. Journal, 2/11/2004) Read More...

Pakistan's nuclear loopholes Argues that the U.S. should take a harder stand against Pakistani nuclear proliferation. By Selig S. Harrison. (Boston Globe, 2/9/2004) Read More...

America's Imperial Dilemma The U.S. increasingly looks, walks, and talks like an empire. It should exercise strong and determined global leadership. At the same time, it must avoid the temptation to meddle when U.S. interests a... Read More... 0 Comments |

A Tragedy of Errors Play "neo-conservative Bingo" with author Michael Lind. A fascinating article on neo-conservatism – whatever ones feelings on the topic may be. (The Nation, 2/5/2004) Read More...

Bush Budget Plan Proposes $463 Million for Colombia in FY 2005 As part of Plan Colombia, the money will be used to support the ongoing fight against drugs and terrorism. By Eric Green. (U.S. Department of State, Washington File, 02/03/2004) Read More...

To Russia, With Love Article detailing a 02/2003 CIA memo to the White House: "We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its Weapons of Mass Destruction programs." ... Read More...

The Qaddafi Precedent - Now that Libya's disarming, who's next? Without actually meaning to do so, the Bush administration has pulled off one of the most remarkable nonproliferation victories since the advent of the nuclear age: Libya, a hostile, isolated dictator... Read More...

Of mullahs and warlords Discusses possible Iraqi elections and suggests that the U.S. must reach out beyond leaders to the majority within the population. By Hiwa Osman. (Washington Times, 1/20/2004) Read More...

The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative: Building Hope for the Years Ahead Remarks by Colin Powell. (Heritage Foundation, 12/17/2002) Read More...

The War Against Terrorism, The EU's Response, and the Future of NATO Lecture by Bernard Jenkin, M.P., Shadow Secretary of State for Defense in Great Britain. who argues that a strong NATO is vital to the war against terrorism. (Heritage Foundation, 3/7/2002) Read More...

Ties That Bind Shallow links based on trade have given way to deeper ties between the U.S. and China, characterized by rising U.S. foreign direct investment and sales by U.S. foreign affiliates in China. By Joseph P... Read More...

Toward Universal Empire: The Dangerous Quest for Absolute Security Reflects on the direction of U.S. preemptive security policy in the post 9/11 world. (World Policy Journal, 9/1/2002) Read More...

Transforming the Military Claims that defense doesn't need more money; it needs to reallocate resources. As it stands, the United States is paying more for a military that can do less. By William E. Odom. (Foreign Affairs, 7/1... Read More...

Two Cheers for Clinton's Foreign Policy Positive analysis of Clinton Administration foreign policy. By Stephen M. Walt. (Foreign Affairs, 3/1/2000, $) Read More...

U.S.-Egyptian Relations and the Future of the Peace Process Synopsis of discussion with H.E. M. Nabil Fahmy, Egyptian ambassador to the United States. (Nixon Center, 4/6/2000) Read More...

Virtual Defense The United States may be an uncontested military superpower, but it remains defenseless against a new mode of attack: information warfare. By James Adams. (Foreign Affairs, 5/1/2001, $) Read More...

War Logs On: Girding America for Computer Combat In Kosovo, America stumbled into the age of computer warfare. Now Washington must think hard about how to attack its foes' electronic networks and defend its own. By Bruce D. Berkowitz. (Foreign Affa... Read More...

When Soldiers Become Cops Rather than avoid peacekeeping entirely, the U.S. government ends up sending in elite military units that get bogged down for years. Developing a constabulary force would be a better answer. By Rachel... Read More...

Dire Strait: The Risks On Taiwan Discusses Taiwan's presidential race and the ramifications for the U.S. and Chinese relations. By Kenneth Lieberthal. (Washington Post, 1/8/2003) Read More...

Differentiated Containment The Clinton administration should employ a more nuanced approach to the Persian Gulf, keeping the straitjacket on Saddam while seeking improved relations with Iran. By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowc... Read More...

Diplomacy Without Diplomats? America could have had a foreign service second to none. But Washington could not accept any such rigorously selective and nonpolitical corps. And with the diffusion of authority around the globe, man... Read More...

Does the CIA Still Have a Role? Argues that the benefits gained by fielding a worldwide team of secret agents are not worth the exorbitant cost. The CIA should stick to its strengths: analysis for policymakers and high-tech surveil... Read More...

Getting U.S.-Peru Relations Back on the Right Track As Peru strives to rebuild its political, civil, and economic institutions in a troubled international environment, U.S. diplomacy requires a more comprehensive approach that counter-narcotics alone. ... Read More...

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