Defining Ideas by topic: International Relations, Foreign Policy

October 3, 2012
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World Order, Under Siege?

by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
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As the president has learned the hard way, history makes realists of us all.
September 26, 2012
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Morsi, Obama & the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship

by Fouad Ajami (Senior Fellow and cochair, Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
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The American president gets schooled in the ways of the Arab world.
September 19, 2012
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The Brave New Battlefield

by Shane Harris
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With the rise of drones, human beings may no longer be essential to the conduct of war.
September 18, 2012
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John Locke’s Lesson for the Arab World

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Intolerance is inconsistent with democratic pluralism.
August 23, 2012
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A Cold War for Iran

by Abraham D. Sofaer (George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs and member of the Task Force on Energy Policy)
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U.S. grand strategy should punish aggression, engage in diplomacy, and advance American interests.
August 22, 2012
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“Give Up Sovereignty!”

by Russell A. Berman (Senior Fellow and member of the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
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Germany debates whether democracy is compatible with the European project.
August 8, 2012
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Strategy in an Age of Terror

by Kori Schake (Research Fellow)
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Our innovative military is the most important advantage we have.
August 1, 2012
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The Foreign Policy of David Axelrod

by Fouad Ajami (Senior Fellow and cochair, Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
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In the Obama administration, politics trumps grand strategy.
July 25, 2012
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Why Does the UN Still Exist?

by Kenneth Anderson (member of the Task Force on National Security and Law)
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Corrupt and ineffective, it falsely promises that global governance and peace are near at hand.
July 19, 2012
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Obama: Counterterrorist-in-Chief

by Jack Goldsmith (member of the Task Force on National Security and Law)
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The greatest surprise of his presidency is that he is as tough on the Bad Guys as Bush was.