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Christopher Layne

Review Essay
Jul/Aug
2006
The Crusade of Illusions
Jack Snyder

Can realism and idealism be reconciled? Christopher Layne's The Peace of Illusions and Colin Dueck's Reluctant Crusaders take on the twin poles of U.S. foreign policy.
Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
2001
Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age
Eliot A. Cohen
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.
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