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Snapshot,
November 7, 2012
Friends With Benefits
Michael Eisenstadt and David Pollock

Critics of the U.S.-Israeli relationship overlook the substantial benefits it affords the United States, from advanced military technology to lucrative business ventures. They also overstate its costs, which have been limited.
Review Essay, Sept/Oct 2012
Latin LessonsPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Ray Suarez

Discussions of Hispanic Americans in the media and on the campaign trail are warped by ignorance about who they really are and what they really want. A new book seeks to fill the gap with a data-rich portrait of this complex community. 
Response, Jul/Aug 2012
National InsecurityPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Paul D. Miller; Micah Zenko and Michael A. Cohen

Given the threats it faces, from nuclear-armed autocracies to terrorists, the United States cannot afford to scale back its military, argues Paul Miller. Micah Zenko and Michael Cohen reply that the danger of these challenges is vastly exaggerated and that an overly militarized foreign policy has not made the country safer.
Review Essay, May/June 2012
America’s Hidden GovernmentPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Desmond King

Suzanne Mettler's The Submerged State shows that executing policy through tax breaks and other indirect measures encourages Americans to think that they do not rely on the government for help, even when they do. The result is a distorted public discourse and an erosion of democratic legitimacy.
Snapshot,
December 16, 2011
An Absence of Strategic Thinking
Paul L. Yingling

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is driven largely by domestic politics. That is a privilege of a country that is both rich and safe. But the United States has security interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan that, despite its best attempts, it will not be able to ignore.
Essay, Nov/Dec 2011
The Wisdom of RetrenchmentPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Joseph M. Parent and Paul K. MacDonald

The United States can no longer afford a world-spanning foreign policy. Retrenchment -- cutting military spending, redefining foreign priorities, and shifting more of the defense burden to allies -- is the only sensible course. Luckily, that does not have to spell instability abroad. History shows that pausing to recharge national batteries can renew a dominant power’s international legitimacy.
Postscript,
March 28, 2011
The Iraq Syndrome Revisited
John Mueller

Due to the U.S. experience in Iraq, Americans became skeptical of intervening in overseas conflicts. Much of this "Iraq syndrome" can be seen in the hesitant approach to the chaos in Libya.
Review Essay, Sep/Oct 2009
Born Again in the U.S.A.Premium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Timothy Samuel Shah

Religion and modernity were never expected to go hand in hand, and for centuries they coexisted uncomfortably. But thanks to the entrepreneurial model of American evangelicals, argue two journalists at The Economist, God is back.

Essay, Sep/Oct 2008
The Land of Hope Again?Premium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Dominique Moïsi

A culture of fear has supplanted the traditional U.S. culture of hope. By returning to hope, the United States can regain the standing it has lost.
Essay, Jul/Aug 2008
The New Israel and the OldPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Walter Russell Mead

The real key to Washington’s pro-Israel policy is long-lasting and broad-based support for the Jewish state among the American public at large.
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