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Robert W. Tucker

Law of War March/April 2005 Response

The Flip Side of the Record

Robert Kagan ("A Matter of Record," January/February 2005) accuses us of contradicting our own previous writings in our essay "The Sources of American Legitimacy" ...

Robert W. Tucker and David C. Hendrickson

United States - Foreign Affairs

Law of War November/December 2004 Essay

The Sources of American Legitimacy

The 18 months since the launch of the Iraq war have left the country's hard-earned respect and credibility in tatters. In going to war without a legal basis or the...

Robert W. Tucker and David C. Hendrickson

United States - Foreign Affairs

U.S. Foreign Policy November/December 1999 Comment

Alone or With Others: The Temptations of Post-Cold War Power

America should use its post-Cold War hegemony wisely by deepening its ties with its NATO allies and thereby save itself from the temptations of overwhelming power.

Robert W. Tucker

Us Policy - Foreign Affairs

U.S. Foreign Policy September/October 1993 Essay

Playing a Good Hand: The Secret of Shultz's Success

George P. Shultz rescued the Reagan administration from its dogmatism. By using America's growing strength, yet insisting on negotiations, Shultz created a...

Robert W. Tucker

Russian Federation - Foreign Affairs

U.S. Foreign Policy Fall 1990 Essay

1989 and All That

The USSR is finished as a great power, and NATO will break up in consequence. Future tensions between world powers are likely to take the form of disputes over trading...

Robert W. Tucker

Russian Federation - Foreign Affairs

U.S. Foreign Policy Spring 1990 Essay

Thomas Jefferson and American Foreign Policy

Jefferson's conceptions of the US national interest, and of the diplomatic postures by which it was most fit to be advanced, still inform US foreign policy today, in...

Robert W. Tucker and David C. Hendrickson

Us Policy - Foreign Affairs

U.S. Foreign Policy America and the World 1988 Essay

Reagan's Foreign Policy

Generally praises President Reagan's achievements in foreign policy, contrasting the bleak end of the Carter years with the break-throughs made at the close of the...

Robert W. Tucker

WMD & Proliferation Fall 1984 Essay

Nuclear Weapons and the U.S.S.R: The Nuclear Debate

In the almost four decades since the appearance of nuclear weapons, concern over the dangers these weapons raise has varied markedly. A preoccupation with nuclear...

Robert W. Tucker

Wmd Proliferation - Foreign Affairs

Domestic Politics Winter 1980/81 Essay

The Purposes of American Power

Once again we have reached a major turning point in American foreign policy. On this, at least, there is widespread agreement. The conviction that the nation has come...

Robert W. Tucker

United States - Foreign Affairs

Carter Administration America and the World 1979 Essay

American in Decline: The Foreign Policy of "Maturity"

The last year of the 1970s confirmed and carried measurably forward the major trends of a decade. Viewed from an American perspective, the principal developments of...

Robert W. Tucker

Carter Administration - Foreign Affairs

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