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Arms Control & Disarmament March/April 2013 Essay

Breaking Up Is Not Hard to Do

Instead of continuing their endless battling, the United States and Pakistan should acknowledge that their interests simply do not converge enough to make them strong...

Husain Haqqani

Political Economy March/April 2013 Essay

Capitalism and Inequality

Inequality is rising across the post-industrial capitalist world. The problem is not caused by politics and politics will never be able to eliminate it. But simply...

Jerry Z. Muller

Strategy & Conflict March/April 2013 Essay

The Evolution of Irregular War

Pundits tend to treat terrorism and guerrilla tactics as something new, but nothing could be further from the truth. Although the agendas have changed over the years -...

Max Boot

Economic Development March/April 2013 Essay

Own the Goals

Since their inception in 2000, The Millennium Development Goals have revolutionized the global aid business, using specific targets to help mobilize and guide...

John W. McArthur

Economic Development March/April 2013 Essay

Mexico Makes It

Even as Mexico continues to struggle with grave security threats, its steady rise is transforming the country's economy, society, and political system. Given Mexico's...

Shannon K. O'Neil

Security March/April 2013 Essay

Japan's Cautious Hawks

The election of the hawkish Shinzo Abe as Japan's prime minister has the world worrying that Tokyo is about to part with its pacifist strategy of the last 70 years....

Gerald L. Curtis

U.S. Foreign Policy March/April 2013 Essay

Getting the GOP's Groove Back

After their loss last year, Republicans are grappling over what to do next—and when it comes to foreign policy, small-government conservatives worried about debt are...

Bret Stephens

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney walks across the tarmac at the airport in Des Moines, Iowa October 26, 2012.

Labor January/February 2013 Essay

America's Misguided Approach to Social Welfare

The amount of resources the American public and private sectors commit to all forms of welfare is massive -- the fifth highest outlay in the world. Yet the American...

Kimberly J. Morgan

War & Military Strategy January/February 2013 Essay

Getting to Yes With Iran

Halting Iran's progress toward a bomb will require the United States to make credible promises and credible threats simultaneously -- an exceedingly difficult trick to...

Robert Jervis

Political Development January/February 2013 Essay

Barak's Last Battle

If there's one indisputable fact about this most polarizing of figures, it's that he is hard to get rid of -- and every retreat, even his most recent withdrawal from...

Jonathan Tepperman

Economic Development January/February 2013 Essay

The Promise of the Arab Spring

It’s easy to be pessimistic about the Arab Spring, given the post-revolutionary turmoil the Middle East is now experiencing. But critics forget that it takes time for...

Sheri Berman

Political Development January/February 2013 Essay

The Mirage of the Arab Spring

The Arab uprisings of 2011, once a great source of hope for democracy enthusiasts, have given way to sectarian clashes and political instability. The Middle East has...

Seth G. Jones

Economic Development January/February 2013 Essay

Democratize or Die

Li is far too confident in the benefits of Chinese authoritarianism. So far, what has held China back is not any lack of demand for democracy, but a lack of supply....

Yasheng Huang

Economic Development January/February 2013 Essay

The Life of the Party

In the next decade, China will continue to rise, not fade. Its leaders will consolidate the one-party model and, in the process, challenge the West’s smug certainty...

Eric X. Li

Economic Development January/February 2013 Essay

Can America Be Fixed?

The crisis of democracy identified in the 1970s never really went away; it was just papered over with temporary solutions and obscured by a series of lucky breaks....

Fareed Zakaria

Homeland Security January/February 2013 Essay

Lean Forward

Now, more than ever, the United States might be tempted to pull back from the world. That would be a mistake, since an engaged grand strategy has served the country...

Stephen G. Brooks, G. John Ikenberry, and William C. Wohlforth

Grand Strategy January/February 2013 Essay

Pull Back

The United States' undisciplined, expensive, and bloody grand strategy has done untold harm to U.S. national security. It is time to abandon this hegemonic approach...

Barry R. Posen

Campaigns & Elections January/February 2013 Essay

Rebooting Republican Foreign Policy

Republicans need to start taking foreign policy more seriously, thinking hard about the thorny task of managing a superpower and not leaving it as a plaything for...

Daniel W. Drezner

War & Military Strategy January/February 2013 Essay

The End of the Age of Petraeus

The United States' approach to counterinsurgency, championed by General David Petraeus, helped produce stunning results in parts of Iraq and Afghanistan. In retrospect...

Fred Kaplan

Economics November/December 2012 Essay

It's Hard to Make It in America

Equality of opportunity has long been an American ideal, and the expansion of opportunity to women and minorities in the last half century has been a major success....

Lane Kenworthy

Teresa Villanueva (R) and her 11-year-old daughter Laritza receive help on their charter school application from Barrio Logan College Institute counselor Jennifer Pena (C) in San Diego, California February 7, 2013.

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Breaking Up Is Not Hard to Do

Capitalism and Inequality

The Evolution of Irregular War

Own the Goals

Mexico Makes It

Japan's Cautious Hawks

Getting the GOP's Groove Back

America's Misguided Approach to Social Welfare

Getting to Yes With Iran

Barak's Last Battle

The Promise of the Arab Spring

The Mirage of the Arab Spring

Democratize or Die

The Life of the Party

Can America Be Fixed?

Lean Forward

Pull Back

Rebooting Republican Foreign Policy

The End of the Age of Petraeus

It's Hard to Make It in America

Trump Administration Cuts Refugee Admissions Further

The Middle East Doesn’t Take China Seriously

Moon Jae-In Can Put U.S.-North Korea Negotiations Back on Track. Here's How.

South Korea's Leader Makes Bold Effort to Enhance the Prospects for Peace

The Link Between Foreign Languages and U.S. National Security

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Major Speech on Rakhine State

Creating a State Department Office for American State and Local Diplomacy

The Global Cost of the Eurozone’s 2012 Fiscal Coordination Failure

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