The Gaul

What are the sources of the American image around the world? How has it changed in recent years? And what, if anything, can the U.S. government do to shape that image? The American Interest posed these questions to a distinguished group of international observers. Their answers reflect diverse histories and circumstances, and offer some useful […]

Utopianism Redux

The re-publication of Leszek Kolakowski’s magisterial Main Currents of Marxism is cause for celebration. The migration of the utopian illusion he understood so well is not.

A Conversation with Kinky Friedman

Texas’ most renowned Jewish cowboy is busier than a horsefly on a chili dog running as an independent for Governor.

The Truman Standard

Bush Administration principals often compare to those of the Truman Administration. But does the current crowd really measure up?

The Trouble with USAID

USAID is a mess. Can the Administration’s recent reform package fix it up?

The Democracy Bureaucracy

President Bush has made the spread of democracy the central strategic goal of U.S. foreign policy. Are we organized to do this?

What is a War Crime?

What do recent trials of Slobedan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein have to do with venerable postwar legacy of Nuremberg? Not enough.

Black Ship Ghosts

What are the sources of the American image around the world? How has it changed in recent years? And what, if anything, can the U.S. government do to shape that image? The American Interest posed these questions to a distinguished group of international observers. Their answers reflect diverse histories and circumstances, and offer some useful […]

Reflecting on China

What are the sources of the American image around the world? How has it changed in recent years? And what, if anything, can the U.S. government do to shape that image? The American Interest posed these questions to a distinguished group of international observers. Their answers reflect diverse histories and circumstances, and offer some useful […]

For a Change

What are the sources of the American image around the world? How has it changed in recent years? And what, if anything, can the U.S. government do to shape that image? The American Interest posed these questions to a distinguished group of international observers. Their answers reflect diverse histories and circumstances, and offer some useful […]

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