Essays
Homo Americanus
On the Ragged Edge
Ron Capps
Working abroad for the U.S. government in the darkest corners of human depravity can make a person very unwell.
Published: Apr 20, 2014
America Self-Contained? A Symposium
Obama’s Day Isn’t Done
Leslie H. Gelb
The President has good foreign policy instincts, but he needs to listen to the voices of experience both inside and outside his Administration.
Published: Apr 20, 2014
America Self-Contained? A Symposium
U.S. Foreign Policy: In Troubling Disarray
Richard N. Haass
The Obama Administration cannot escape its share of the responsibility for what has gone wrong with U.S. foreign policy. And the problem is not the policy itself, but rather its implementation.
Published: Apr 20, 2014
America Self-Contained? A Symposium
Obama’s Bumpy Road
William A. Galston
Obama will need the courage of his convictions if he is to have a lasting legacy as a foreign policy strategist.
Published: Apr 20, 2014
The Weekend Read
Marx’s Heirs
Roger Berkowitz
Marxism is back, and Thomas Piketty’s new book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” might be its new Bible. But both Piketty and the Marxist movement miss the real danger of inequality.
Published: Apr 19, 2014