From the Los Angeles Times, Feb. 4, 2007:IT IS EASY TO GET very discouraged when surveying the state of the world. Few Americans need to be reminded about the chaos in Iraq, Iran’s ambitions as a regional and potentially nuclear power or the possibility of Sunni-Shiite conflict spreading throughout the Persian Gulf.But there’s also the […]

This piece appeared in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Careful readers of this blog may notice that an earlier version of it was posted here first.The Wall Street Journal COMMENTARYKeeping Up With the Chávezes By FRANCIS FUKUYAMA February 1, 2007; Page A17What is it that leaders like Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and Venezuela’s Hugo […]

This piece appeared in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Careful readers of this blog may notice that an earlier version of it was posted here first.The Wall Street JournalCOMMENTARYKeeping Up With the ChávezesBy FRANCIS FUKUYAMAFebruary 1, 2007; Page A17What is it that leaders like Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez have in […]

This piece published in today’s Guardian is extracted from the forward to the paperback edition of America at the Crossroads, to be published by Profile Books in the UK and Yale University Press here:https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2002439,00.htmlLink to a discussion of it my Mickey Kaus on Bloggingheads TV.

The following is a link to an article I just published in the Yomiuri Shimbun on the credibility of the US nuclear deterrent in Asia. Japan is seriously considering developing its own nuclear deterrent in the wake of the North Korean nuclear test last fall. Why does it regard the US nuclear deterrent less credible […]

Marty Lipset passed away on New Year’s Eve, after a long period of disability following a stroke in 2001. His friends and former colleagues are busy organizing an appropriate memorial service for him in the Washington area, but in the meantime I thought I should say something about what his life and work meant to […]

Marty Lipset passed away on New Year’s Eve, after a long period of disability following a stroke in 2001. His friends and former colleagues are busy organizing an appropriate memorial service for him in the Washington area, but in the meantime I thought I should say something about what his life and work meant to […]

I recently visited Dili, capital of Timor-Leste, in connection with some work I’m doing for the World Bank.  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) has been one of the great experiments in state-building by the international community.  East Timor was a colony of Portugal until 1975, when it was briefly set free and then immediately conquered by […]

I recently visited Dili, capital of Timor-Leste, in connection with some work I’m doing for the World Bank. Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) has been one of the great experiments in state-building by the international community. East Timor was a colony of Portugal until 1975, when it was briefly set free and then immediately conquered by […]

In case you missed this about AI editorial board member Owen Harries…FRI 15 DEC 2006, Page 47The influencerBy: Story by Andrew ClarkOWEN HARRIES IS THE MAN WHO LAUNCHED THE CATCHCRY THAT DEFINED AN ERA. BUT AS HISTORY RESUMED, HE HAS FOUND HIMSELF INCREASINGLY REMOTE FROM SOME FORMER FELLOW TRAVELLERSOwen Harries cuts a dapper figure. Short […]