28 May 2014

May-June 2014 The National Interest

May-June 2014 

The Realist 
Stop ransacking the past for analogies. The lesson of history is that there usually isn't one. Jacob Heilbrunn

Nuclear talks have yielded a framework that buys time for negotiation and reduces the risk of miscalculation on either side.

It's too soon for fatalism about China's rise.

The story of the American spy's contacts with the PLO underscores the necessity of talking to adversaries.

The life of L. Brent Bozell, Jr., the man who vied with Buckley for leadership of American conservatism.

China's growing missile and nuclear forces will pose a complex, challenging threat to America and its allies.

Despite its battle fatigue, a U.S. withdrawal from the world would lead to chaos.

We cannot mold other states in our own image.

The Tea Party could learn from the anti-ideological Australian leader.


Who is the real David Cameron? We'll probably never know—and he may not, either.


Enlightened self interest, rather than grand postnationalist designs, would put the United States back on the path to greatness.

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