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Syria and Irresponsible Protection

The ongoing massacre of protesters and rebels within Syria by the Assad regime has, naturally, produced an increasing drumbeat of calls for intervention – or at least the contemplation of intervention...

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Interests, not morals, explain China’s isolation

Minxin Pei has an interesting article out in foreign policy on China’s diplomatic isolation. At first, his article has solid argumentation: China is in a fiercely competitive neighborhood, and as a...

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The World’s a Mess, It’s In My Kissinger

Henry Kissinger recently put out some commentary in the Washington Post on the uprisings in the Arab world, arguing for – you guessed it – a continued role for U.S. national interests in guiding...

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An Insular Life: Offshore Policy & Posture

There are two interesting pieces worth reading on offshore balancing that have come out recently, both of which deserve a read. First, there is Christopher Layne, a stalwart defender of the policy,...

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A Brief Comment on the Drezner-Saunders Debate

Recently, Dan Drezner criticized a post by the Center for the National Interest’s Paul Saunders. Saunders asserted that the Obama administration had failed to demonstrate realism because of its...

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Russia and Syria: Imperfect, but Plausibly Realist

Dan Drezner recently made a good point that a number of realists, in self-flagellating fashion, use Russia’s assertive defense of its own national interests as a foil for America’s woolly-headed...

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Discretionary wars in a small world

The distinction between necessity and choice in arguing about war is a very prominent one – and the kind of categorical thinking that I and many other realist-sympathetic commentators have slipped into...

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On the Imaginary Illiberalism of the Obama Administration

Will Marshall has a strange argument in Foreign Policy making the case that the problem with Obama’s foreign policy is… too much realism? The Republicans’ disarray gives Democrats a chance to occupy...

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Dread Sovereign?

The protection of American lives, particularly of those exercising their rightful privileges under international law and duties under U.S. law, is a paramount concern of American policy and one with a...

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Here’s Your Future

What are the plausible futures for the U.S. defense posture? Regardless of how the budget shakes down, change seems afoot. But adequately grappling with its consequences requires more clarity about how...

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