• Op-Ed

The Democratic Scare

• Rose Gottemoeller
• November 14, 2006
• Moscow Times

• Op-Ed

Bush Must Call for Reinforcements in Iraq

• Robert Kagan, William Kristol
• November 13, 2006
• The Financial Times

In Iraq, US policies have steadily undermined public confidence that America has either the will or capacity to provide the security Iraqis need. So they have turned to their own sectarian armed groups for protection. That, and not historical inevitability or the alleged failings of the Iraqi people, has brought Iraq closer to civil war.

• Op-Ed

Blue's Clues

• John Judis
• November 09, 2006
• The New Republic

• Op-Ed

Rogue State

• David Kennedy
• October 29, 2006
• The Washington Post

Dangerous Nation lacks Of Paradise and Power 's brio but none of its sass. Its prose is sometimes labored, but its systematic dismantling of accepted dogmas is refreshingly provocative -- though not all readers will buy its central thesis that a kind of high-minded pugnacity is encoded in the national DNA.

• Op-Ed

The Other McCain

• John Judis
• October 25, 2006
• The New Republic Online

• Proliferation Analysis

North Korea's Test and Congressional Delay: Implications for India-US Nuclear Deal

• Anirudh Suri
• October 24, 2006

The India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal, under which the U.S. would provide civilian nuclear technology to India, overturning decades of U.S. policy and marking a turning point in the evolution of the U.S.-India relationship, has faltered close to fruition. Even as a new counter-offensive has been launched to push through the deal during the lame duck session of the Senate in November, proponents of the deal are disappointed, and even slightly frustrated, that the Senate did not take up the bill in its recently concluded session.

Adding to their discomfort is North Korea’s recent nuclear test. North Korea’s test is likely to place the India-U.S. nuclear deal debate more firmly within the context of increasing proliferation in the world, instead of in the narrative about strengthening the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and India. The test has strengthened the voice of the critics of the India-U.S. nuclear deal. (Read More)

• Op-Ed

Book Review: Cracking the Arms Race

• George Perkovich
• October 17, 2006
• The Washington Post

If A.Q. Khan is written off as an evil individual, then his deeds can be written off as peculiar sins that do not reflect flaws in the international system. In a review of Gordon Corera’s book, “Shopping for Bombs”, George Perkovich examines its key theme – nuclear proliferation can occur within the limits of international criminal law.

• Op-Ed

Cowboy Nation

• Robert Kagan
• October 17, 2006
• The New Republic Online

America’s self-image, with its yearning for some imagined lost innocence, is based on myth. Far from the modest republic that history books often portray, the early United States was an expansionist power from the moment the first pilgrim set foot on the continent; and it did not stop expanding--territorially, commercially, culturally, and geopolitically--over the next four centuries.

• Op-Ed

Neo-McCain

• John Judis
• October 16, 2006
• The New Republic

If you believe that the war in Iraq has been an unmitigated disaster, then you are likely disturbed by McCain's early and continuing support for it. At the same time, he has shown an admirable willingness to reevalute his views when events have proved them wrong. The question, then, comes down to this: Is John McCain capable of changing his mind about a subject very close to his heart--again?

• Op-Ed

Support Freedom in the Arab World

• Amr Hamzawy, Radwan Masmoudi
• October 11, 2006
• Washington Post

An open letter to President Bush signed by 103 Arab and Muslim intellectuals and activists called on America to reaffirm its commitment to sustained democratic reform in the Arab world. Freedom and democracy are the only ways to build a world where violence is replaced by peaceful public debate and political participation, and despair is replaced by hope, tolerance and dignity.