online archive
3:00PM
NOV 21 2007
How dangerous is America?
From The Nation, avoiding the toughness trap: A progressive defense policy must begin with a fundamental redefinition of what constitutes security. Undebated Challenges: It's time to rethink American priorities and the very meaning of what American foreign policy is about. From The New Yorker, as the tide goes out on President Bush’s foreign policy, the mass of flotsam left behind includes a Republican Party that no longer knows how to be reasonable. More on Surrender is Not an Option by John Bolton (and two interviews). An interview with Henry Kissinger on diplomacy in the post-9/11 era. Expanding our horizons: Think Americans don't care about the rest of the world? Students and business leaders are making up for President Bush's diplomatic failures. How dangerous is America? Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt considers today's Russia to be less dangerous than the United States — this is as surprising as it is provocative. Nat Hentoff on how the Bush Administration delights our enemies. A post-Bush America is not about to fall at Europe's feet: The prospect of a more pliable US is largely an illusion, and EU states must make some very serious, existential choices. Gideon Rachman on American faith in imperialism: The flirtation with ideas of "empire" is over. More and more and more on Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall by Amy Chua. More and more and more and more and more and more on Walter Russell Mead's God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World.
