David Lindsey and William R. Hobbs (UCSD): Presidential Attention and the Quality of U.S. Foreign Policy. David Laitin on why America needs a Council of International Strategy: The U.S. government turns to the Council of Economic Advisers, which is made up of academic economists when it needs economic counsel — why doesn't it have a similar council of political scientists to help it make sense of a complex world? William J. Burns on 10 parting thoughts for America's diplomats: As one of America's foremost diplomats hangs up his spurs, lessons from 33 years at the State Department. How a polarized America negotiates with the world: The Obama administration is trying to minimize Congress's role in international negotiations — is that a viable strategy? Nothing to talk about: Douglas E. Schoen on the depressing state of American foreign policy. Charles Kenney on why America's foreign policy needs a shakeup. Kim R. Holmes and William Inboden on how the U.S. needs a new foreign policy agenda for 2016. Is American foreign policy for sale to the highest-bidding hawk? Peter Beinart claims that money is driving the hawkishness of 2016 presidential candidates. Kevin Drum on how the Republican foreign policy split is mostly a myth; and on how Americans prefer the actual foreign policy of Democrats, but they prefer the rhetorical foreign policy of Republicans. Zen and the art of American foreign policy: Daniel W. Drezner on the fundamental foreign policy divide in 2014; and on the 10 most surprising things about American attitudes toward foreign policy. From NYRB, Michael Ignatieff reviews Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America’s House in Order by Richard N. Haass; Restraint: A New Foundation for US Grand Strategy by Barry R. Posen; The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge; and “Reforming Taxation to Promote Growth and Equity” by Joseph Stiglitz.
