NATO at Sixty—Time for Reassessments
NATO will never win the “best dressed” award among alliances. It is always in disarray. Now numbering 26 members,...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
NATO at Sixty—Time for Reassessments
A nation must think before it acts.
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Defense Showstoppers: National Security Challenges for the Obama Administration–A Conference Report
On February 12, 2009, FPRI’s Program on National Security held a conference on potential “defense showstoppers” for the Obama...
Back to the Future: Pre-modern Religious Policy in Post-Secular China
The secularization thesis is a pillar of modern social theory. There are different versions of this thesis, but all...
Source Books for Teachers on Teaching the Nuclear Age
Spencer Weart, Nuclear Fear: A History of Images (Harvard University Press) QC773.W43 1988. Fascinating, learned, and entertaining summary of the utopian...
U.S. Policy toward Japan and Korea under Obama
With many other issues crowding its agenda, the Obama administration may pay too little attention to relations with Japan...
Keeping the Balance: U.S. Security Policy in Asia
There is no lack of security challenges around the world. Of them, probably the most pressing challenge for the...
Abraham Lincoln: Leadership in Wartime
In his study of Abraham Lincoln’s wartime leadership, Tried by War (2008), historian James McPherson notes that the amount...
Iraqi Provincial Election Report
In January 2005, Iraqis proudly displayed ink-stained fingers, confirming their participation in the formation of a national reconciliation government....
China Policy under Obama
The Obama administration’s China policy should maintain continuity in a relationship that is generally stable and positive, and one...
The U.S. Elections and America’s Role in East Asia: Views from the Region. A Roundtable Discussion Report
On November 19, 2008, FPRI convened a forum on the implications of Barack Obama’s election to the presidency and...