Publications

Before turning to observations about the Korean conflict on the fiftieth anniversary of its Armistice, I should like to make two observations. The first focuses briefly on how our contemporary policies with respect to North Korea should be conducted....

Though most of us think of the American relationship with Islam as a modern phenomenon, the encounter in fact goes back to the very first days of the nation. That encounter was from its first a troubled affair and...

On June 29, the Council on Foreign Relations issued a new report stating that the US is dangerously underfunding emergency response capabilities that will be needed after a future terrorist attack. According to task force chair Senator Warren Rudman,...

The president of the United States has committed his country to goals that will require world hegemony, not to say supremacy. In numerous speeches and statements since September 2001, President Bush has vowed to wage an exhaustive, final war...

The ‘‘second nuclear age’’ is a loose term that has been used to describe the spread of nuclear weapons following the end of the Cold War. The phrase is rarely used with precision or consistency. Sometimes it is intended...

It has long been an axiom among Western scholars and politicians alike that democracies make the United States’ most stable and viable partners. Since the beginning of the war on terror and now the war on Iraq, this outlook...

The UN Security Council’s 15–0 vote adopting Resolution 1441 in November 2002 seemed to show it speaking with the same single voice it had spoken with in the wake of Iraq’s August 1990 invasion of Kuwait. What was perceived...

Energy security has been a major priority for the Bush administration since its inauguration in January 2001. Both the president and vice president had connections with the oil industry before they were elected to office. In 1977, George W....

Muammar al-Qaddafi initiated significant modifications in the tone, content, and direction of Libyan foreign policy as the twentieth century closed, a process he accelerated in the wake of the 9/11/01 attacks on America. Qaddafi’s ability and desire to institutionalize...

The war on terror has centered almost entirely on Afghanistan and the Middle East. But, as the war in Iraq leads to an ever-increasing number of threats from Al Qaeda, Southeast Asia could become the next front in this...