Articles by Subject
America At War
Also see FPRI Documents and Audio on Iraq.
- America’s “Long War(s)”, Mackubin Thomas Owens, 1/2008
- Mind the Gap: Post-Iraq Civil-Military Relations in America, Michael P. Noonan, 1/2008
- After the Surge: The Only Iraq Worth Fighting For, Keith W. Mines, 12/2007
- Protecting Critical Infrastructure, Stephen Gale, 11/2007
- Iraq and the "Metrics" System, Michael P. Noonan, 9/2007
- Can Another “Iraq” Be Prevented?, Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., 9/2007
- Financial Warfare, Paul Bracken, 9/2007
- Al Qaeda Confusion: How to Think about Jihad, Michael Radu, 7/2007
- Ten Counterinsurgency Commandments from Afghanistan, Greg Mills, 4/2007
- Adventures in State-Building: Bremer’s Iraq and Cromer’s Egypt (434K
) in The American Interest, Vol. II No. 5 (May/June 2007)
- Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: Emergency Preparedness Five Years after 9/11, James F. Powers, Jr., 3/2007
- The Dangers of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, Michael Radu, 3/2007
- The Status of U.S. Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, Clark Kent Ervin, 3/2007
- A Strategic Rationale for Land Force Expansion, Frank G. Hoffman, 3/2007
- Five Years After 9/11: What Needs to be Done? Lowell E. (Jake) Jacoby, 2/2007
- What’s Next in Somalia? Garrett Jones, 1/2007
- Iraq Endgame, Harvey Sicherman, 1/2007
- Counterterrorism: The Roles of Federal, State and Local Agencies, Edward A. Turzankski, 1/2007
- Assessing the Long War, Frank G. Hoffman, 1/4/2007
- Past the Apogee: America Under Pressure, Charles Krauthammer, 12/2006
- Briefing on Iraq Study Group Report, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 12/8/2006
- Security Risk Management and Investment Decisions (94K
, 17 pages), John Piper, 12/2006
- Knowing the Enemy, Mary Habeck, 11/17/2006
- Israeli and U.S. Perspectives on Regional Security, Harvey Sicherman, 10/4/2006
- Economic Tools in Counterinsurgency and Postconflict Stabilization: Lessons Learned (and Relearned) in al Anbar, Iraq, 2003–04, Keith W. Mines, 9/28/2006
- Changing Tires on the Fly: The Marines and Postconflict Stability Ops, Frank G. Hoffman, 9/10/2006
- Succeeding in Phase IV: British Perspectives on the U.S. Effort To Stabilize and Reconstruct Iraq, Andrew Garfield, 9/8/2006
- Lessons from Lebanon: Hezbollah and Hybrid Wars, Frank Hoffman, 8/24/2006
- Culture and Deterrence, Adam Garfinkle, 8/25/2006
- Islam, Islamism, and Democratic Values, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 9/2006
- Londonistan Is Still With Us, Michael Radu, 8/2006
- Shamil Basayev: Death of a Terrorist/a>, Michael Radu, 7/14/2006
- What Every American Needs to Know About Iran (audio), Patrick Clawson, 6/21/2006
- The Demise of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, Michael Radu, 6/8/2006
- Welcome to the CIA, Garrett Jones, 6/8/2006
- Recapturing the Essentials of Counterinsurgency, Anthony James Joes, 5/30/2006
- The New Normalcy, Frank G. Hoffman, 5/12/2006
- Defense Strategy in the Post-Saddam Era, Michael O'Hanlon, 5/12/2006
- Private Military Companies and the Future of War, Deborah Avant, 4/2006
- Energy Independence Is Not Energy Security, Bernard E. Munk, 3/24/2006
- Teaching 9/11 and the War on Terrorism, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 3/2006
- Paul Pillar on Iraq, Garrett Jones, 2/24/2006
- The Economics of Defense Spending, Murray Weidenbaum, 2/14/2006
- The Future of American Military Strategy: A Conference Report, Michael P. Noonan (rapporteur), 2/3/2006
- Complex Irregular Warfare, Frank G. Hoffman, 1/6/2006
- The Future of the U.S. Army, Sherwood Goldberg, 12/12/2005
- Immigration and National Security (242K ), Jan Ting, Winter 2006
- Torture and the CIA, Garrett Jones, 12/2/2005
- Humanitarian Intervention After Iraq: Legal Ideals vs. Military Realities (179K ), James Kurth, Winter 2006
- What Is Democracy? Liberal Institutions and Stability in Changing Societies (131K ), William Anthony Hay, Winter 2006
- Religion, Identity and Mideast Peace, Rabbi David Rosen, 9/23/2005
- History and Geography: A Meditation on Foreign Policy and FPRI’S 50th Anniversary, James Kurth, 9/16/2005
- Global Threats and American Strategies: From Communism in 1955 to Islamism in 2005 (118K ), James Kurth, Fall 2005
- Cheap Hawks, Cheap Doves, and the Pursuit of Strategy (123K ), Harvey Sicherman, Fall 2005
- Emergency Preparedness Memorandum (73K ), from FPRI Terror SitRep, Lawrence Husick, 8/4/2005
- Immigration and National Security, Jan C. Ting, 9/9/2005
- Hurricane Katrina and Terrorism, Stephen Gale, 9/8/2005
- Rethinking Nuclear Security Strategy, Rensselaer Lee, 9/2/2005
- It’s a Cultural Thing: Thoughts on a Troubled CIA, Part Two, Garrett Jones, 8/19/2005
- The Push for Democratic Change in the Middle East: Focusing the Strategy, Daniel Kaplow, 8/18/2005
- Terrorism 2005: Overcoming the Failure of Imagination, Stephen Gale, 8/16/2005
- Radical Imams and Terrorists, Michael Radu, 8/2005
- It’s a Cultural Thing: Thoughts on a Troubled CIA, Part One, Garrett Jones, 6/28/2005
- The Question of Bioterrorism Preparedness, Stephen Gale and Gregory Montanaro, 3/31/2005
- America, Democratization, and the Muslim World, James Kurth, 3/2005
- Ignoring History: U.S. Democratization in the Muslim World (122K , 18 pages), James Kurth, Spring 2005
- Mexico’s Southern Flank: a Crime-Ridden “Third U.S. Border”, George W. Grayson, 3/22/2005
- Planning a Sea-borne Terrorist Attack, Lawrence Husick and Stephen Gale, 3/21/2005
- On Fighting a 16-Division War with a 10-Division Force, Keith W. Mines, 3/8/2005
- Video: Strategy and the Historical Mind, Eliot Cohen, 3/1/2005
- The Future of the Reserves and the National Guard: A Conference Report, Michael P. Noonan (rapporteur), 1/19/2005
- A New Middle East?, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 1/2005
- The Mechanics of Empire (95K , 13 pages), John Hillen, Winter 2005
- Breeding New bin Ladens: America’s New Western Front, Zachary Shore, 12/2004
- Robert Kaplan on the New Middle East, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 12/17/2004
- America After 9/11, John F. Lehman, 12/2004
- Understanding Terror Networks, Marc Sageman, 11/1/2004
- The Five Stages of Anti-Americanism, Judy Colp Rubin, 9/4/2004
- Observations on the “9/11 Commission Report”, Stephen Gale and Lawrence Husick, 8/13/2004
- Video: Situation Report #6 on the War on Terrorism, Stephen Gale and Michael Radu, 8/4/2004
- Iraq: the Next Stage, Keith W. Mines, 6/28/2004
- Strengthening the Fainthearts in The National Interest, John Hillen, Summer 2004 (79K )
- Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? in The National Interest, Harvey Sicherman, Summer 2004 (87K )
- American Challenges in Post-Conflict Iraq, Christopher H. Varhola, 5/27/2004
- Terrorism and the Battle for Homeland Security, Seth G. Jones, 5/21/2004
- Saddam Circus Is Coming to Town: the Strange Story of Jacques Verges, Michael Radu, 4/14/2004
- Implications of Terrorism in Uzbekistan, Chris Seiple, 4/12/2004
- Reading the Past into American Foreign Policy (102K ), William Anthony Hay, Spring 2004
- A Changed World, George P. Shultz, 3/22/2004
- The News From Spain: Terror Works, Michael Radu, 3/16/2004
- Observations on the War, Harvey Sicherman, 3/12/2004
- Terrorism Is Free Speech, Michael Radu, 2/10/2004
- Thinking (Again) About Arms Control, Paul Bracken, Winter 2004
- Heartland Geopolitics and the Case of Uzbekistan, Chris Seiple, 1/25/2004
- Iraq: We Have Seen This Movie Before, Garrett Jones, 12/15/2003
- America and the Middle East After Saddam, Kenneth M. Pollack, 1/2004
- Statement to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon The United States, Jan Ting, 12/8/2003
- The Promise and Peril of Our Times, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 11/25/2003
- Global Expeditionary Warfare, Michael P. Noonan, 11/21/2003
- Standards of Intelligence Reasoning, Stephen Gale, 11/14/2003
- The New Jihad and Islamic Tradition, John Kelsay, 10/2003
- Beyond Civil Society: Promoting Democracy after September 11, Omar Encarnación, Fall 2003
- Radical Islam and Suicide Bombers, Michael Radu, 10/21/2003
- The Structure of the Second Nuclear Age, Paul Bracken, 9/25/2003
- The American Encounter with Islam, William Anthony Hay (rapporteur), 9/2003
- September 11, 2003: Why America Is Still Asleep, Stephen Gale and Lawrence Husick, 09/11/2003
- Hostages, Terrorism, and the West, Michael Radu, 8/27/2003
- Washington’s Summer of Discontent, Harvey Sicherman, 8/19/2003
- The Blackout and the Question of Homeland Security, Stephen Gale & Lawrence A. Husick, 8/18/2003
- Lessons of the Forgotten War, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 8/14/2003
- The Ideology of American Empire (123K ), Claes G. Ryn, Summer 2003
- Robert Kaplan on A Journey into the Future, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 7/31/2003
- Responding to 9/11: Are Think Tanks Thinking Outside the Box? (706K ), James G. McGann, 7/31/2003
- First Responders— Underfunded; Real Security— Ignored, Lawrence A. Husick and Matthew R. Kerbel, 7/2/2003
- Islam and the West: a Historical Perspective, Jeremy Black, 5/2003
- What the U.S. Needs to Promote in Iraq (Hint: It’s Not Democratization per se, Walter A. McDougall, 5/2003
- The Military Lessons of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Michael P. Noonan, 5/1/2003
- A Preliminary Reckoning: Prospects for U.S.-European Relations After Iraq, William Anthony Hay, 4/2003
- Illegal? Yes. Lawless? Not So Fast: The United States, International Law, & the War in Iraq, Jacques deLisle, 3/28/2003
- Taking Democracy Seriously in Iraq, Eric Davis, 3/27/2003
- Baghdad Spring, Chris Seiple, 3/24/2003
- War, Harvey Sicherman, 3/20/2003
- A Guide to Teaching About the War on Terrorism, Paul Dickler, 3/2003
- The Spirit of the New Antiwar Movement, Adam Garfinkle, 2/24/2003
- From MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) to MUD (Multilateral Unconstrained Disruption): Dealing with the New Terrorism, Stephen Gale and Lawrence Husick, 2/2003
- Using Military Force Against the Saddam Hussein Regime: the Moral Issues, James Turner Johnson, 12/4/2002
- Iraq: Squall Before the Storm, Harvey Sicherman, 12/2/2002
- What College Students Learn About Terrorism: A Case Study of International Relations Textbooks, Stanley Michalak, 11/2002
- The War on Terrorism, Address by R. James Woolsey, 10/10/2002
- Europe’s Native Terrorism, Michael Radu, 10/04/2002
- The U.S. Military, the Strategic Quartet, and the Global War on Terrorism, Michael P. Noonan, 9/20/2002
- Everything You Think You Know About the American Way of War Is Wrong, Max Boot, 9/12/2002
- What Our Children Should Learn About 9/11/2001, Adam Garfinkle, 9/2002
- America, Europe, and Russia: Bush’s Search for Common Ground, William Anthony Hay, 6/2002
- Re-Mapping U.S. Defense Policy, Michael Noonan, 6/17/2002
- The Work of Diplomacy, George P. Shultz, 06/11/2002
- Next Steps in the Middle East, Harvey Sicherman, 5/2002
- The Ideological War Within the West, John Fonte, 5/2002
- The Futile Search for “Root Causes” of Terrorism, Michael Radu, 4/23/2002
- The Problem of “Londonistan”: Europe, Human Rights, and Terrorists, Michael Radu, 4/12/2002
- The Return of Shining Path, Alberto Bolivar, 4/5/2002
- The New Protracted Conflict, Robert Strausz-Hupé, 4/2/2002
- The Roles of Law in the Fight Against Terrorism (121K , 19 pages), Jacques deLisle, Spring 2002
- Colombia: Lucidity at Last, Michael Radu, 3/1/2002
- War and Strategy in the 21st Century, Jeremy Black, 2/2002
- Atlantic Partnership After September 11, William Anthony Hay, 2/2002
- The Coming Transformation of the U.S. Military?, Michael P. Noonan and John Hillen, 2/4/2002
- Teaching About the War on Terrorism, Paul Dickler, 2/2002
- The War and the West, James Kurth, 2/2002
- Post-9/11 Non-Proliferation, Henry Sokolski, 1/25/2002
- Terrorism in Colombia, Miguel Posada, 1/21/2002
- How to Unseat Saddam, Michael Eisenstadt, 12/14/2001
- Next Stop, Iraq, Richard Perle, 11/30/2001
- Afghanistan: the Endgame, Michael Radu, 11/15/2001
- September 11, the Shanghai Summit, and the Shift in U.S. China Policy, Avery Goldstein, 11/9/2001
- Geography and the Centers of Taliban Gravity, Michael P. Noonan, 11/5/2001
- Is America’s Afghan War in Trouble?, by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 11/2/2001
- Bin Laden’s Grand Miscalculation, by Tom Grant, 10/26/2001
- Afghanistan After the Taliban, by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 10/15/2001
- Why We Fear Afghanistan and Why We Shouldn’t, Michael Radu, 10/12/2001
- Cold War II, Walter A. McDougall, 10/4/2001
- September 11: Before and After, Adam Garfinkle, 10/2001
- America’s War Against Terrorism, Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 10/1/2001
- September 11: Ten Ways To Look at What Happened and What To Expect, Michael Radu, 9/17/2001
- Bleak New World, Harvey Sicherman, 9/13/2001
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FPRI Studies of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups, Pre-9/11
- Colombia: A Trip Report, Michael Radu, 6/1/2001
- Chaos in the Andes, Michael Radu, 3/20/2001
- How To Deal With Mexico’s Zapatistas, George W. Grayson, 1/29/2001
- Is the PKK in Turkey on the Ropes?, Michael Radu, 9/28/1999
- NATO’s KLA Problem, Michael Radu, 9/8/1999
- NATO and Kosovo: After the 'Victory,' What?, Michael Radu, 4/19/1999
- Don’t Arm the KLA, Michael Radu, 4/6/1999
- Bombs for Peace? Misreading Kosovo, Michael Radu, 3/26/1999
- The PKK Strategy in Europe to Place Turkey on Trial, Michael Radu, 2/26/1999
- The Capture of Abdullah Ocalan and the Future of Counter-Terrorism, Michael Radu, 2/18/1999
- Who is Abdullah Ocalan?, Michael Radu, 11/16/1998
- Dangerous Incoherence in Kosovo, Michael Radu, 10/21/1998
- Who Wants a Greater Albania?, Michael Radu, 7/10/1998
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Foreign Policy Recommendations for the Bush Administration
- A Changed World, George P. Shultz, 3/22/2004
- America’s Military Problems & How To Fix Them, John F. Lehman & Harvey Sicherman, 2/2001
- The Question of Humanitarian Intervention, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 2/2001
- Between War and War: American Foreign Policy in the Middle East, Harvey Sicherman, August 2001
- For a New International Economic Policy, Bernard E. Munk, 6/15/2001
- Nuclear Smuggling From The Former Soviet Union, Rensselaer Lee, 4/27/2001
- A U.S. Policy For Russia, by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 4/25/2001
- Bush’s First Foreign Policy Test: It’s Not What You Think, Adam Garfinkle, 6/22/2001
- U.S. Policies Toward Latin America, William Perry, 4/19/2001
- U.S. Policy Toward Taiwan: Sustaining The Status Quo, Jacques deLisle, 7/27/2001
- U.S. Policies Toward Asia, Avery Goldstein, 4/17/2001
- U.S. Policy Toward China: Try For The Best, Prepare For The Worst, Avery Goldstein, 4/13/2001
- Power Vacuum In ASEAN: Indonesia, Regional Security, and the USA, Theodore Friend, 4/9/2001
- U.S. Policy Toward China: Judge China By Its Deeds, Not Its Words, June Teufel Dreyer, 4/6/2001
- Why Some Neo-Cons Are Wrong About U.S. Foreign Policy, Walter McDougall, 12/1997
- Eight Steps Toward a New China Policy, Arthur Waldron, 1/1997
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East, Central, & South Asia
- Chinese Foreign Policy in Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transition Abroad, Suisheng Zhao, 5/10/2008
- The Democratic Prospect in East Asia, Carl Gershman, 5/2008
- China and the West in Historical Perspective, Warren I. Cohen, 4/2008
- China’s Encounter with the West: A History Institute for Teachers, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 4/2008
- China’s Early Encounters with the West: A History in Reverse, Andrew Wilson, 4/2008
- The Revolution Will be Brought to You by Text Messaging, Garrett Jones, 3/2008
- Kind of Blue?: Implications of Taiwan’s 2008 Elections, Jacques deLisle, 1/2008
- Democratic Transitions: Case Studies from Asia, Tom Ginsburg, 12/2007
- China Rising: Assessing China’s Economic And Military Power, Jacques deLisle, 10/2007
- Chinese Military Power: What Vexes the United States and Why? (16 pages, 123K ), Jonathan Pollack, Fall 2007
- China’s Power and Will: The PRC’s Military Strength and Grand Strategy (14 pages, 123K ), June Teufel Dreyer, Fall 2007
- War and the East, Andrew R. Wilson, 10/2007
- Sino-American Energy Cooperationin Journal of Contemporary China, June Teufel Dreyer, August 2007
- Charm Offensive: How China’s Soft Power Is Transforming the World, Joshua Kurlantzick, 8/2007
- Assessing China’s Economic Rise: Strengths, Weaknesses and Implications, Albert Keidel, 7/2007
- The Cultural Revolution and Beyond, Wei Jingsheng, 6/2007
- Living Without Freedom in China, Edward Friedman, 6/2007
- North Korea: The Nadir of Freedom, Kongdan Oh, 5/2007
- What Every American Needs to Know about Taiwan, Shelley Rigger, 3/2007
- Into Africa: China’s Quest For Resources And Influence, Jacques deLisle, 2/2007
- Chinese Foreign Policy, June Teufel Dreyer, 2/2007
- China’s Economy: Problems And Prospects, Nicholas R. Lardy, 2/2007
- Classical Chinese Thought and Culture and Early Chinese History, Victor H. Mair, 2/2007
- From Mao to Deng and Beyond: The Fate of Policy Oscillations in the Quest for a “Harmonious Society”, Melanie Manion, 2/2007
- Understanding China, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 2/2007
- Free Trade Areas: Legal Aspects and the Politics of U.S., PRC, and Taiwan Participation, Jacques deLisle, 1/2007
- A U.S.-Taiwan FTA: the View from Taipei, Albert Liu and Yujie Wang, 11/10/2006
- China’s Trade Relations with ASEAN and the United States, Gregory C. Chow, 11/10/2006
- Prospects for Ending North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program, Ralph C. Hassig and Kongdan Oh, 10/17/2006
- Constitutional Change and Foreign Policy in East Asia: A Conference Report, Jacques deLisle (rapporteur), 9/1/2006
- Prospects for a U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement, Terry Cooke, 7/2006
- Why It’s Important To Know About India, Ainslie T. Embree, 6/2006
- Asian and Middle Eastern Islam, Robert W. Hefner, 5/26/2006
- The Rise of the Indian Economy, John Williamson, 4/2006
- East Asian Financial Regionalism and U.S. National Interests, William W. Grimes, 4/2006
- India-Pakistan Relations, Sumit Ganguly, 4/2006
- Teaching India, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 4/2006
- The Twin Peaks of Pyongyang (17 pages, 227K
), Ralph C. Hassig and Kongdan Oh, Winter 2006
- Taiwan’s Democracy and Lessons from Yet Another Election, Jacques deLisle, 12/16/2005
- China’s Grand Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy, Avery Goldstein, 9/27/2005
- The Rise of China, James Kurth, 7/15/2005
- Party Politics and Taiwan’s External Relations (239K ), Shelley Rigger, Summer 2005
- Understanding the Koreas: A Report of FPRI’s History Institute for Teachers, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 6/2005
- Dealing with the North Korean Nuclear Threat, Don Oberdorfer, 6/8/2005
- Understanding Uzbekistan, Chris Seiple, 6/1/2005
- Party Politics and Foreign Policy in East Asia, Jacques deLisle (rapporteur), 5/16/2005
- George Bush’s Unfinished Asian Agenda, Robert M. Hathaway, 5/13/2005
- Uzbekistan: Civil Society in the Heartland (228K , 15 pages), Chris Seiple, Spring 2005
- Making Sense of Taiwan’s Legislative Election, Shelley Rigger, 1/4/2005
- China After Jiang: Two Strengths and Five Unresolved Issues, Jacques deLisle, 10/5/2004
- The Largest Direct Presidential Election in World History: Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Prevails in Indonesia, Theodore Friend, 9/27/2004
- Reform Overdue: the Geopolitics of American Redeployment, Michael P. Noonan, 8/23/2004
- Democracy, Reform, and Military Suffocation in Indonesia: A Review Essay, Theodore Friend, 7/16/2004
- The Aftermath of Taiwan’s Presidential Election: A Symposium Report, Jacques deLisle, 6/18/2004
- Fifteen Years After Tiananmen: Persistence, Memory and Change in China, Jacques deLisle, 6/4/2004
- Democratization in Greater China: Introduction (77K )
- Democracy and Its Limits in Greater China, Jacques deLisle (rapporteur), 5/27/2004
- The Limits to China’s Growth (104K ), June Teufel Dreyer, Spring 2004
- Taiwan’s Best-Case Democratization (69K ), Shelley Rigger, Spring 2004
- The Northeast Asian Regionalism Context (112K ), Gilbert Rozman, Spring 2004
- How Would Democracy Change China? (110K ), Arthur Waldron, Spring 2004
- Taiwan’s Referenda, Constitutional Reform and the Question of Taiwan’s International Status, Jacques deLisle, 2/6/2004
- Property Rights Reform in China, Presentation by Jacques deLisle to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace conference on “The Future of Political Reform in China,” 1/26/2004
- Beyond the Rhetoric: Essential Questions About Japanese Education, Lucien Ellington, 12/2003
- Teaching About Japan: Films About Japanese Culture, Literature and History, Lucien Ellington, 12/2003
- The Big Mac and Teaching About Japan, Lucien Ellington, 12/2003
- In Defense of Singapore (120K ), Felix Chang, Winter 2003
- Asia’s Shifting Strategic Landscape: Long-Term Trends and the Impact of 9/11, Conference Report by Jacques deLisle, 11/26/2003
- The North Korean Nuclear Challenge and American Interests: Getting the Priorities Right, Avery Goldstein, 10/31/2003
- SARS, Greater China, and the Pathologies of Globalization and Transition (145K , 18 pages), Jacques deLisle, Fall 2003
- New Crisis in the Taiwan Strait?, Shelley Rigger, 09/05/2003
- Lessons of the Forgotten War, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 8/14/2003
- China Reconsidered: America’s Changing Perceptions, Jianwei Wang, 7/16/2003
- A Korea Peace Initiative, Curt Weldon, 6/26/2003
- Teaching About Japan #2, Lucien Ellington, 5/2003
- Teaching About Japan, Lucien Ellington, 4/2003
- Cross-Strait Relations: Past, Present, Future, C.J. Chen, 02/21/2003
- A Conversation with Chen Shui-bian, The President of the Republic of China on Taiwan, Harvey Scherman, 1/22/2003
- Japan’s Relations with the U.S. and Its North Korean Option, Gilberrt Rozman, 12/3/2002
- Law’s Spectral Answers to Cross-Strait Sovereignty Issues (126K ), Jacques deLisle, Winter 2002
- Sinical Voters: Elections in Greater China … and the United States, Jacques deLisle, 11/12/2002
- Business and Politics Across the Taiwan Strait, Terry Cooke, 10/24/2002
- Bless and Keep the SAR … Far Away from Us: Taiwan’s Hong Kong Phobia, Five Years On, Jacques deLisle, 8/16/2002
- Varieties of Sovereignty and China: Challenges and Opportunities in the Cross-Strait Relationship, A Conference Report, Jacques deLisle, 7/1/2002
- China in 2002: A Tale of Two Transitions, June Teufel Dreyer, 4/25/2002
- Why Taiwan’s Political Paralysis Persists, Shelley Rigger, 4/18/2002
- Taiwan Legislative Election, Green Camp Gains in December 1 Polls, Blue Team Changes Hue, Shelley Rigger, 12/28/2001
- September 11, the Shanghai Summit, and the Shift in U.S. China Policy, Avery Goldstein, 11/9/2001
- U.S. Policy Toward Taiwan: Sustaining The Status Quo, Jacques deLisle, 7/27/2001
- Politics, Law, & Resentment On The China Coast, Jacques deLisle, 7/17/2001
- Taiwan’s Perilous Transition, Shelley Rigger, 6/6/2001
- Toward a Resolution of the Taiwan Strait Problem: Chen Shui-Bian’s “Theory of Integration”, Lorna Hahn, 5/21/2001
- Taiwan’s Chen Shui-bian, Harvey Sicherman, 5/11/2001
- U.S. Policies Toward Asia, Avery Goldstein, 4/17/2001
- U.S. Policy Toward China: Try For The Best, Prepare For The Worst, Avery Goldstein, 3/30/2001
- Power Vacuum In ASEAN: Indonesia, Regional Security, and the USA, Theodore Friend, 4/9/2001
- U.S. Policy Toward China: Judge China By Its Deeds, Not Its Words, June Teufel Dreyer, 4/6/2001
- The Challenges Ahead for U.S. Policy in Asia, Kurt M. Campbell, 3/30/2001
- Indonesia’s Year of the Blue Carpet, Theodore Friend, 12/6/2000
- Democracy In Hong Kong: Reality Or Myth?, Deborah Brown, James A. Robinson, & Jermain T.M. Lam, 10/13/2000
- Slow-Intensity Conflict In The South China Sea, Andrew Scobell, 8/16/2000
- Why Tokyo Will Be a Larger Player in Asia, Michael Green, 7/27/2000
- Foreign Affairs, Federalism, and Well-Meaning Mischief, Jacques deLisle, 7/15/2000
- Flashpoint: The Taiwan Strait, June Teufel Dreyer, 6/30/2000
- Fallout from the Summit: The Consequences of Korean Detente, Avery Goldstein 6/29/2000
- Taiwan’s New President: One If and Five Nos, Harvey Sicherman, 6/2/2000
- Flashpoints in East Asia: Hot, Hotter, Hottest, Amy Gadsden (rapporteur), 6/2000
- Mixed Verdict on China, Harvey Sicherman, 5/26/2000
- The American Strategic Position in East Asia, Dov S. Zakheim, 5/12/2000
- Vietnam: A Pop Quiz, Adam Garfinkle, 5/2000
- Implications of Taiwan’s Vote for Change, James A. Robinson & Deborah A. Brown, 3/20/2000
- China’s Three Ifs, Harvey Sicherman, 3/3/2000
- Indonesia: Confronting the Political and Economic Crisis, Theodore Friend, 2/15/2000
- An Election With Chinese Characteristics, James A. Robinson, 2/14/2000
- The Hong Kong Experiment: A Peek Into The Laboratory, Avery Goldstein, 1/21/2000
- Trading with China: The Reality, William Wurster, 12/1/1999
- The Taiwan Relations Act: Durable Agreement or Fraying Framework? A Conference Report, Avery Goldstein, 9/8/1999
- Who’s Afraid Of Falun Gong?, Jacques deLisle, 8/5/1999
- History, Destiny, Ballots: Indonesia and East Timor, Theodore Friend, FPRI E-Notes, 7/30/1999
- A Linguistic Disturbance: the End of the One-China Policy?, Harvey Sicherman, 7/28/1999
- The Taiwan Question, Jacques DeLisle, 7/26/1999
- Is China Unstable?, Minxin Pei, 7/1999
- The Inscrutable Americans, Zhu Rongji, and The Deal That Wasn’t, Harvey Sicherman, 4/30/1999
- How To Deal with Beijing, Avery Goldstein, 3/1/1999
- Religious Revivals in Communist China, Arthur Waldron, 2/1999
- The Chinese Economy: A New Scenario, Murray Weidenbaum & Harvey Sicherman, 1/1999
- The Asian Miracle, the Asian Contagion, & the U.S.A., Address by Theodore Friend, 12/1998
- How to Respond to Asia’s Nuclear Arms Buildup, John H. Maurer, 6/23/1998
- Scared Senseless? The South Asian Nuclear Tests, Avery Goldstein, 6/5/1998
- The Asian Panic, Round Two, Harvey Sicherman, 5/22/1998
- Second Thoughts About China’s Military Power, Avery Goldstein, 4/1998
- Untying the Taiwan Knot, Ben Stavis, 2/1998
- Japan’s Schools: Five Lessons, Gail Benjamin, 2/1998
- Molding Japanese Minds, Sheldon Garon, 2/1998
- India at 50: The State of the Nation, Summary of a Talk by Mani Shankar Aiyar, 1/1998
- Eight Steps Toward a New China Policy, Arthur Waldron, 1/1997
- Samurai, Ninjas, and Salary Men: What the Martial Arts Really Tell Us About Japan, G. Cameron Hurst III, 9/1996
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The Balkans & Turkey
- Kosovo: The Revenge of CNN and the Politics of Emotion, Michael Radu, 4/2008
- The Dangers of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, Michael Radu, 3/2007
- Turkey and the European Union: Keeping a Friendly Distance, Michael Radu, 10/25/2006
- Balkan Ghost, Harvey Sicherman, 3/31/2006
- Terrorism Is Free Speech, Michael Radu, 2/10/2004
- The Turkish Factor in the Geopolitics of the Post-Soviet Space, Igor Torbakov, 01/10/2003
- The Turkish Problem— and Hope, Michael Radu, 12/12/2002
- Bush’s First Foreign Policy Test: It’s Not What You Think, Adam Garfinkle, 6/22/2001
- Turkey and the West, Walter A. McDougall, 12/2000
- Goodbye To The Balkans, Robert Strausz-Hupe & Harvey Sicherman, 10/10/2000
- Why Turkey Should Not Hang Ocalan ... Now, Michael Radu, 1/11/2000
- Is the PKK in Turkey on the Ropes?, Michael Radu, 9/28/1999
- NATO’s KLA Problem, Michael Radu, 9/8/1999
- NATO and Kosovo: After the ‘Victory,’What?, Michael Radu, 4/19/1999
- Don’t Arm the KLA, Michael Radu, 4/6/1999
- Bombs for Peace? Misreading Kosovo, Michael Radu, 3/26/1999
- The PKK Strategy in Europe to Place Turkey on Trial, Michael Radu, 2/26/1999
- The Capture of Abdullah Ocalan and the Future of Counter-Terrorism, Michael Radu, 2/18/1999
- Who is Abdullah Ocalan?, Michael Radu, 11/16/1998
- Dangerous Incoherence in Kosovo, Michael Radu, 10/21/1998
- Who Wants a Greater Albania?, Michael Radu, 7/10/1998
- Kosovo Is Not Bosnia, Adam Garfinkle, 6/19/1998
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Middle East & Africa
Also see FPRI Documents and Audio on Iraq.
- The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace, Aaron David Miller, 5/2008
- An Israeli View of the Iranian Nuclear Challenge, Efraim Inbar, 4/2008
- Ten Things Students Need To Know About the Origins of Israel and Palestine, Alan Luxenberg, 4/2008
- The Revolution Will be Brought to You by Text Messaging, Garrett Jones, 3/2008
- Kenya Update, Garrett Jones, 2/7/2008
- Bush, the Nudge-in-Chief, Harvey Sicherman, 1/2008
- Policy Disruption by NIE, Edward A. Turzanski, 1/2008
- Understanding Kenya, Garrett Jones, 1/2008
- The Business We’ve Chosen in The American Interest, Michael P. Noonan, November/December 2007
- Iran, Russia, and the Bomb, Rens Lee, 12/2007
- Annapolis: Three-Ring Diplomacy, Harvey Sicherman, 12/2007
- After the Surge: The Only Iraq Worth Fighting For, Keith W. Mines, 12/2007
- How Iran Could Help End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Robert Zelnick, 9/2007
- Struggle in the Sandbox: Western Sahara and the “International Community”, Michael Radu, 9/2007
- The U.S. Counter-propaganda Failure in Iraq in Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2007, Andrew Garfield
- Al Qaeda Confusion: How to Think about Jihad, Michael Radu, 7/2007
- Endgame for Palestine, Harvey Sicherman, 7/2007
- The Truth About Syria, Barry Rubin, 6/2007
- Genocide: The Cases of Rwanda and Sudan, Alan J. Kuperman, 5/2007
- Adventures in State-Building: Bremer’s Iraq and Cromer’s Egypt (434K ) in The American Interest, Vol. II No. 5 (May/June 2007)
- Into Africa: China’s Quest For Resources And Influence, Jacques deLisle, 2/2007
- Saddam Hussein: Stalin on the Tigris, Harvey Sicherman, 2/2007
- What’s Next in Somalia? Garrett Jones, 1/2007
- Iraq Endgame, Harvey Sicherman, 1/2007
- Media and Religion in the Arab/Islamic World, S. Abdallah Schleifer, 10/11/2006
- Israeli and U.S. Perspectives on Regional Security, Harvey Sicherman, 10/4/2006
- Economic Tools in Counterinsurgency and Postconflict Stabilization: Lessons Learned (and Relearned) in al Anbar, Iraq, 2003–04, Keith W. Mines, 9/28/2006
- Lebanon: The Two-in-One Crisis, Harvey Sicherman, 8/8/2006
- The Darfur Crisis, Harvey Glickman, 7/2006
- What Every American Needs to Know About Iran (audio), Patrick Clawson, 6/21/2006
- The Demise of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, Michael Radu, 6/8/2006
- Iraq’s Democratic Prospects, Kanan Makiya, 6/6/2006
- Asian and Middle Eastern Islam, Robert W. Hefner, 5/26/2006
- “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy”: A Working Paper That Does Not Work, Harvey Sicherman, 3/28/2006
- Sharon and Israel’s Future, Harvey Sicherman, 1/19/2006
- To the Shores of Tripoli, James Sanzare, 12/2005
- Radical Islam in the Maghreb (138K ), Carlos Echeverría Jesús, 10/2005
- The Push for Democratic Change in the Middle East: Focusing the Strategy, Daniel Kaplow, 8/18/2005
- King Fahd’s Saudi Arabia, Harvey Sicherman, 8/12/2005
- The Impact of Arab Satellite Television on the Prospects for Democracy in the Arab World, S. Abdallah Schleifer, 5/12/2005
- History Matters: Past as Prologue in Building Democracy in Iraq (115K , 16 pages), Eric Davis, Spring 2005
- Transforming the Middle East, Dov S. Zakheim, 2/17/2005
- U.S. Policy in the Middle East: On the Brink, Harvey Sicherman, 1/12/2005
- A New Middle East?, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 1/2005
- Robert Kaplan on the New Middle East, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 12/17/2004
- Arafat, the Man Who Wanted Too Much, Harvey Sicherman, 11/2004
- Understanding Palestinian Politics, Barry Rubin, 11/4/2004
- Video: The Democratic Prospect in the Middle East, Harvey Sicherman, 10/19/2004
- Video: U.S. Policy Toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Harvey Sicherman, 10/17/2004
- Video: The Future of Saudi Arabia and What al-Qaeda Websites Tell Us, Michael Doran, 10/17/2004
- Democracy’s Prospects in Iraq, Eric Davis, 6/30/2004
- Iraq: the Next Stage, Keith W. Mines, 6/28/2004
- American Challenges in Post-Conflict Iraq, Christopher H. Varhola, 5/27/2004
- Radical Islam in the Maghreb (62K ), Carlos Echeverría Jesús, Spring 2004
- A Changed World, George P. Shultz, 3/22/2004
- Observations on the War, Harvey Sicherman, 3/12/2004
- The Strategic Balance in the Middle East: an Israeli Perspective, Efraim Inbar, 2/6/2004
- Iraq: We Have Seen This Movie Before, Garrett Jones, 12/15/2003
- America and the Middle East After Saddam, Kenneth M. Pollack, 1/2004
- The Firanj Are Coming— Again, Edward Peters, Winter 2004
- The Mythic Foundations of Radical Islam, John Calvert, Winter 2004
- Who Is Yasir Arafat?, Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin, 12/2003
- The Road to Palestine, Harvey Sicherman, 6/2003
- What the U.S. Needs to Promote in Iraq (Hint: It’s Not Democratization per se, Walter A. McDougall, 5/2003
- Taking Democracy Seriously in Iraq, Eric Davis, 3/27/2003
- Baghdad Spring, Chris Seiple, 3/24/2003
- War, Harvey Sicherman, 3/20/2003
- Bush’s Palestine, Harvey Sicherman, 7/2002
- Comrade Mugabe’s “State of Disaster”, Michael Radu, 5/17/2002
- Israel’s Military Dilemma, Asaf Romirowsky, 5/10/2002
- Next Steps in the Middle East, Harvey Sicherman, 5/2002
- How to Unseat Saddam, Michael Eisenstadt, 12/14/2001
- Next Stop, Iraq, Richard Perle, 11/30/2001
- Between War and War: American Foreign Policy in the Middle East, Harvey Sicherman, August 2001
- Between War And War: American Policy In The Middle East, Harvey Sicherman, 8/2001
- Does Africa Exist?, Michael Radu, 7/24/2001
- The Middle East: Clarifying Acts of Violence, Harvey Sicherman, 11/2000
- Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe: Two Tales of Self-Destruction, Michael Radu, 8/4/2000
- Camp David II: Perils of the Endgame, Harvey Sicherman, 7/2000
- Hafez Al-Assad: The Man Who Waited Too Long, Harvey Sicherman, 7/2000
- The New (And Old) Geopolitics of the Persian Gulf, Geoffrey Kemp, 4/2000
- The Greater Middle East in 2025, Adam Garfinkle, 12/17/1999
- Teaching About the Middle East at the High School Level, Adam Garfikle, 12/1999
- Ten Things Most Americans Think They Know About Israel … But Don’t, Adam Garfinkle, 11/1999
- Wye II, Or Back to the Future, Harvey Sicherman, 9/1999
- A Turkish Story, Richard Perle, 08/1999
- Israel Picks a General...and a General Picks a Government, Harvey Sicherman, 7/1999
- After King Hussein, Adam Garfinkle, 02/8/1999
- Hussein Bin Talal: Soldier-King, Harvey Sicherman, 2/1999
- The U.S. and Iraq: What’s Next, Adam Garfinkle, 11/20/1998
- Theodor Herzl: An Appreciation, Harvey Sicherman, 8/28/1997
- Yitzhak Rabin: An Appreciation, Harvey Sicherman, 11/1995
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Latin America
- Los Zetas: the Ruthless Army Spawned by a Mexican Drug Cartel, George W. Grayson, 5/2008
- Victory for Colombia, Theater in Caracas, Michael Radu, 3/25/2008
- Mexico and the Drug Cartels, George W. Grayson, 8/2007
- When Repression Masquerades as Social Justice: Confessions of a Cuban Boy, Carlos Eire, 6/2007
- Colombia: Trade, Drugs, and the U.S. Congress, Steve Salisbury, 5/2007
- Castro’s Corn: Petroleum and Globalization, Irving Louis Horowitz, 5/2007
- Mexico, the PRI, and López Obrador: The Legacy of Corporatism (19 pages, 197K ), George W. Grayson, Spring 2007
- The Rule of Law or Confrontations in Selecting Mexico’s Next President?, George W. Grayson, 7/25/2006
- Latin America’s Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: History and Status (112K ), Alberto Bolívar, 5/2006
- The End of Bolivia? Michael Radu, 12/21/2005
- Andean Storm Troopers, Michael Radu, 5/4/2005
- Mexico’s Southern Flank: a Crime-Ridden “Third U.S. Border”, George W. Grayson, 3/22/2005
- Mexico’s Vicente Fox at Midstream, George W. Grayson, 10/27/2003
- Perverse Effects of Andean Counternarcotics Policy (134K , 18 pages), Rensselaer W. Lee III, Summer 2002
- The Return of Shining Path, Alberto Bolivar, 4/5/2002
- Colombia: Lucidity at Last, Michael Radu, 3/1/2002
- Terrorism in Colombia, Miguel Posada, 1/21/2002
- Mexico: Guerrillas, Protestors Bedevil President Fox, George W. Grayson, 8/17/2001
- Colombia: A Trip Report, Michael Radu, 6/1/2001
- U.S. Policies Toward Latin America, William Perry, 4/19/2001
- Chaos in the Andes, Michael Radu, 3/20/2001
- How To Deal With Mexico’s Zapatistas, George W. Grayson, 1/29/2001
- Mexican Politics: PRI In Sauce In Tabasco, George W. Grayson, 11/10/2000
- Ruling Party’s Loss In Chiapas Holds Profound Significance For Mexico, George W. Grayson, 8/28/2000
- Peru’s “Democratic Opposition” Plays with Fire, Michael Radu, 8/9/2000
- Mexico’s President Vicente Fox Quesada, George W. Grayson, 7/7/2000
- The U.S. Stake in Mexico’s Political Battle, George W. Grayson, 6/28/2000
- The Election in Peru: A First-Hand Account, Michael Radu, 4/26/2000
- Aid to Colombia: A Study in Muddled Arguments, Michael Radu, 2/25/2000
- Latin America: A Scorecard, William Perry, 1/31/2000
- Guatemala Votes Down The Conventional Wisdom, Michael Radu, 11/17/1999
- An Apology Instead of a Policy: U.S. Blunders in Latin America, Michael Radu, 3/19/1999
- Why We Must Not Lift the Cuban Embargo, Michael Radu, 1/26/1999
- The Pinochet Case: Anti-Communism on Trial, Michael Radu, 10/30/1998
- The Suicide of Colombia, Michael Radu, 9/3/1998
- Why Democracy Is Doomed in Colombia, Michael Radu, 11/1997
- Mexico’s Elections: A Triumph for Democracy?, Michael Radu, 7/16/1997
- Letter from Lima, Michael Radu, 2/7/1997
- While Mexico Burns, Michael Radu, 10/1996
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Religion, Culture, and the West
- Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism, George Weigel, 2/2008
- Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism (full-length text) (57K ), George Weigel, 2/2008
- Americanism vs. Islamism: A Personal Perspective, Zuhdi Jasser, 1/2008
- Media and Religion in the Arab/Islamic World, S. Abdallah Schleifer, 10/11/2006
- Islam’s Trajectory, David Forte, 9/2006
- Islam, Islamism, and Democratic Values, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 9/2006
- Counterterrorism and the Integration of Islam in Europe, Jytte Klausen, 7/2006
- Asian and Middle Eastern Islam, Robert W. Hefner, 5/26/2006
- This Is Not About Mohammed’s Turban, Michael Radu, 2/6/2006
- Europe, Fall 2005: Gangs in Search of an Ideology, Michael Radu, 11/2005
- Radical Imams and Terrorists, Michael Radu, 8/2005
- The Legacy of John Paul II, Michael Radu, 4/5/2005
- America’s Identity and American Foreign Policy, James Kurth, 12/2004
- Public Theology and Democracy’s Future, Max L. Stackhouse, 10/2004
- America and the West, James Kurth, 9/2004
- Understanding Anti-Americanism, Barry Rubin, 8/20/2004
- Meditations on a High Holy Day: The Fourth of July, Walter McDougall, 7/4/2004
- Is There Still a West? A Conference Report, William Anthony Hay (rapporteur), 5/2004
- Freedom Just Around the Corner: An Excerpt, Walter A. McDougall, 4/5/2004
- There Is a West, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 2/2003
- The Mythic Foundations of Radical Islam, John Calvert, Winter 2004
- The Ecstasy and the Agony of Our Romance With Flight: A Meditation on the Centennial of the Wright Brothers’ Triumph, Walter A. McDougall, 12/17/2003
- The American Encounter with Islam, William Anthony Hay (rapporteur), 9/2003
- Islam in America, Philip Jenkins, 7/2003
- Islam and the West: a Historical Perspective, Jeremy Black, 5/2003
- Using Military Force Against the Saddam Hussein Regime: the Moral Issues, James Turner Johnson, 12/4/2002
- Is There Still a West?, William Anthony Hay, 9/2002
- Vichy Thought Police, Michael Radu, 9/20/2002
- The Dignity of Difference: Avoiding the Clash of Civilizations, Jonathan Sacks, 7/2002
- The Ideological War Within the West, John Fonte, 5/2002
- The War and the West, James Kurth, 2/2002
- The Sacred and the Profane: Judaism and International Relations, Harvey Sicherman, 1/2002
- Globalization and the Transformation of Christianity, Philip Jenkins, 1/2002
- Journey to the Center of Jules Verne… and Us, Walter McDougall, 9/2001
- America, The West, And The World, William Anthony Hay, 9/2001
- The Use And Abuse Of U.S. Constitutional Law As A Model For Others, Stephen B. Presser, 7/2001
- The 3rd Annual Perlmutter Lecture on Ethnic Conflict: Religion and International Peacemaking, David Smock, 3/2001
- The West At the Dawn of the 21st Century: Triumph Without Self-Belief, Alan Charles Kors, 2/2001
- The Fate of the West in the Age of Globalization: Triumph or Twilight?, James Kurth, 12/2000
- Pope John Paul II and the Dynamics of History, George Weigel, 4/2000
- The Coming Transformation of the Muslim World, Dale Eickelman, 8/1999
- Religion and Globalization, James Kurth, 5/1999
- Multiculturalism in Classical Islamic Civilization, Bruce B. Lawrence, 10/1998
- The Idea of the West, David Gress, 8/1998
- Toward National Greatness? A July 4th Reflection, Adam Garfinkle, 7/1998
- Some Observations on Herzl’s Geopolitics, Robert Strausz-Hupé, 3/5/1998
- America and the West: Lessons from the Marshall Plan, Harvey Sicherman, 1/1998
- The Drama of Western Identity, David Gress, 12/1997
- America Versus the West?, James Kurth, 10/1997
- What Do We Mean by the West? William H. McNeill, 4/1997
- Religion in Diplomatic History, Walter A. McDougall, 3/1998
- Religion and Russia’s Future, James Billington, 10/1997
- Religion and Civic Virtue at Home and Abroad, George Gallup, Jr., 6/1996
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History, Education, and Western Civilization
- War and Leadership: a Critical Analysis of Thucydides’ Account of the Athenian Expedition to Sicily, Karl Walling, 11/2007
- War and the West, Williamson Murray, 11/2007
- Cicero and Tacitus on Empire: The Roman Tradition and American Conceptions of Foreign Policy, E. Christian Kopff, 10/2007
- Teaching Military History- Why and How: A Conference Report, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 10/2007
- Why Teach Military History?, Jeremy Black, 10/2007
- The Social Dimensions of the U.S. Civil War, Mark Grimsley, 6/2007
- Teaching the Classics: What Americans Can Learn from Herodotus, Paul A. Rahe, 3/2007
- Democratization, Order, and American Foreign Policy, William Anthony Hay, 4/2006
- Video: The Origins of American Identity, Walter A. McDougall, 6/5/2004
- What Makes Alliances Tick? The 7th Annual Robert Strausz-Hupé Lecture, Address by the Hon. Dov S. Zakheim, 10/4/2004
- New Perspectives on the Genesis of the U.S., Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 9/2004
- President Nixon’s Historical Legacy, Walter A. McDougall, 8/2004
- Four Surprises in Global Demography, Nicholas Eberstadt, 7/2004
- Ronald Reagan Remembered, Harvey Sicherman, 6/10/2004
- Freedom Just Around the Corner: An Excerpt, Walter A. McDougall, 4/5/2004
- Reading the Past into American Foreign Policy (102K ), William Anthony Hay, Spring 2004
- The Firanj Are Coming— Again, Edward Peters, Winter 2004
- Beyond the Rhetoric: Essential Questions About Japanese Education, Lucien Ellington, 12/2003
- Teaching About Japan: Films About Japanese Culture, Literature and History, Lucien Ellington, 12/2003
- The Big Mac and Teaching About Japan, Lucien Ellington, 12/2003
- Teaching About Japan #2, Lucien Ellington, 5/2003
- What College Students Learn About Terrorism: A Case Study of International Relations Textbooks, Stanley Michalak, 11/2002
- Teaching Geography and Geopolitics, Trudy J. Kuehner (rapporteur), 5/2002
- Robert Kaplan on Applying the Wisdom of the Ages to the Twenty-First Century, Trudy Kuehner, 4/4/2002
- Teaching World Religions, William Anthony Hay (rapporteur), 12/2001
- How to Learn Lessons from History— And How Not To, Adam Garfinkle, 5/2001
- You Can’t Argue with Geography, Walter A. McDougall, 9/2000
- Teaching the Vietnam War: A Conference Report, Stephen Winterstein, 7/2000
- Teaching the Vietnam War, Walter McDougall, 6/2000
- The Rest of Reagan, Harvey Sicherman, Summer 2000
- Vietnam: A Pop Quiz, Adam Garfinkle, 5/2000
- Multiculturalism in World History, David Gress (rapporteur), 9/1999
- The Wisdom of Robert Strausz-Hupé, Walter McDougall, 3/1999
- The Cold War Revisited, David Gress, 9/1998
- The New Cold War History, John Lewis Gaddis, 6/1998
- The Three Reasons We Teach History, Walter McDougall, 2/1998
- The Merits and Perils of Teaching About Other Cultures, Address by Walter McDougall, 5/1999
- Japan’s Schools: Five Lessons, Gail Benjamin, 2/1998
- What Do We Mean by the West? William H. McNeill, 4/1997
- What Johnny Still Won’t Know About History, Walter McDougall, 7/1996 (98K )
- Whose History? Whose Standards? Walter McDougall, 5/1995 (195K )
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Humanitarian Intervention and Ethnic Conflict
- The Darfur Crisis, Harvey Glickman, 7/5/2006
- Humanitarian Intervention After Iraq: Legal Ideals vs. Military Realities (179K ), James Kurth, Winter 2006
- Models Of Humanitarian Intervention, James Kurth, 8/2001
- The Question of Humanitarian Intervention: A Conference Report, Michael P. Noonan, 6/2001
- The Question of Humanitarian Intervention, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 2/2001
- Managing Ethnic Conflict, I. William Zartman, 9/1998
- How to Think About Ethnic Conflict Chester A. Crocker, 9/1999
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The Military
Also see FPRI Documents and Audio on Iraq.
- Dissent and Strategic Leadership of the Military Professions, Don M. Snider, 2/2008
- America’s “Long War(s)”, Mackubin Thomas Owens, 1/2008
- Mind the Gap: Post-Iraq Civil-Military Relations in America, Michael P. Noonan, 1/2008
- The Business We’ve Chosen in The American Interest, Michael P. Noonan, November/December 2007
- Dereliction of Duty Redux?, Frank G. Hoffman, 11/2007
- The Hon. Ike Skelton on Civil-Military Relations, Ike Skelton, 11/2007
- War and Technology, Martin Van Creveld, 10/2007
- The Marines: Premier Expeditionary Warriors, Frank Hoffman, 11/2007
- Teaching Military History- Why and How: A Conference Report, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 10/2007
- War and the East, Andrew R. Wilson, 10/2007
- Can Another “Iraq” Be Prevented?, Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., 9/2007
- Teaching About the Military in American History: A History Institute for Teachers, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 5/2007
- Teaching About the Military: Some Basics, Paul Herbert, 5/2007
- World War II and Its Meaning for Americans, David Eisenhower, 5/2007
- Understanding the Creation of the U.S. Armed Forces, Peter Maslowski, 4/2007
- Teaching the Classics: What Americans Can Learn from Herodotus, Paul A. Rahe, 3/2007
- War and the Military in American History, Walter A. McDougall, 3/2007
- A Strategic Rationale for Land Force Expansion, Frank G. Hoffman, 3/2007
- Briefing on Iraq Study Group Report, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 12/8/2006
- A New Maritime Strategy: Navigating Uncertain Waters, Frank G. Hoffman, 11/3/2006
- Economic Tools in Counterinsurgency and Postconflict Stabilization: Lessons Learned (and Relearned) in al Anbar, Iraq, 2003–04, Keith W. Mines, 9/28/2006
- Changing Tires on the Fly: The Marines and Postconflict Stability Ops, Frank G. Hoffman, 9/10/2006
- Succeeding in Phase IV: British Perspectives on the U.S. Effort To Stabilize and Reconstruct Iraq, Andrew Garfield, 9/8/2006
- Lessons from Lebanon: Hezbollah and Hybrid Wars, Frank Hoffman, 8/24/2006
- Recapturing the Essentials of Counterinsurgency, Anthony James Joes, 5/30/2006
- Private Military Companies and the Future of War, Deborah Avant, 4/2006
- The Quadrennial Defense Review and U.S. Defense Policy, 2006-2025, Michael P. Noonan, 3/9/2006
- The Economics of Defense Spending, Murray Weidenbaum, 2/14/2006
- The Future of American Military Strategy: A Conference Report, Michael P. Noonan (rapporteur), 2/3/2006
- A Balanced Force Structure to Achieve a Liberal World Order (253K ), Mackubin Thomas Owens, Winter 2005
- A Balanced Force Structure to Achieve a Liberal World Order, Mackubin Thomas Owens, 1/20/2006
- Complex Irregular Warfare, Frank G. Hoffman, 1/6/2006
- The Future of the U.S. Army, Sherwood Goldberg, 12/12/2005
- A Post-Imperial Power? Britain and the Royal Navy (106K ), Jeremy Black, Spring 2005
- When Less Is More: the Transformation of American Expeditionary Land Power in Europe, Michael P. Noonan, 5/24/2005
- Toward a New Conception of the Citizen Soldier, Charles Moskos, 4/7/2005
- On Fighting a 16-Division War with a 10-Division Force, Keith W. Mines, 3/8/2005
- Video: Strategy and the Historical Mind, Eliot Cohen, 3/1/2005
- Iwo Jima and the Future of the Marine Corps, Mackubin Thomas Owens, 2/23/2005
- Video: The American Way of War: A History of Strategic Transformations, James Kurth, 2/3/2005
- The Future of the Guard and Reserve: Roles, Missions and Force Structure, Frank G. Hoffman, 2/8/2005
- Total Force Policy and the Abrams Doctrine: Unfulfilled Promise, Uncertain Future, James Jay Carafano, 2/3/2005
- The Future of the Reserves and the National Guard: A Conference Report, Michael P. Noonan (rapporteur), 1/19/2005
- A “War of a Different Kind” and the Reconstruction of U.S. Reserve Forces, Keynote Address of Stephen M. Duncan to FPRI’s conference on “The Future of the Reserves and the National Guard,” 12/6/2004
- Video: A “War of a Different Kind” and the Reconstruction of U.S. Reserve Forces, Stephen M. Duncan, 12/6/2004
- Reform Overdue: the Geopolitics of American Redeployment, Michael P. Noonan, 8/23/2004
- Thinking (Again) About Arms Control, Paul Bracken, Winter 2004
- Iraq: We Have Seen This Movie Before, Garrett Jones, 12/15/2003
- Global Expeditionary Warfare, Michael P. Noonan, 11/21/2003
- The Military Lessons of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Michael P. Noonan, 5/1/2003
- Baghdad Spring, Chris Seiple, 3/24/2003
- Form, Function, and U.S. Defense Transformation, Michael P. Noonan & Mark R. Lewis, 11/8/2002
- The U.S. Military, the Strategic Quartet, and the Global War on Terrorism, Michael P. Noonan, 9/20/2002
- Everthing You Think You Know About the American Way of War Is Wrong, Max Boot, 9/12/2002
- Re-Mapping U.S. Defense Policy, Michael Noonan, 6/17/2002
- War and Strategy in the 21st Century, Jeremy Black, 2/2002
- The Coming Transformation of the U.S. Military?, Michael P. Noonan and John Hillen, 2/4/2002
- Post-9/11 Non-Proliferation, Henry Sokolski, 1/25/02
- The Failure of the ABM Treaty, Adam Garfinkle, 5/25/2001
- America’s Military Problems & How To Fix Them, John F. Lehman & Harvey Sicherman, 2/2001
- Why Nukes Still Trump: Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century, Avery Goldstein, 11/13/2000
- While America Sleeps, Donald Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan, 11/3/2000
- Mythed Opportunities: The Truth About Vietnam Anti-War Protests, Adam Garfinkle, 6/2000
- Who Were We in Vietnam?, Walter McDougall, 5/2000
- Anthrax Vaccination and the Deeper Problems of Leadership, Andrew Bacevich, 3/10/2000
- Rethinking Bio-Chemical Dangers, Henry Sokolski, 2/2000
- The Feminization Of The American Military, Walter A. McDougall, 2/4/2000
- National Missile Defense: Why Now?, Keith B. Payne, 1/2000
- World War I: Could It Have Been Avoided?, John H. Maurer, 11/11/1999
- Defeat in the Senate, Harvey Sicherman, 10/20/1999
- NATO: Correcting the Course, Address by Alexander M. Haig Jr., 3/1999
- Military Culture Does Matter, Williamson Murray, 1/1999
- Demilitarizing the Military, John F. Lehman, Jr. & Harvey Sicherman, 7/97
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Europe & Russia
- Iran, Russia, and the Bomb, Rens Lee, 12/2007
- The Continued Retreat of Democracy in Postcommunist Europe and Eurasia?, Adrian A. Basora, 11/2007
- Will “Europe” Survive the 21st Century?, Walter McDougall, 7/2007
- The Soviet Gulag, David Satter, 6/2007
- The Relevance of France’s Presidential Election, Jean-Loup Archawski, 5/8/2007
- French Elections: Revolutionary Conservatives vs. Reactionary Progressives, Michael Radu, 5/7/2007
- Reclaiming Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, Joerg Forbrig and Pavol Demes, 4/2007
- Russia under Putin: Toward Democracy or Dictatorship? Stephen Kotkin, 3/2007
- Turkey and the European Union: Keeping a Friendly Distance, Michael Radu, 10/25/2006
- Understanding Democratic Transitions, Adrian A. Basora, 10/4/2006
- Londonistan Is Still With Us, Michael Radu, 8/2006
- Shamil Basayev: Death of a Terrorist/a>, Michael Radu, 7/14/2006
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Counterterrorism and the Integration of Islam in Europe, Jytte Klausen, 7/2006
- This Is Not About Mohammed’s Turban, Michael Radu, 2/6/2006
- Europe, Fall 2005: Gangs in Search of an Ideology, Michael Radu, 11/2005
- A Post-Imperial Power? Britain and the Royal Navy (106K ), Jeremy Black, Spring 2005
- London 7/7 and Its Impact, Michael Radu, 7/2005
- Europe: the Brakes Are On, Michael Radu, 6/2005
- Oh Non! What’s Behind the French Vote, and What’s Ahead? Timothy P.R. Weaver, 6/2005
- Is Europe Dying? Notes on a Crisis of Civilizational Morale, George Weigel, 6/2005
- The Constitution for Europe: What Next?, Jean-Loup Archawski, 12/2004
- Europe: a More or Less Perfect Union?, Timothy Weaver, 10/2004
- Russia’s Problem: the Chechens or Islamic Terrorists?, Michael Radu, 9/3/2004
- Reform Overdue: the Geopolitics of American Redeployment, Michael P. Noonan, 8/23/2004
- D-Day Remembered, David Eisenhower, 6/2005
- The News From Spain: Terror Works, Michael Radu, 3/16/2004
- Europe’s Constitutional Treaty: A Threat to Democracy and How to Avoid It, Declan Ganley, 12/2003
- Holger Mey on European Unification and Transatlantic Relations: A View from Germany, William Anthony Hay (rapporteur), 6/2003
- Germany in the Spring, Adam Garfinkle, 4/7/2003
- A Preliminary Reckoning: Prospects for U.S.-European Relations After Iraq, William Anthony Hay, 4/2003
- Old Europe vs. New, Michael Radu, 3/12/2003
- Europe’s Direction? A Voice from Ireland, Declan Ganley, 3/11/2003
- Blair, Britain, Europe and International Relations? Jeremy Black, 11/2002
- Europe’s Native Terrorism, Michael Radu, 10/04/2002
- Vichy Thought Police, Michael Radu, 9/20/2002
- America, Europe, and Russia: Bush’s Search for Common Ground, William Anthony Hay, 6/2002
- The French Election: Earthquake, Fascism, or Wake-up Call?, Michael Radu, 5/3/2002
- The Problem of “Londonistan”: Europe, Human Rights, and Terrorists, Michael Radu, 4/12/2002
- Atlantic Partnership After September 11, William Anthony Hay, 2/2002
- Nuclear Smuggling From The Former Soviet Union, Rensselaer Lee,4/27/2001
- A U.S. Policy For Russia, by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 4/25/2001
- From Russia Without Love, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. & Harvey Sicherman, 3/2/2001
- Europe’s Rapid Reaction Force: What, Why & How?, William Anthony Hay & Harvey Sicherman, 2/2001
- Quiet Quake in Europe: The French and the Germans Divide, William Anthony Hay, 10/2000
- Yeltsin’s Legacy and Putin’s Plans, Harvey Sicherman, 1/18/2000
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in 1994: A Personal Recollection, Graham Humes, 1/13/2000
- Rubles, Old Socks, and IMF Loans, Stephen S. Moody, 12/20/1999
- The Virtual Monetary Fund and Russia’s Current Industrial Expansion, Stephen S. Moody, 8/20/1999
- The Failure of Supply-Side Nuclear Control, Rensselaer W. Lee III, 4/1999
- The Cold War Revisited, David Gress, 9/1998
- The Case Against NATO Expansion, Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 2/28/1998
- Religion and Russia’s Future, James Billington, 10/1997
- The NATO-Russia Agreement, Harvey Sicherman, 6/3/1997
- Five Challenges for Russia, Sergey Rogov, 4/1997
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Think Tanks and Civil Society
- The Global "Go-To Think Tanks”: The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations in the World, 2007 (24 pages, 265K )
- Audio: Development of Think Tanks and Their Role as Catalysts for Ideas and Actions in the U.S. Political System, James McGann, 2/28/2006
- Scholars, Dollars, and Policy Advice (172K Microsoft Word document), James McGann, 8/2004
- Think Tanks and the Transnationalization of Foreign Policy, James McGann, 12/16/2002
- Responding to 9/11: Are Think Tanks Thinking Outside the Box? (706K ), James G. McGann, 7/31/2003
The Big Picture
- More Than Just Tools and Toys: Teaching Innovation, Lawrence Husick, 5/2008
- Robert Kaplan on the New Balance of Power, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 4/2008
- The Revolution Will be Brought to You by Text Messaging, Garrett Jones, 3/2008
- Tools of Statecraft: Diplomacy and War, Angelo M. Codevilla, 1/2008
- The Space Age That Never Arrived: A Meditation on the 50th Anniversary of Sputnik 1, Walter A. McDougall, 11/2007
- Living Without Freedom: A History Institute for Teachers, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 9/2007
- Freedom: The History of an Idea, J. Rufus Fears, 6/2007
- A Strategy for Success: Innovation Will Renew American Leadership (12 pages, 187K ), Rocco L. Martino, Spring 2007
- Unconventional Approaches to Diplomatic Theory, Garrett Jones, 3/2007
- Benjamin Franklin and the Traditions of American Diplomacy, Harvey Sicherman, 1/4/2007
- Assessing the Long War, Frank G. Hoffman, 1/4/2007
- Past the Apogee: America Under Pressure, Charles Krauthammer, 12/2006
- Understanding Democratic Transitions, Adrian A. Basora, 10/4/2006
- Culture and Deterrence, Adam Garfinkle, 8/25/2006
- The New Normalcy, Frank G. Hoffman, 5/12/2006
- Defense Strategy in the Post-Saddam Era, Michael O'Hanlon, 5/12/2006
- Democratization, Order, and American Foreign Policy, William Anthony Hay, 4/2006
- The UN At 60, Stanley Michalak, 10/19/2005
- The End of Cheap Oil, Once Again: Geopolitics or Global Economics?, Bernard E. Munk, 10/10/2005
- What Makes Alliances Tick? The 7th Annual Robert Strausz-Hupé Lecture, Address by the Hon. Dov S. Zakheim, 10/4/2004
- Global Threats and American Strategies: From Communism in 1955 to Islamism in 2005 (118K ), James Kurth, Fall 2005
- America and the West, James Kurth, 9/2004
- Four Surprises in Global Demography, Nicholas Eberstadt, 7/2004
- There Is a West, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 2/2003
- The Ecstasy and the Agony of Our Romance With Flight: A Meditation on the Centennial of the Wright Brothers’ Triumph, Walter A. McDougall, 12/17/2003
- The Promise and Peril of Our Times, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 11/25/2003
- The Work of Diplomacy, George P. Shultz, 06/11/2002
- Challenges of Empire, William Anthony Hay, 5/2002
- The Revival of Geopolitics (57K ) in Intercollegiate Review, Harvey Sicherman, Spring 2002
- Applying the Wisdom of the Ages to the Twenty-First Century, Robert Kaplan, 4/4/2002
- America and the World at the Dawn of a New Century, Walter A. McDougall, 12/1999
- Kennan’s “X” Plus Fifty, Walter A. McDougall, 9/1997
- Why Some Neo-Cons Are Wrong About U.S. Foreign Policy, Walter McDougall, 12/1997
- The Revenge of Geopolitics (688K , 7 pages), Harvey Sicherman, 1/1997
- The Melancholy Moon, Walter McDougall, 7/15/1994
- What the World Teaches America: A Fourth of July Reflection, Adam Garfinkle, 7/4/1993
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