America and the World

S ince the end of the Cold War, the main challenge to those who favor a “constructive engagement” with China has come from human rights advocates and labor leaders. But in the last year, a new opposition voice has been heard, arguing for a return to the containment strategy used against the Soviet Union. This […]

The big idea of the post-WWII era was collective security by the great powers. Now, in the post-Cold War era, can the international community make it a reality?

The fate of one town, Brcko, almost derailed the Dayton Accords. Now Brcko’s reconstruction has become one of the most daunting ventures in peacekeeping ever attempted by the United States.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Americans have been uncertain about the purposes that ought to guide our foreign policy, particularly our use of military power. Now that anticommunism no longer serves as an overarching cause, should we follow the dictates of national interest narrowly understood, or do democratic values and commitments to human […]

Who bought American indulgence of China? Surprise–multinational corporations that fly the U.S. flag.

When I wrote “The Choice In Kosovo” in early May, the failure of the United States and NATO to make a credible threat of a ground invasion seemed likely to result in a diplomatic settlement that fell far short of the legitimate aims of the war. A month later, these concerns have only partially been […]