Neocons
A Dangerous Concert
John Ikenberry and Anne-Marie Slaughter recently proposed that the U.S. create an organization made up of the world's liberal democracies, "Concert of Democracies," that would serve as a souce of legitimacy for the use of force outside of the United Nations. In a recent TPM Cafe piece, New America's Michael Lind argues this would serve only to allow a hawkish U.S. President to get weak states to rubber-stamp an unpopular was such as in Iran.
What Would John McCain Do?
Is it possible that the next inhabitant of the White House might make the world wistful for the foreign policy of George W. Bush? Until recently, that possibility was reserved for a scenario that involved a nuclear device lighting off in an American city. In his recent Financial Times op-ed, New America Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven looks at McCain's policies and advisors and ultimately finds common ground with Pat Buchanan, who recently said McCain is going to make "Cheney look like Gandhi."
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