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Cecille Isidro — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:42:00 -0400

... president when he says we can have all these good things without paying for it," said Michael Lind, a political analyst at the New America Foundation. ...

Praise for Anatol Lieven's Book Ethical Realism in The Washington Post

Communications — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:10:00 -0500

Two major public statements, coming less than a week apart, nicely capture the confusion besetting U.S. foreign policy these days.The first is the report of the Iraq Study Group, released on Dec. 6. In good old-fashioned "realist" style, the report offers nothing about how to promote democracy and human rights in the Middle East, focusing instead on the single-minded, amoral pursuit of the U.S. national interest.Just five days later, outgoing U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered his valedictory address, imploring Americans to uphold human rights and the rule of law in prosecuting the war on terrorism -- idealism at its purest...

In this climate, policy heavyweights from Washington to New York to Boston are grasping for the Next Big Idea, the grand strategy that will guide U.S. foreign policy in a post-Iraq world... So who will be the next George Kennan? The current strategies on offer in various books and articles include new buzzwords, promising ideas -- and miles to go before a consensus emerges...One candidate for a new grand strategy is found in "The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the 21st Century" by political scientist Michael Mandelbaum. He… more

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Obama on Drive to Tackle Healthcare Rage | Financial Times

Praise for Anatol Lieven's Book Ethical Realism in The Washington Post