Columbia International Affairs Online

CIAO DATE: 09/07

The National Interest

 

Number 87, Jan/Feb 2007

* - Denotes full text.

 

The Realist

• End the Crusade*
  Dimitri K. Simes

  The debacle in Iraq reaffirms the lesson of a thousand years ago: there is no such thing as a good crusade; divine missions are not conducive to sensible policy.

Comments and Responses

Feature: Adjusting the Course? Bush's Final Two Years

• The Three-Quarters Mark
  Richard N. Haass

  At this juncture, U.S. foreign policy must focus on the foreign, not domestic, policies of others.

• Ensuring a Legacy
  Kim R. Holmes

  Bush will never run for office again. He should concentrate on applying his doctrine, not on defending his decisions.

• Lines in the Sand
  Robert Delahunty and John Yoo

  A nation-state's borders are not sacrosanct. Failed states should be fragmented into more governable parts.

• In the Right Direction
  Ian Bremmer

  By announcing talks on normalizing relations between the United States and North Korea, is the Bush Administration taking the advice Ian Bremmer gave in the January/February 2007 issue of The National Interest?

• The President's Man
  I.M. Destler

  McGeorge Bundy's honest reversal on Vietnam contrasts with the Bush team's unwillingness to look back-or forward.

Articles

• Reshaping our Iran Policy*
  Jim Saxton

  U.S. policy must ensure the price of Iranian aggression becomes unaffordable.

• Mind the Gap*
  Daniel W. Drezner

  Why policymaking elites and foreigners alike distrust the judgment of Americans.

• Beyond the NRA Doctrine
  Charles D. Ferguson and Peter van Ham

  America should join with Europe in aggressively policing proliferation.

• Jigsaw Jihadism
  Justine A. Rosenthal

  Ethnic terrorist groups like Hamas can be engaged but there is no negotiating with religious terrorists. A strategy for splitting up the Al-Qaeda network.

• New Innovation Challengers
  Dan Steinbock

  Multinationals in China and India are seeking more sustainable competitive advantages by shifting from imitation to innovation.

Reviews and Essays

• Botching Iran*
  Daniel Benjamin

  With regards to Tehran, it is America that has been the constant bungler.

• Beyond Petroleum*
  Michael O’Hanlon

  The U.S.-Saudi relationship is based on more than just oil-it hinges directly on common core interests.

• Revivalism, Shi'a Style*
  John O. Voll

  Energized Shi'a represent a powerful challenge to Sunni extremism and jihadism.

Reporter-at-Large

• The Fightin' Dems*
  Brendan Conway

  Despite a seeming parade of veteran candidates, war-veteran Democrats didn't take an inordinate number of seats this past election.