Archive for November, 2009

The Rise of American Declinism

How we come to view the United States’ future—coupled with what we think about the consequences of that future—will result in a different set of conclusions, calculations and strategies.

Enough with the Vietnam Syndrome

The lessons of Korea offer a more reassuring—and arguably, more apt—guide to the future of Afghanistan than Vietnam.

Club Dead

Permanent UN Security Council membership for India is not just unlikely, it’s undesirable. Why then do we care so much about it?

I must admit to being surprised by Vir Sanghvi’s recent column for The Hindustan Times, not because of how taken in he appears to have been with former U.S. president George W. Bush, but rather how convinced [...]