International Relations

America’s role in the post-cold-war world has been the subject of much debate among political scientists, historians, politicians, and policy makers. What is the range of thinking on what the United States should--or should not--do in the world? Where and when should the United States intervene with military force? What role should the United States take in promoting world peace and a prosperous global economy?

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Supremacy by stealth. . (Cover Story) Robert D. Kaplan. The Atlantic Monthly July-August 2003 v292 i1 p65(15) (11204 words)

The United States, Iraq, and international relations; part two: a pyrrhic victory? James Hamill. Contemporary Review July 2003 v282 i1650 p7(9) (4518 words)

America as European hegemon. Christopher Layne. The National Interest Summer 2003 i72 p17(13) (6788 words)

From Kadesh to Kandahar: military theory and the future of war. Michael Evans. Naval War College Review Summer 2003 v56 i3 p132(19) (8450 words)

Striking a New Transatlantic Bargain. Andrew Moravcsik. Foreign Affairs July-August 2003 v82 i4 p74 (5308 words)

The New American Empire? (how declarations against Iraq appear to the world as imperialism) Jay Tolson. U.S. News & World Report Jan 13, 2003 p35-40 Mag.Coll.: 112G0654. Bus.Coll.: 142X1527.

Re-ordering the world; International relations; The post-Iraq world order. Global Agenda March 21, 2003 pNA

From Prague to Baghdad: NATO at Risk. Strobe Talbott. Foreign Affairs Nov-Dec 2002 v81 i6 p46 Mag.Coll.: 112A2107.

Imperial temptations. Jack Snyder. The National Interest Spring 2003 p29(12)

Letter to America. (on United States foreign policy) Ramesh Thakur. The Nation March 3, 2003 v276 i8 p30

Clausewitz's chameleon: military theory and the future of war. (Defence). (peace) Michael Evans. Quadrant Nov 2002 v46 i11 p8(8)

Making the world safe from evil: current US foreign policy is the most incoherent it has been in recent memory. (Articles). Bruce Cumings. The Nation Oct 28, 2002 v275 i14 p27 Mag.Coll.: 111M0272.

MANIFESTO. (George W. Bush's national security strategy) Hendrik Hertzberg. The New Yorker Oct 14, 2002 v78 i31 pNA Mag.Coll.: 112A1775.

A DOCTRINE PASSES. (George F. Kennan on containment and Bush's doctrine of preemptive strikes)(Brief Article)(Interview) Jane Mayer. The New Yorker Oct 14, 2002 v78 i31 pNA Mag.Coll.: 112A1775.

Mandela: the USA is a threat to peace. (Nelson Mandela, South Africa)(Brief Article) The Nation Sept 30, 2002 v275 i10 p24 Mag.Coll.: 111L0105.

One year on: power, purpose and strategy in American foreign policy. Robert W. Tucker, Michael Howard, Gary Schmitt, John J. Mearsheimer, Josef Joffe, James Chace, Wang Gungwu, Charles A. Kupchan, Pierre Hassner. The National Interest Fall 2002 p5(30)

A grand strategy of transformation. John Lewis Gaddis. Foreign Policy Nov-Dec 2002 p50(8)

The eagle has crash landed. (decline of United States) Immanuel Wallerstein. Foreign Policy July-August 2002 p60(9)

Rogue superpower. (Essay). David Ransom. New Internationalist July 2002 p34(2)

All that NATO can be: to Prague and beyond. Charles Gati. The National Interest Summer 2002 p79(10)

American Primacy in Perspective. Stephen G. Brooks, William C. Wohlforth. Foreign Affairs July-August 2002 v81 i4 p20

Clash of Globalizations. Stanley Hoffmann. Foreign Affairs July-August 2002 v81 i4 p104

Failed States in a World of Terror. Robert I. Rotberg. Foreign Affairs July-August 2002 v81 i4 p127

'Power and Values': A conversation with Condoleezza Rice. (Interview) Jay Nordlinger. National Review August 12, 2002 v54 i14 pNA

About Those Other Nukes. (American and Russian operational warheads)(Brief Article) Business Week May 27, 2002 i3784 p27

Dear Dubya: FP asks one of America's most seasoned former diplomats to rate Bush foreign policy. (Argument). (Foreign Policy; George W. Bush) Morton I. Abramowitz. Foreign Policy May 2002 p78(2)

Axis of incompetence: on the shambles that is the Bush foreign policy. (President George W. Bush) Harold Meyerson. The American Prospect May 20, 2002 v13 i9 p18(2)

The pressing need for tactical nuclear weapons control. Alistair Millar. Arms Control Today May 2002 v32 i4 p10(4)

The liberty doctrine: Reclaiming the purpose of American power. Michael McFaul. Policy Review April 2002 p3(20)

Force Divider: How military technology makes the United States even more unilateral. (Argument). Phillip S. Meilinger. Foreign Policy Jan-Feb 2002 p76(2)

Two steps forward, two steps back. (United States missile defense action) John Isaacs. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists July 2001 v57 i4 p20

The Real Crisis Over the Atlantic. (United States and Europe) Dominique Moisi. Foreign Affairs July-August 2001 v80 i4 p149

Faux Realism. (American foreign policy) Jeffrey W. Legro, Andrew Moravcsik. Foreign Policy July 2001 p80

America at the Adex. Henry A. Kissinger. The National Interest Summer 2001 p9

Who's Afraid of Mr. Big? (global relations with the United States) Josef Joffe. The National Interest Summer 2001 p43

The World in 2015. (CIA report) Dan Johnson. The Futurist May 2001 v35 i3 p6

Getting Hegemony Right. (analysis of the United States as a "hyperpower" nation) G. John Ikenberry. The National Interest Spring 2001 p17

Contending Schools. (two thoughts of foreign policy) Charles William Maynes. The National Interest Spring 2001 p49

Stopping at the Water's Edge. (foreign policy strategies) John F. Kerry. The Washington Quarterly Spring 2001 v24 i2 p83

Reconsidering the U.S. Role. Howard B. Schaffer. The Washington Quarterly Spring 2001 v24 i2 p201

Keeping America's Military Edge. Ashton B. Carter. Foreign Affairs Jan-Feb 2001 v80 i1 p90

Will the Nation-State Survive Globalization? Martin Wolf. Foreign Affairs Jan-Feb 2001 v80 i1 p178

The Question of Hegemony. William Pfaff. Foreign Affairs Jan-Feb 2001 v80 i1 p221

The New Sovereigntists - American Exceptionalism and Its False Prophets. Peter J. Spiro. Foreign Affairs Nov-Dec 2000 v79 i6 p9

A Foreign Policy for the Global Age. (analysis) Samuel R. Berger. Foreign Affairs Nov-Dec 2000 v79 i6 p22

The New Twilight Struggle: America is now Goliath, facing many Davids--enemies who use stealth, speed and suicide to draw blood. What we can do. (International) Fareed Zakaria. Newsweek Oct 23, 2000 p37

Advice for the Next President. Andrew J. Goodpaster. Foreign Affairs Sept-Oct 2000 v79 i5 p158

The American Way of Victory. James Kurth. The National Interest, Summer 2000 p5

Why Are We Still in Europe? When Russia was the evil empire, there was reason to keep a huge army overseas. That's no longer the case. It's time to let the Europeans fend for themselves. (First:)(Brief Article) Rob Norton. Fortune, May 1, 2000 v141 i9 p70

Five Not-So-Easy Pieces. Richard N. Haass. Brookings Review, Spring 2000 v18 i2 p38

Campaign 2000: New World, New Deal -- A Democratic Approach to Globalization. W. Bowman Cutter, Joan Spero, Laura D'Andrea Tyson. Foreign Affairs, March-April 2000 v79 i2 p80

Humanity's Juncture. Douglas Mattern. The Humanist, March 2000 v60 i2 p9

Isolateralism or Unilationism? (foreign policy) Llewellyn D. Howell. USA Today (Magazine) January 2000 v128 i2656 p13

Robust Nationalism. Samuel P. Huntington. The National Interest, Winter 1999 p31

A Second American Century? The Paradoxes of Power. David Rieff. World Policy Journal, Winter 1999 v16 i4 p7

Dueling Globalizations. (opposing views of globalization) Foreign Policy, Fall 1999 p110

Is Anybody Still a Realist? Jeffrey W. Legro, Andrew Moravcsik. International Security, Fall 1999 v24 i2 p5

A Bridge Too Far. (American foreign policy) Lawrence F. Kaplan. The National Interest, Fall 1999 p135

A Post-Clinton Foreign Policy : U.S. foreign policy must resonate with the interests and instincts of the American people. Danil Goure. World and I Sept 1999 v14 i9 p58

Redefining the National Interest. Joseph S. Jr. Nye. Foreign Affairs, July-August 1999 v78 i4 p22

Policing utopia: the military imperatives of globalization. Andrew J. Bacevich. The National Interest, Summer 1999 i56 p5(9)

Traditions and Interests: American Belief Systems, American Policy, and the Bosnian War. Karl K. Schonberg. World Affairs, Summer 1999 v162 i1 p11

World order lost: American foreign policy in the post-Cold War world. Sherle R. Schwenninger. World Policy Journal, Summer 1999 v16 i2 p42(3)

Hegemonic America: the arrogance of power. Bob Catley. Contemporary Southeast Asia, August 1999 v21 i2 p157(1)

Dealing with the backwoods: new challenges for the transatlantic relationship. Volker Stanzel. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 1999 v22 i2 p17(7)

Is Arms Control Dead? JACK MENDELSOHN. Issues in Science and Technology Spring 2001 v17 i3 p81

Principles for a National Security Consensus. William S. Cohen. The Washington Quarterly Spring 2001 v24 i2 p75

New Dangers Amid the Ruins: Americans worry about China's strength when they should worry about Russia's weakness. (National Affairs)(Brief Article) Fareed Zakaria. Newsweek March 5, 2001 p29