Adam Garfinkle: Peter Rodman (1943-2008) I have known Peter Rodman for so many years that I cannot remember when I met him. Peter and I were in email contact just last week (I asked him to write something for the next issue of The American Interest.), and he was reluctant to do it because he wanted to first finish the book he was writing since leaving government, a book on... [read more]
Francis Fukuyama: Fukuyama and Kagan on bloggingheads.tv Francis Fukuyama and Robert Kagan discuss mostly China upon Bob's return from Belgium.... [read more]
Francis Fukuyama: Is America Ready for a Post-American World? The following is a transcript of a commencement address by Francis Fukuyama, delivered at the Pardee Rand Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA, June 21, 2008.

I’m really deeply honored to be asked to be the commencement speaker for Pardee Rand Graduate School this year, and to able to serve on the boards of both the PRGS and now... [read more]

Thomas Lynch: A Plan for Pakistan Pakistani journalist and author Ahmed Rashid, long an astute commentator on matters involving Pakistan and South Asia security, wrote an important OpEd in the Washington Post this Sunday. As I did in "Afghan Dilemmas – Staying Power", Rashid highlights the pivotal role that the Pakistani Army must play in untangling the Gordian knot that has generated global sanctuary for al-Qaeda terrorists and... [read more]
in the current issue: Senator Barack Obama's all-encompassing message of change has resonated with many, but has left undecided voters scratching their heads. Gary Hart, Lee H. Hamilton, Philip H. Gordon and Will Marshall offer their takes on what an Obama administration might be like.
John Lewis Gaddis Ending Tyranny Thomas Jefferson’s eternal hostility to tyranny should be our guiding light today. Indeed, it's one of the few things George W. Bush has gotten right in his second term.
Ernest R. May & Philip D. Zelikow An Open, Civilized World Since 1990, the United States has brought to a bewildered, confused, globalizing world a bewildering, confusing mélange of policy ideas. No more! A world of diverse cultures on common human ground should be our credo. AI
Bruce Berkowitz Hot Air and Cold Facts Understanding what really drives national climate change policies and why these factors are so hard to alter will help us recognize our real range of options for dealing with global warming. AI
Bernard-Henri Lévy The Task of the Jews What to do about the new anti-Semitism.
Francis Fukuyama A Conversation with David Landes What are the sources of economic success? AI
Steven A. Cook Disentangling Alliances If the United States is going to successfully manage the manifold issues that cut across the Middle East, it must modify its underlying assumptions about how to achieve its goals. AI
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