Tag: Foreign Policy & Military & War

Was Rummy Really Wrong? August 3, 2009Ivan Eland In his new book, By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld, Bradley Graham argues that although ideology and arrogance […]

Lessons from Sudan for Iraq July 24, 2009Ivan Eland Sometimes you just have to shake your head and wonder how the human race has avoided self-extinction and prospered on the planet. […]

To Mitigate Economic Armageddon Slash the Defense Budget July 13, 2009Ivan Eland The U.S. government is deeper in debt than it has been since just after World War II. When Bill Clinton, […]

Iraq: The Coming Train Wreck July 6, 2009Ivan Eland The Iraq War has been long forgotten and treated as a “mission abolished” after the new president pledged to withdraw U.S. forces […]

Is Barack Obama’s Realism Better than George W. Bush’s Idealism? June 29, 2009Ivan Eland Barack Obama’s reaction to the mass protests and violence in Iran shows he is following through on […]

Not Their Finest Hour June 24, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—It has been painful to see so many political leaders in the United States devalue the Iranian uprising—potentially the most important event […]

Obama: Walking the Tightrope on Iran June 22, 2009Ivan Eland When massive turmoil occurs in an important country, U.S. policymakers struggle to make heads or tails of it and arrive at […]

Better Relations with Iran Require Change in U.S. Thinking and Policy June 15, 2009Ivan Eland One election in Iran will not significantly change U.S.-Iran relations—only a change in U.S. thinking and […]

Obama Versus Osama June 5, 2009Ivan Eland Fearing a new, more formidable opponent than the often buffoonish and macho cowboy George W. Bush, the two leaders of al Qaeda have tag […]

Showdown In Caracas June 3, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa CARACAS, Venezuela—A group of foreign writers, academics and politicians was invited here to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Cedice, a Venezuelan think tank […]