Essays on American politics and foreign policy By Donald E. Nuechterlein Donald Nuechterlein is a political scientist and writer who resides near Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the author of numerous books on American politics and foreign policy, including Defiant Superpower: The New American Hegemony, 2005 America Recommitted: A Superpower Assesses its Role in a Turbulent World, 2000 A Cold War Odyssey, 1997 Biographical Sketch & Books Authored

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Donald E. Nuechterlein contributes commentaries on American politics and foreign policy to the

• Charlottesville Daily Progress
• Lynchburg News and Daily Advance
• Roanoke Times

Recent Articles and Lectures:

• As the World Changes, So Will The United States
• What Have We Learned From the War in Ukraine?
• BIDEN ADOPTED A TRADITIONAL FOREIGN POLICY: BUSH, OBAMA, TRUMP DID NOT
• BIDEN SHIFTS TOWARD REALISM IN FOREIGN POLICY
• UKRAINE'S WAR COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED, BUT NOT RUSSIA'S PRESSURE
• GERMANY CASTS ITS LOT WITH THE U.S.
• GERMANY'S CRUCIAL ROLE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST
• BIDEN'S FOREIGN POLICY IN 2021 SHOWED SUCCESS AND FAILURE

Articles from 2021:

• RUSSIA AGAIN TESTS U.S. ON POWER BALANCE IN EUROPE
• Germany then and now: Poverty in 1946 to Economic superpower 2021
• Panel discussion on U.S. foreign policy
• MOST PRESIDENTS FACE CRISES ABROAD IN FIRST YEAR
• FOREIGN POLICY FAILURES: AFGHANISTAN, KOREA, VIETNAM
• NATIONALISM OR COLLABORATION IN FOREIGN POLICY: WHERE IS AMERICA HEADED?
• WAITING FOR LEADERSHIP CHANGES ABROAD
• AFGANISTAN: BIDEN IS RIGHT TO WITHDRAW THE TROOPS, BUT WHAT ABOUT IRAQ?
• SOUTHEAST ASIA IS CHINA'S TARGET FOR DOMINATING ASIA
• AFTER ENDURING A YEAR OF COVID; WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
• FOURTEEN DAYS AT CAPITOL: MOB INVASION AND NEW PRESIDENT INSTALLED
• HOW MUCH CHANGE WILL WE SEE IN U.S. POLICIES?

Articles from 2020:

• AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY
• DANGEROUS PERIOD IN FOREIGN POLICY AFTER ELECTION
• BIDEN AND TRUMP SHOULD ANNOUNCE KEY CABINET CHOICES NOW
• TAIWAN STRAIT: A CRISIS WITH CHINA IN THE MAKING?
• CAN AMERICA EVER RETURN TO "NORMAL"?
• BIDEN AND TRUMP ARE NOT FAR APART ON FOREIGN POLICY
• AMERICA REASSESES ROLE AS PROTECTOR OF WORLD'S SECURITY
• TWO PRESIDENTS: TWO ASIAN CRISES IMPACT THEIR REELECTIONS
• THE U.S. IS VULNERABLE TO NEW PRESSURES FROM ADVERSARIES
• KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTAND WORLD WE LIVE IN
• WHY DID PRESIDENT BUSH INVADE IRAQ IN 2003? LESSONS LEARNED
• POLITCS AND FOREIGN POLICY IN ELECTION YEARS

Articles from 2019:

• FORTY TURBULENT YEARS IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
• DOES THE U.S. STILL HAVE VITAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
• ECONOMIC SANCTIONS CARRY RISKS AND REQUIRE PATIENCE
• 1968 ELECTION CAMPAIGN RESEMBLES 2020 CONTEST
• PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE
• VENEZUELA: MAJOR THREAT TO U.S. INTERESTS IN THE CARIBBEAN
• ARE NATO AND THE EU STILL ESSENTIAL TO U.S. GLOBAL INTERESTS?
• NORTH KOREA, JAPAN, CHINA: KEYS TO AMERICA'S FUTURE IN ASIA
• RETRENCHMENT DOESN'T MEAN DECLINE AS A WORLD POWER
• TRUMP'S NATIONALIST FOREIGN POLICY WILL OUTLAST HIM

Articles from 2018:

• SAUDI DEBATE PITS US VALUES AGAINST STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• ARE WE ENTERING A NEW COLD WAR WITH CHINA?
• AFGHANISTAN: HOW DOES AMERICA END THIS WAR?
• "A NICE GUY AS PRESIDENT": GERALD FORD
• GERMANY'S FUTURE ROLE IS PIVOTAL FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY
• IS AMERICA DECLINING AS A WORLD POWER: TRUMP TEAM SAYS NO
• WEIGHING THE RISKS OF FOREIGN POLICY CONFRONTATIONS
• 1968: A CRISIS YEAR IN DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY
• TRUMP COPES WITH POWERS WANTING TO RESTORE "GREATNESS"
• IS SYRIA CRUCIAL TO TRUMP'S MIDDLE EAST STRATEGY?
• TRUMP'S WORLD OUTLOOK: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
• TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY REINFORCES "AMERICA FIRST."

Articles from 2017:

• REX TILLERSON, MEET JOHN POSTER DULLES AND WILLIAM P. ROGERS
• U.S.--CHINA COLLABORATE TO REDUCE THREAT OF WAR IN KOREA
• WHAT CHARLOTTESVILLE SHOULD LEARN FROM A VIOLENT WEEKEND
• WORLD WAR II HEROES, AND CHARLOTTESVILLE'S DEPLORABLE WEEKEND
• IRAN WILL BE THE NEXT FOREIGN POLICY CRISIS
• EUROPE SHOULD LEARN TO RELY ON ITSELF
• CANADA AND AUSTRALIA: TWO ALLIES, DIFFEREENT DEFENSE POLICIES
• 1960s CULTURAL REVOLUTION'S IMPACT ON AMERICAN POLITICS
• TRUMP EDGES CLOSER TO MILTARY ENGAGEMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
• MEXICO REMAINS A STRATEGIC ASSET TO THE UNITED STATES
• ARE U.S. ALLIANCES STILL IMPORTANT?
• AMERICA AND THE WORLD: TRUMP'S NATIONALIST CHALLENGE
• TRUMP'S NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM AND POTENTIAL CRISES
• OBAMA'S LEGACY IN FOREIGN POLICY

Articles from 2016:

• KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY HELPS UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT
• 1952 and 2016: ELECTIONS THAT CHANGED AMERICA'S DIRECTON
• FOREIGN POLICY: WHERE ARE WE HEADED AFTER ELECTION?
• THREE ALLIES PUT DISTANCE TO TIES WITH WASHINGTON
• CLINTON AND TRUMP SHOULD NAME TOP FOREIGN POLICY CHOICES
• Lecture/discussion: "The Choice in Foreign Policy: Continuity or Radical Change?"
• PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS INVITE DANGEROUS POLICY TESTS
• AMERICANS ARE WARY, NOT ISOLATIONIST, ON FOREIGN POLICY
• TURBULENT TURKEY IS DILEMMA FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
• BREXIT'S IMPACT ON BRITAIN, EUROPE, AND NORTH AMERICA
• IS CHINA ON A COLLISION COURSE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA?
• DEALING WITH IRAN'S AGGRESSIVE MIDDLE EAST MOVES
• FOREIGN POLICY CRISES MAR A PRESIDENT'S FINAL YEAR
• DOES EUROPE'S SECURITY REMAIN A VITAL U.S. INTEREST?
• CONGRESS MUST EXERCISE CHECKS ON PRESIDENTIAL POWER
• THE WORLD DOESN'T WAIT WHILE AMERICA ELECTS A PRESIDENT
• U.S. ALLY TURKEY FACES MAJOR SECURITY THREATS
• "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN:" WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
• CONGRESS' INACTON ENABLES UNFETTERED PRESIDENIAL POWER

Articles from 2015:

• U.S. FOREIGN POLICY OSCILATES BETWEEN IDEALISM AND REALISM
• LESSONS LEARNED FROM TERROR ATTACKS IN PARIS
• AS EUROPEAN UNITY FALTERS, NATO'S TASKS REMAIN
• AN OBAMA DOCTRINE? IT RESEMBLES OTHER PRESIDENTS' STRATEGIES
• GERMANY AND JAPAN RESPOND TO REGIONAL THREATS
• REPUBLICANS ON FOREIGN POLICY: THE PUTIN CHALLENGE
• IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL IS A TURNING POINT IN FOREIGN POLICY
• SUMMER READING: THREE FASCINATING LIFE EXPERIENCES
• AN UNENDING POLITICAL CAMPAIGN: TOO COSTLY AND TOO LONG
• OBAMA'S DEAL WITH IRAN RESEMBLES NIXON'S OPENING TO CHINA
• PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS INVITE CHALLENGES ABROAD
• FREEDOM OF THE PRESS SHOULD NOT TRUMP NATIONAL SECURITY
• RAMADI'S FALL TO ISIS: WHAT'S THE U.S. STAKE IN IRAQ?
• HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOREIGN POLICY: WHAT ARE THE LIMITS?
• IRAN AND CHINA: OBAMA'S STRATEGIC CHOICE
• FOREIGN POLICY HAWKS REEMERGE ON MIDDLE EAST POLICY
• GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION IS KEY FACTOR IN NATIONAL SECURITY
• BOEHNER CONFRONTS OBAMA ON MIDDLE EAST POLICIES
• CUBA, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND OBAMA'S CHOICE

Articles from 2014:

• NOSTALGIA, A MAJOR FACTOR IN FOREIGN POLICY
• PRESIDENTS NEED CONGRESS APPROVAL FOR ARMED INTERVENTIONS
• UKRAINE TODAY RECALLS CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 1938
• EUROPE AND U.S. MOVING APART ON FOREIGN POLICY
• U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ AND VIETNAM: PARALLELS AND DIFFERENCES
• WHEN TO USE U.S. FORCES ABROAD? OBAMA'S CAUTIOUS APPROACH
• RETRENCHMENT IS NOT NEW IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
• RUSSIA'S RESURGENT NATIONALISM, THE WEST'S CAUTIOUS RESPONSE
• A WORLD IN TURMOIL, NORTH AMERICA AT PEACE
• GATES CRITICIZES DECISION-MAKING IN NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
• DEMOCRACIES UNDER SIEGE ABROAD AND U.S. RESPONSE

Articles from 2013:

• WHY IS CHINA TESTING U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY TIES?
• POLITICAL TURMOIL IN WASHINGTON IMPACTS FOREIGN POLICY
• SHOULD RUSSIA AND U.S. COLLABORATE ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE?
• IDEALISM VERSUS REALISM IN DEALING WITH SYRIA
• IDEALISM AND REALISM IN DEALING WITH EGYPT'S CRISIS
• PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND FOREIGN POLICY CONTINUITY
• HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS, BURDENS OF NEW WORLD ROLE
• OBAMA'S PRIORITIES IN FOREIGN POLICY: NEW FOCUS ON EAST ASIA
• WHY SHOULD THE U.S. INTERVENE IN SYRIA?
• Commentary: The European Union: Can it Survive?
• STATE OF THE NATION, SPRING 2013
• IRAQ IN RETROSPECT: WAS THE WAR A BLUNDER?
• KERRY'S DAUNTING TASKS AS SECRETARY OF STATE
• OBAMA'S DEFENSE POLICY REFLECTS NARROWER VIEW OF U.S. INTERESTS
• NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICES REFLECT OBAMA'S CAUTIOUS POLICY
• A CLOUD OVER THE MERRY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

Articles from 2012:

• REFLECTIONS ON A MOMENTOUS YEAR
• CRUCIAL LEADERSHIP TESTS FOR THE PRESIDENT
• CANDIDATES SHOULD NAME FOREIGN POLICY CHOICES NOW
• FOREIGN POLICY EMERGES AS ELECTION ISSUE
• WAITING FOR CONGRESS TO AVOID A "FISCAL CLIFF"
• MITT ROMNEY'S FORAY INTO FOREIGN POLICY
• THE TUMULTUOUS DAYS OF JUNE
• LECTURE: U.S. POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
• WHAT'S THE U.S. STAKE IN SYRIA'S LOOMING CIVIL WAR?
• ARIZONA, IMMIGRATION, AND THE SUPREME COURT
• FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
• PARTISAN POLITICS TRUMPS NATIONAL INTERESTS IN 2012
• ARE WE HEADED TO ANOTHER PERSIAN GULF WAR?
• 2012 WISH LIST FOR ACTION BY WASHINGTON

Articles from 2011:

• PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND FOREIGN POLICY
• DEALING WITH CHINA, DIPLOMATICALLY
• COPING WITH AMERICA'S WANING WORLD INFLUENCE
• IS THE MIDDLE EAST HEADED FOR A NEW CONFRONTATION?
• WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE 2011 DEBT CRISIS?
• IN PRAISE OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE
• U.S. NEEDS TO RESET ITS FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
• POTENTIAL FOR WARS IN SOUTH ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST IS RISING
• SHOULD REGIME CHANGE BE A GOAL OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY?
• THE POLITICS OF WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN
• LECTURE: U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS AND POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• WHAT SHOULD WE LEARN FROM THE INTERVENTION IN LIBYA?
• USING FORCE TO EXPEL DICTATORS IS DANGEROUS POLICY
• U.S. VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• EGYPT AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
• GERMANY: THEN AND NOW

Articles from 2010:

• IS THE U.S. FACED WITH A FAILURE OF GOVERNANCE?
• HOW WILL THE ELECTION AFFECT OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY?
• LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT AMERICA'S WORLD ROLE
• ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS AN INTERNAL SECURITY ISSUE
• REALISM TRUMPS IDEALISM IN OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY
• WHY IS AMERICA LOSING ITS INFLUENCE ABROAD?
• GERMANY AND THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
• CANADA: A COOPERATIVE BUT VIGILANT U.S. ALLY
• DEALING WITH RELUCTANT ALLIES
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EUROPE'S DREAM OF UNITY?
• NEW-AGE WARFARE AND FEDERAL BUDGET PRIORITIES

Articles from 2009:

• THE OUTLOOK FOR 2010 SHOULD BE BETTER THAN 2009
• IS IT "CRUNCH TIME" ON DEALING WITH IRAN'S NUCLEAR THREAT?
• LECTURE: IS THE UNITED STATES IN DECLINE AS A SUPERPOWER?
• ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IMPACTS U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
• AFGHANISTAN BEGINS TO RESEMBLE VIETNAM
• IS MICHIGAN'S ECONOMIC CRISIS A WARNING FOR THE COUNTRY?
• TWO MAJOR WARS, TWO FAILED DEFENSE SECRETARIES
• FINANCIAL CRISIS IS DAMAGING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
• OBAMA'S QUEST FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE AND SECURITY
• HOW SHOULD THE UNITED STATES RESPOND TO CHINA'S GROWING POWER?
• OBAMA'S FIRST FOREIGN TRIP WAS LARGELY SUCCESSFUL
• HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOREIGN POLICY: A TOP PRIORITY?
• DISENGAGING FROM IRAQ IS EASIER THAN FROM AFGHANISTAN
• LECTURE: ALTERNATIVE FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES FOR AN OBAMA PRESIDENCY
• HOW SHOULD WE ASSESS GEORGE BUSH'S LEGACY?

Articles from 2008:

• OBAMA WILL BE OBLIGED TO NEGOTIATE
• PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS BRING FOREIGN POLICY RISKS
• FOREIGN POLICY WILL BE THE NEW PRESIDENT'S TOP PRIORITY
• IS AMERICA LOSING ITS INFLUENCE ABROAD?
• U.S. SHOULD DEAL FIRMLY BUT PRUDENTLY WITH RESURGENT RUSSIA
• U.S. PRESSURE TO BRING GEORGIA INTO NATO WAS A BRIDGE TOO FAR
• CANDIDATES SHOULD NAME VICE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN POLICY TEAM
• U.S. PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY ABROAD HAS LIMITS
• GERMAN'S SUCCESS WITH DEMOCRACY MAY BE EXAMPLE FOR IRAQ
• ASSESSING THE LEGACIES OF TWO REPUBLICAN LEADERS
• INDEPENDENCE ISN'T THE ANSWER FOR MOST SEPARATIST GROUPS
• VOTERS NEED STRAIGHT TALK FROM CANDIDATES IN ELECTION YEAR
• YEARS 1968 AND 2008: DIFFERENCES OUTWEIGH THE PARALLELS
• FOREIGN POLICY: HOW MUCH CHANGE DO CANDIDATES WANT?

Articles from 2007:

• PALESTINE PEACE IS A LONG-SHOT. BUT WORTH NEW.U.S. EFFORT
• IRAN AND PAKISTAN: CRUCIAL PROBLEMS IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
• DOCUMENTARY UNDERSCORES NEED TO KNOW U.S. HISTORY
• ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY SURPASS IRAQ AS 2008 ELECTION ISSUE
• AMERICA: THE NEW ROMAN EMPIRE?
• LECTURE: NATIONAL INTEREST AS A BASIS FOR DECISION-MAKING
• GRIDLOCK IN WASHINGTON WILL IMPAIR FOREIGN POLICY
• FOREIGN POLICY IS AFFECTED BY LAME-DUCK PRESIDENTS
• FOREIGN LEADERS STILL SEEK GOOD RELATIONS WITH U.S.
• PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES NEED FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE
• AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ TAX AMERICA'S WILL TO PREVAIL
• CONGRESS SHOULD DEBATE U.S. VITAL INTERESTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF
• GERALD FORD'S VIEW OF AMERICA'S SUPERPOWER ROLE

Articles from 2006:

• BIPARTISAN FOREIGN POLICY MAY EMERGE ON MIDDLE EAST
• ELECTION MAY HAVE ONLY MODEST EFFECT ON IRAQ POLICY
• NATO ASSUMES LEADERSHIP ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN, NOT YET IN IRAQ
• LECTURE: THE LIMITS OF AMERICAN HEGEMONY
• THE IRAQ WAR AND CONNECTICUT'S ELECTION
• LEBANON CRISIS REQUIRES REASSESSMENT OF MIDDLE EAST POLICY
• CHURCH AND STATE LEADERS FACE FOREIGN POLICY CHOICES
• LECTURE: EUROPE AND THE COLD WAR IN RETROSPECT
• TWO DECISIONS DEEPEN AMERICA'S STAKE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE
• LECTURE: DEFIANT SUPERPOWER: THE PRICE OF AMERICAN HEGEMONY
• EUROPE'S STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE IS DECLINING
• VICE PRESIDENT ACQUIRES, USES POWER IN FOREIGN POLICY
• PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES NEED KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN POLICY
• LECTURE: THE PERILS OF THE SECOND TERM: GEORGE BUSH AND IRAQ
• CANADA'S ELECTION WILL AFFECT RELATIONS WITH WASHINGTON

Articles from 2005:

• A NUCLEAR IRAN PRESENTS A SERIOUS THREAT
• LECTURE: FOREIGN POLICY IN GEORGE BUSH'S SECOND TERM: A COURSE CORRECTION
• NATION BUILDING IN IRAQ IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN IN JAPAN OR GERMANY
• FEDERAL-STATE RELATIOSHIPS NEED FIXING FOR DISASTER RELIEF
• HURRICANE KATRINA WILL HAVE IMPACT ON BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY
• IRAQ MAY BE BUSH'S ALBATROSS, BUT IT'S NO VIETNAM
• PALESTINE COULD RIVAL IRAQ AS A TROUBLE SPOT THIS SUMMER
• WILL EUROPE SURVIVE THE FRENCH "NO"?
• LECTURE
• WWII AND VIETNAM ER LESSONS FOR 2005
• DARFUR IS LOW ON AMERICA'S STRATEGIC PRIORITY LIST
• NEIGHBORS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH U.S. POLICY
• BUSH'S DEMOCRACY DILEMMA IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• INDONESIA AND IRAQ: TWO FACES OF U.S. POLICY

Articles from 2004:

• CANADA AND IRAN REMAIN FOREIGN POLICY PROBLEMS
• NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY IN 2005
• MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY ISSIES IN BUSH'S SECOND TERM
• WARS ARE COSTLY, WHEREVER THEY ARE FOUGHT
• REDEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
• IRAQ WAR IS DILEMMA FOR KERRY'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN
• IS NATO AN OUTDATED ALLIANCE?
• BUSH REVERSES COURSE ON IRAQ, WORRIES ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA
• EUROPEAN UNION'S ENLARGEMENT IS A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT
• IRAQ IS MESSYY BUT IT'S NO VIETNAM
• CONTRASTING REALITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: THEN AND NOW
• FOREIGN POLICY COUNTS IN CHOOSING A PRESIDENT

Articles from 2003:

• FOCUS ON AFRICA DEFLECTS CONCERNS ABOUT MIDDLE EAST
• AXIS OF EVIL, AND THE ARC OF DISSENT
• MILITARY PRESENCE IN IRAQ WILL NOT END SOON
• WAR IN IRAQ: THE OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS
• INVADING IRAQ: LIBERATION? OR A BRIDGE TOO FAR?
• EUROPE AND THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE FACE BREAKUP OVER IRAQ ISSUE
• FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS IN 2002 WILL HAVE LASTING IMPACT

Articles from 2002:

• RELATIONS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO NEED MORE ATTENTION
• TURKEY IS AN INDISPENSABLE ALLY IF WAR COMES IN IRAQ
• BUSH'S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY HITS SNAG IN GERMANY
• WHERE ARE WE HEADED IN FOREIGN POLICY?
• BUSH HAS YET TO MAKE CASE FOR INVADING IRAQ
• CONGRESS ASKS SEARCHING QUESTIONS ABOUT POSSIBLE WAR WITH IRAQ
• HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE ALLIES FOR BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY?
• BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY GETS MIXED RECEPTION IN GERMANY AND FRANCE
• INDONESIA IS A QUESTION MARK FOR THE WAR ON TERRORISM
• PEACE IN PALESTINE IS MAJOR TEST FOR BUSH PRESIDENCY
• HOW SHOULD AN UNRIVALLED SUPERPOWER BEHAVE?
• CANADA REMAINS AMERICA'S MOST STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT ALLY
• BUSH'S "AXIS OF EVIL" TALK RAISES GLOBAL CONCERN
• QUESTIONS, DOUBTS ARISE AS U.S. CONTINUES WAR ON TERRORISM

Articles from 2001:

• U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IS IN DANGER OF STRATEGIC OVERREACH
• AMERICA'S VIEW OF FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES HAS CHANGED
• BUSH FACES TOUGH CHALLENGES IN HOLDING HIS WAR COALITION TOGETHER
• OUR PROFOUNDLY CHANGED WORLD
• A NEW KIND OF WAR FOR THE UNITED STATES TO WAGE
• U.S. ROLE IN POST-COLD WAR WORLD NEEDS TO BE DEFINED
• ICELAND: OUR FRIENDLY ATLANTIC ALLY
• DIVIDED GOVERNMENT WILL NOT INHIBIT BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY
• BUSH TEAM NEARS DECISION TIME ON PALESTINE
• BUSH DEFLECTS HAINAN CRISIS, PREPARES FOR NEW TESTS ELSEWHERE
• GEORGE BUSH IS DOING BETTER THAN EXPECTED SO FAR
• BUSH SHIFTS THE FOCUS OF FOREIGN POLICY TO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
• AVOIDING A MIDDLE EAST WAR IS PRESIDENT BUSH'S BIGGEST FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGE
• A FOREIGN POLICY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: HEGEMONY, OR ALOOF VIGILANCE?

Articles from 2000:

• BUSH URGENTLY NEEDS BIPARTISANSHIP IN FOREIGN POLICY
• NATIONAL INTERESTS AND FOREIGN POLICY FORMULATION
• U.S. ELECTION IMPASSE HAS SERIOUS FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATION
• MILOSEVIC'S OUSTER DID NOT RESOLVE THE KOSOVO PROBLEM
• WHAT KIND OF WORLD ROLE SHOULD AMERICA PURSUE IN THE 21st CENTURY?
• BUSH AND GORE SHOULD SET PRIORITIES FOR USING U.S. FORCES ABROAD
• JERUSALEM IS CRUCIAL TO PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• MEXICO'S ELECTION IS A SUCCESS FOR MEXICANS AND FOR AMERICAN
• CLINTON'S LEGACY IN FOREIGN POLICY IS LIKELY TO BE UNEVEN
• AMERICANS CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF VIETNAM
• DILEMMA OVER ELIAN CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM U.S.-CUBAN RELATIONS
• ASSESSING THE KOSOVO INTERVENTION ONE YEAR LATER
• TAIWAN AND COLOMBIA EMERGE AS CRUCIAL ISSUES FOR U.S.
• GORE AND BUSH SHOULD ANNOUNCE KEY CABINET MEMBERS EARLY

Articles from 1999:

• SEATTLE AND HELSINKI DECISIONS CHALLENGE U.S. POLICY
• ECONOMIC SANCTIONS HAVE A LIMITED EFFECT ON DICTATORS
• LOOKING BACK ON "THE AMERICAN CENTURY"
• CANADA DEBATES A VARIETY OF DOMESTIC ISSUES
• GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LEGACY IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
• THE END OF A COLONIAL ERA IN PANAMA
• LITTLE KOSOVO ON THE POTOMAC
• SIX KEY PRESIDENTIAL DECISIONS DURING THE COLD WAR
• WILL THE ATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP SURVIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY?
• KOSOVO AND THE FUTURE OF NATO
• A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT IN KOSOVO
• WASHINGTON NEEDS A FRIENDLY MOSCOW IN EASTERN EUROPE
• INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
• PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT TRIAL PRODUCED IMPORTANT LESSONS
• IRAQ AND KOSOVO RECALL EARLIER U.S. DECISIONS ON VIETNAM

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