The Pacific Dream concept sought to advance two central U.S. foreign policy goals in the Asia-Pacific: expanding the scope of the U.S. pivot beyond defense, and isolating China without singling it out.
American dreams and shadows are the good, the bad, and the ugly narratives of America. The dream is a myth of democracy, justice, and peace. The shadow sees a deep lie at the heart of the dream.
National space programs are tools states leverage for a variety of purposes, not expressions of an apolitical human urge to explore. Like nuclear weapons, crewed spaceflight programs remain widely perceived as a signifier of great power status.
Most pundits have determined that Kim Jong Un has consolidated power and is now about to, irrationally, strike out against South Korea and her allies. But, what if this assumption is an error?
Important considerations – both governmental and financial – mean the end of the US dollar’s crucial role in the global financial system may not be as imminent as some are forecasting.
Are USAID’s beans the culturally neutral beans of the world? Do they ‘do no harm’? Or, are they grown in excessive numbers by US farmers?
The United States must begin to accept that a new nuclear reality is emerging and, with it, new challenges and opportunities necessitating a policy shift away from targeted discouragement.
We should look to the White House for signs of a new foreign policy, not elsewhere. The new cohort in the administration simply reflect Obama’s own preferences.
The decision to open combat roles to women in the US is historic. Yet, the military may have to reduce its sexual assault and harassment rates before women will take full advantage of these new opportunities.
Is it possible that Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” thesis could actually be employed in an argument for liberalism? If so, George W. Bush’s foreign policy did just that.
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