The first chapter from Forbidden Fruit: Counterfactuals and International Relations by Richard Ned Lebow (and more). The first chapter from The Power of Legitimacy: Assessing the Role of Norms in Crisis Bargaining by Christopher Gelpi. The first chapter from How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace by Charles A. Kupchan. A review of Dominion from Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power by Bruce Cumings. A panel on Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray — and How to Return to Reality by Jack F. Matlock. America, the fragile empire: Here today, gone tomorrow — could the United States fall that fast? Forget those stories about Japan and Europe outpacing America. An excerpt from Shifting Superpowers: The New and Emerging Relationships Between the United States, China and India by Martin Sieff. A review of Cleo Paskal's Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map. From The National, for the world’s rising powers, co-operation holds more promise than renewed competition. Gillian Tett on the story of the Brics (and more and more). Obama's Tango: An article on restoring US leadership in Latin America. Henry Nau on Obama’s foreign policy: The swing away from Bush — how far to go? Michael Abramowitz and Lawrence Woocher on how genocide became a national security threat and what Barack Obama should do about it. The Obama Doctrine, Revisited: The administration's effort to transform American foreign policy has been much more successful abroad than it has been at home. The end of diplomacy: Once up a time, Americans achieved great things abroad — no longer (and a response). A short visual history of presidential BFFs, and why Obama needs his own global buddy.
