Karen Devine (Dublin City): Patriotism and U.S. Foreign Policy: A Longitudinal and Genealogical Study of Public Opinion and Elite Discourses. Alexandra Guisinger (Notre Dame) and Elizabeth N. Saunders (GWU): Mapping the Boundaries of Elite Cues: How Elites Shape Mass Opinion Across International Issues. Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore (GWU): The End of Hypocrisy: American Foreign Policy in the Age of Leaks. Patrick Smith wants American foreign policy to fail: Drones, wiretapping foreign leaders, NSA out of control — change will only come when our foreign policy truly fails (and more). Ashok Rao on why America has a moral obligation to borrow and spend. The introduction to Conservative Internationalism: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan by Henry R. Nau. Eric Rauchway reviews American Empire, 1945-2000: The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home by Joshua Freeman. Doug Henwood on the decline of the American Empire: Neoliberalism lives and shouldn’t be given a premature obituary, but the American empire has entered a decadent phase. Far from an imperial power, the US has far less influence over the hosts of its overseas bases than commonly assumed. Chris Wilson on how the world is falling out of love with America — again. It was nice while it lasted: Rosa Brooks on the end of America. America the Bystander: Harvard's Ali Wyne explains how misguided perceptions of American decline can lead to misguided decisions of foreign policy. Roger Berkowitz on the canard of decline.
