Jeffrey Paris (USF): American Power and the Philosophy of World-Systems Analysis. Precipitate decline in U.S. power and its legal implications: A talk by Immanuel Wallerstein. Joseph S. Nye on recovering America’s "smart power". Libertarian commentator James Glassman, the new face of US public diplomacy, has made a career out of jingoistic sloganeering. Armed ambassadors: A look at how the military has increasingly assumed a major role in U.S. foreign policy. From The Washington Monthly, an article on the Army's other crisis: Why the best and brightest young officers are leaving. Fire away: Exploding one of military history's more enduring myths. The Guard's turn to surge: National Guard soldiers are increasingly becoming full-time, and for 2008 and 2009, they'll again do long relief in Afghanistan and Iraq for the Army.
