by Brooke Leonard
Russia’s bad reputation in the American media may turn a spat with Georgia into a potentially explosive situation.
by Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Neoconservative pundits are skilled at producing impassioned pamphlets but not so good at devising policies that will enhance and revive American power. The Return of History is no different.
by The National Interest
Updated: Matthew Yglesias, Andrew Sullivan and Kevin Drum debate a radical preacher supporting John McCain; Noah Pollak makes the case for partitioning Lebanon; Glenn Reynolds on “Western wimpiness.”
by Morton Abramowitz and Jonathan Kolieb
What’s happening in Burma is a tragedy. Now Washington should step up to the plate.
by The National Interest
New on Friday: Martin Indyk doubts that the Bush administration will be able to conclude a Middle East peace deal; how former NSC staffers Tony Lake and Sandy Berger won a Bill Clinton–era foreign-policy turf battle; McCain advisor James Woolsey gives a vote of confidence to Israel.
by Rebecca N. White
China’s in it for the long haul, according to the country’s Deputy Chief of Mission to the United States, Minister Xie Feng. He’s also hopeful about the prospects for U.S.-China relations.