This is the second of a three-part essay examining Henry Kissinger’s writings on how to manage American foreign policy in the post-Cold War period. Revised 5 March 2010.
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Realism and Revisionism: Henry Kissinger from Diplomacy (1994) to Does America Need a Foreign Policy? (2001). Part One
This is the first of a three-part essay examining Henry Kissinger’s writings on how to manage American foreign policy in the post-Cold War period.
2009 Nobel Prize for Peace, Fool’s Gold: Zbigniew Brzezinski ‘From Hope to Audacity’ in Foreign Affairs, January-February 2010
In Stalinist Russia there was a saying that it is never too late to be shot. In the USA it is clearly never too late to practice craven sycophancy. In his latest article in Foreign Affairs magazine, Zbnigniew Brzezinski gives us the proof.
Francis Fukuyama, from The End of History to After the Neocons
As a young researcher, Francis Fukuyama changed the landscape of American political science discourse by his remarkably well timed and well argued description of a new paradigm to inform foreign policy in The End of History (1992). For our analysis of this seminal work and of the author’s later writings, read on…
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The Strange Case of Yulia Tymoshenko’s 2007 Article in Foreign Affairs
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko may not have an American spouse to help her with the fine points of grammar when she deals with the American media like her domestic rival Viktor Yushchenko or the head of state of Ukraine’s great regional friend, Georgia, but her wonderfully American point of view as well as splendid syntax and vocabulary shone through in an article on ‘Containing Russia’ which was taken up uncritically by the editors of Foreign Affairs magazine for its May-June 2007 issue. To find out why, read on…
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A rebuttal to “Russia Reborn,” by Dmitri Trenin. Foreign Affairs, November-December 2009
A leading Russian specialist in security issues, director of a major NGO in Moscow, has just delivered a muddle-headed analysis of his country’s foreign policy which merits a point for point rebuttal. Read on.
Putin’s Speechwriters
The unusual personality of Vladimir Putin and his leadership ability are well evidenced in his major speeches as I seek to demonstrate in this analytic essay.
kremlin.ru
Selon un chercheur du CIA, entre 35% et 90% de tous renseignements fournis au gouvernement fédéral par les services spécialisés viennent des sources publiques comme l’internet. Ainsi, on peut espérer que ces services vont visiter plus regulièrement la site www.kremlin.ru et livrer au chef Barack Obama des meilleurs conseils pour gérer relations avec la Russie qu’il a reçu jusqu’à maintenant des octogénaires dans son entourage.
Re-thinking the NATO-Russia Strategic Partnership
NATO Secretary General Rasmussen’s bid to promote closer relations with Russia suffers from excess caution and lack of imagination. In Brussels, just as in Washington, an antiquated Cold War mentality still holds sway.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski: From Grand Chessboard to Obama Advisor. Part Four
This is the final installment of a four-part analytical article reviewing Zbigniew Brzezinski’s post-Cold War writings from 1997 to 2008
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Gilbert Doctorow 