Crisis Postponed?

The Kuomintang regained power in Taiwan's presidential election last Saturday. A large majority backed the KMT's Ma Ying-jeou in the hope that he will restore normalcy to the island's economic performance at home and political relations abroad. Taiwan's currency and...

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John McCain: Blowing Up the World at 3am?

Sen. John McCain might end up being elected president in November because many antiwar independents believe he's the best person to handle that famous phone call at 3am. He's obviously the most experienced and probably the most courageous of the remaining...

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Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade

Nasty presidential campaigns are not new. The 1800 election, which brought Thomas Jefferson to power, was venomous. So was the 1828 contest, in which populist Andrew Jackson defeated patrician John Quincy Adams. The reasons for Adams' defeat were many, and...

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Turning China into the Next Big Enemy

I'm running out of enemies, Colin Powell, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, famously said after the end of the Cold War: I'm down to Kim Il Sung and Fidel Castro. They were evil enough, but weren't much of a military threat to America. George W. Bush and...

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No End in Sight: Iraq’s Descent into Chaos

No End in Sight: Iraq's Descent into Chaos Charles H. Ferguson PublicAffairs, 2008 640 pp. As is typical in Washington, the administration has solved the crisis in Iraq by redefining success. No longer is the goal a liberal, multi-ethnic nation ready to lead the rest...

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Election 2008: What’s a Peacenik to Do?

The appalling presidential election campaign drags on. On Super Tuesday Democrats split almost evenly between Hillary Clinton, a hawk turned slightly dovish, and Barack Obama, an Iraq war opponent who otherwise has found no foreign intervention he opposes. A...

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