Web Resource: The War on Terror
The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs presents two views of the war on terror, the Realist vs. the Idealist view. According to international security expert John Mearsheimer, President Bush has failed to make the case for conventional warfare against an axis of evil powers. "Swooping out of the sky and doing away with countries is not sustainable as a method of handling the nuclear proliferation problem." In contrast to Mearsheimer, journalists William Kristol and Lawrence Kaplan argue that the war in Iraq, coupled with a nation-building effort in that country, will serve as proof of the compatibility between America's ideals and its national interests.
State: Powell Commends Hemispheric Commitment to Democracy, Prosperity
Good governance can extend the benefits of democracy and free markets equitably throughout the Western Hemisphere, Secretary of State Colin Powell said during the OAS Assembly in Santiago, Chile.
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The Organization of American States
The Bush Administration at Mid-Point
In April scholars from a number of American universities convened at the Gulfport Graduate Center of the University of Southern Mississippi to evaluate the George W. Bush presidency at mid point. The American Diplomacy web site features five of the papers presented at that conference. These essays deal mainly with the direction of American foreign policy and national security policy under President Bush.You will find also an article by a senior member of the Foreign Policy Research Institute analyzing the daunting challenges facing the United States in dealing with post-Hussein Iraq.
