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Ground Truth
The Future of U.S. Land Power
By Frederick W. Kagan, Thomas Donnelly
Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008

If the United States is to maintain its status as the sole superpower, Donnelly and Kagan argue, American land power must be restructured to confront unprecedented challenges. [Read More]

Surrender Is Not an Option
Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad
By John R. Bolton
Posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2007

A candid personal account of Bolton's turbulent sixteen-month tenure at the United Nations. [Read More]

Sources of Democratic Consolidation
By Gerard Alexander
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2006

This book offers a rational choice theory of democratic consolidation in a survey of the breakdowns of and transitions to democratic institutions. [Read More]

The Powers of War and Peace
By John Yoo
Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Accessibly blending historical arguments with current policy debates, The Powers of War and Peace contains a controversial analysis of the foreign affairs power supplemented with arguments [Read More]

The Future of the United Nations
Understanding the Past to Chart a Way Forward
By Joshua Muravchik
Posted: Friday, August 12, 2005

Muravchik offers a unique formula for reforming the UN: boost its humanitarian work while stripping it of the pretensions of world government. [Read More]

The Limits of International Law
By Jack Landman Goldsmith, Eric A. Posner
Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2005

This book argues that international law matters but is less powerful and less significant than public officials, legal experts, and the media believe. [Read More]

The Islamic Paradox
Shiite Clerics, Sunni Fundamentalists, and the Coming of Arab Democracy
By Reuel Marc Gerecht
Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004

This monograph concludes that, paradoxically, those who have hated the United States the most now hold the keys to spreading democracy in the Muslim Middle East. [Read More]

In Defense of Empires
By Deepak Lal
Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2004

This monograph suggests that the world needs an American pax to provide both global peace and prosperity. [Read More]

The Case for Sovereignty
Why the World Should Welcome American Independence
By Jeremy A. Rabkin
Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2004

This book goes beyond slogans and catchphrases to engage one of the most contested concepts in contemporary international politics: the sovereign rights of nation-states. [Read More]

The Benefits and Costs of the Kyoto Protocol
By Jason F. Shogren
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This book considers the driving elements behind the benefits and costs of climate protection via Kyoto or similar international agreements that follow. [Read More]

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