Robert Kagan

Over There Matters Over Here

Christopher Holshek | Posted 05.22.2012

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Christopher Holshek

Americans are at one of the most significant crossroads in their history. If we're still the leader of the world, or still want to be, then we as a nation need to act like more like a leader and less like a bully because, quite frankly, we can't get away with it anymore.

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The Reality of American Power: Why Robert Kagan Is Wrong

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Syria, Iran, George W. Bush, Russia, Neoconservatives, Obama, Iraq, Fareed Zakaria, China, Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World News
Leon T. Hadar

'You are not sick' is the kind of reassuring message that Robert Kagan is sending to the nation's foreign policy hypochondriacs aka 'declinists' in his new book, contending that America is in tip-top military and economic health and ready to take care of the rest of the world.

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What is America's Story for the 21st Century?

John Milewski | Posted 06.21.2011

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John Milewski

When we ask ourselves why we are committing military might in Libya (or Afghanistan, or Iraq), we're really asking bigger questions. What is our purpose in the world? What is the story that defines our friends and our foes?

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National Security Experts vs. Forces of Delay

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consensus for American Security, US Military, Politico, Nuclear Weapons, Richard Lugar, Madeleine Albright, George Shultz, Max Boot, Robert Kagan, New Start Treaty, Jon Kyl, Pat Buchanan, Norm Ornstein, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

The New START treaty should be a no-brainer: it's a renewal of a treaty originally negotiated by Ronald Reagan and it will make America safer.

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Brookings Loses Bid on Orszag but Takes Kagan From Carnegie

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Word has just reached us that Robert Kagan -- one of the top tier serious intellectuals among neoconservatives, and currently Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -- is moving his franchise over to Brookings.

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Victory in Iraq at Last (Not!)

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sunnis, Palestine, Iraq, WMD's Al Qaeda, Jonah Goldberg, Robert Kagan, Thomas Barnett, Bush, Iran, Shiites, Mission Accomplished, Kurds, Israel, Neoconservatives, Washington Post, Newsweek, World News
Leon T. Hadar

Would the Bush administration have been able to win support from Congress and the American people to invade Iraq in order to liberate the Shiites and the Sunnis there while considering the costs of such a "victory?"

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Counter-Factual History: McCain Is President and Bono Wins the Nobel Prize

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leon T. Hadar

"I have to admit that I'm beginning to miss George W. Bush," is the way former Republican Senator "Chuck" Hagel responded when being asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer to assess the foreign policy record of the administration of Republican President John McCain.

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Open Letter to Robert Kagan

Matthew Duss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Neoconservatives, Iraq, War on Terror, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Robert Kagan, Media News
Matthew Duss

You can't actually believe that Obama is "siding with the Iranian regime" against the Iranian people, or that his outreach to Iran depends upon keeping hardliners in power, can you?

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The Night Of The Living Neocons: Salon

Salon | Gary Kamiya | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like Rasputin, the unhinged "Mad Monk" whom they sometimes seem to have adopted as an intellectual role model, the neoconservatives who brought us the...

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The New Neocon Alliance with Obama

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob Heilbrunn

This morning leading neoconservatives such as William Kristol and Robert Kagan held a meeting at the Mayflower Hotel -- in support of President Obama's Afghanistan policy.

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"Mission Accomplished" Bush Gets the Last Laugh in Iraq and Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

For years, George W. Bush has been roundly criticized, even lampooned, for declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. But maybe declaring "Mission Accomplished" was not that crazy after all.

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Sam Stein

Newest Neocon Outfit Hosting Afghanistan Forum With Sen. McCain And Rep. Harman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Largely under the radar, some of the major neoconservative figures who fashioned the rationale for the Iraq war have set up a shop for shaping future ...

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McCain Foreign Policy Adviser: Bush Administration Falsehoods About Iraq Just "Conspiracy Theories"

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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n a recent interview with Der Spiegel, Robert Kagan, a leading member of John McCain's war cabinet, dismissed wrongdoing by the Bush administration in...

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John McCain Channels Reagan: Both the Good and the Troubling

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Tonight, McCain gave us a big dose of Reagan's national greatness flourish in a dignified, genteel and pleasant manner. His speaking style was reminiscent of Reagan -- without the memorable lines.

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