Latest articles by Daniel Larison
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Europe's Catch-22
feature Dissent over the debt crisis in Greece proves that Western governments can rarely have both fiscal austerity and democratic accountability
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Dead on delivery
feature The GOP's midterm gains are certain to kill Obama's arms-control deal with Russia
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GOP foreign policy elite still clueless
feature On foreign policy, Obama is trying to undo the damage of the Bush years. Why do David Frum and other Republicans want to stop him?
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The cost of killing bin Laden
feature America has poured enormous resources into the war on terror. What has it received in return?
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Obama's fractured Israel policy
feature Obama has pro-Israel credibility among Arabs, where it does him no good. But he lacks it where he most needs it, leaving him powerless to enforce his demand for a freeze on Israeli settlements.
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Why START's failure is a very big deal
feature Few governments will want to deal with Obama on anything that requires congressional approval
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Obama's war of choice
feature In Libya, the president fails to learn the lessons of Kosovo — and unintentionally encourages more violent Arab revolts
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The case against NATO
feature What once was a defensive alliance dedicated to European security now has little to do with either defense or Europe
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Obama's trip foretells the future
feature Expectations of American presidents and American power are wildly out of synch with the realities of globalization and a multi-polar world. Obama's steady, dull progress in diplomacy is not the stuff of drama, but it is the future.
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Is Obama set for failure with Iran?
feature Obama appears already to have given up on his policy of engagement with Iran. The alternative is to repeat the failures of the past -- and live with the ugly consequences.
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Israel's nearsighted attacks
feature The assassination of a Hamas official in Dubai has roiled Israel's allies, with the potential to isolate Israel further. Has Israel given up thinking strategically?
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Hiding the costs of U.S. foreign policy
feature It can't go on forever, but the era of conservative internationalism has promised Americans global primacy and policing—all for free, with a cherry on top.
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In Tunisia, a lesson in benign neglect
feature The successful revolt proves that the fortunes of Arab countries don't depend on what Washington does
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Gen. McChrystal is a good soldier
feature After the politicization of military 'recommendations' by the Bush administration, Gen. McChrystal's candor is as welcome as his new strategy.
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Japan's election will force change in Washington
feature A change of power in Tokyo this weekend will transform Japan into a truly multi-party democracy. But it will also make Japan a more independent operator on the world stage—one less inclined to follow the dictates of U.S. foreign policy.
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The end of America's 'freedom agenda'
feature The last of the pro-American "color revolutions" flamed out last month in Kyrgyzstan. Good riddance.
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Fighting the right war in Afghanistan
feature Critics of the current U.S. strategy in Afghanistan often miss the point that the practical alternative isn't peace and withdrawal. It's endless war, fought from a distance — the ideal incubator for more 9/11-style blowback.
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Obama's empty Mideast rhetoric
feature The president's speech was long on warnings but short on consequences
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Israel thumbs its nose at Obama
feature The U.S.'s dysfunctional patron-client relationship with Israel yields a predictable result: Once again, Israel disses Washington and does what it wants.
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Obama's dangerous surge
feature The White House has compared the president's troop increase in Afghanistan to Bush's surge in Iraq. Actually, it's much, much riskier.
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The GOP's massive Santorum-Paul schism
feature Santorum is an unrepentant Bush-era interventionist. Paul is a fierce critic of U.S. interference abroad. And the GOP can't decide who's right
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Newt Gingrich's dangerous, self-aggrandizing foreign policy
feature The GOP presidential frontrunner sees the world in stark, apocalyptic terms that would be sure to endanger America should Gingrich win the White House
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There is no good reason for the U.S. to intervene in Syria
feature But there sure are a lot of bad ones.
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Why the GOP clings to illusions
feature Many Republicans believe things about Barack Obama that are obviously false. Here's why
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