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America in a New World
Christopher R. Hill
How will the United States adapt to a world in which it faces serious strategic rivals for the first time since the Soviet collapse? Is Iran the line in the sand for America’s efforts to bring about global nuclear disarmament? When should the US negotiate with its enemies? Can an “American” solution be found in Afghanistan and Pakistan?
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The Long March from Shanghai
Christopher R. Hill Series: America in a New World 2012-02-15Forty years ago, US President Richard M. Nixon journeyed to China, and the "Shanghai Communiqué" launched what has become the world's most important and complex bilateral relationship. Today, however, China is increasingly consumed by mistrust of the US – evident in its veto in February of the UN Security Council's resolution on Syria.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 4952
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Iraq’s Politics, Iraq’s Problem
Christopher R. Hill Series: America in a New World 2012-01-19
The notion that Iraq’s ongoing political problems were caused by America’s departure, or that they could be improved by its return, is something that only a solipsistic American could believe. In fact, not everything that happens in Iraq reflects the presence – or absence – of US troops.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 1 Read: 6613
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Macedonia’s Man of Peace
Christopher R. Hill Series: America in a New World 2012-01-04Angelina Jolie’s new film, “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” is about the ethnic tensions that produced the bloodiest conflict in post-war Europe. The fact that Jolie made a film about war in Bosnia, and not in Macedonia, is largely due to Kiro Gligorov, who died on New Year's Day.... read Comments: 10 Recommended: 0 Read: 9269
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After Kim Jong-il
Christopher R. Hill Series: America in a New World 2011-12-20Even more than in the past, we must expect the unexpected in North Korea, following the death of the country's "Dear Leader," Kim Jong-il. Above all, the West must work closely with China – and, in that sense, nothing has changed.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 9344
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A Shift from the Middle East to the Pacific
Christopher R. Hill Series: America in a New World 2011-11-29
The US is winding up wars in Southwest Asia and turning its attention to its more important relationships in East Asia and the Pacific. But balancing responsible drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan with a responsible buildup of activities in East Asia requires dispelling fears that the US is gearing up to confront China.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 8710
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The Personal Ties that Bind
Christopher R. Hill Series: America in a New World 
2011-10-27A good test of a bilateral relationship’s durability is, of course, how long it has endured – and also how it has endured leadership changes. And, as the US-South Korea relationship shows, political leaders’ need the time and space to develop the strong personal relationships with their counterparts on which an effective foreign policy depends.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 1 Read: 6739
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The Arab Spring’s Unintended Consequences
Christopher R. Hill Series: America in a New World 2011-09-27
Yemen’s renewed violence is just the latest sign that the Arab Spring may be joining the list of those historical contagions that, in the fullness of time, did not turn out well. Indeed, its effect may be reaching countries in ways we did not expect.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 10624
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Beyond NATO’s Libyan Redemption
Christopher R. Hill Series: America in a New World 2011-08-23While NATO probably will not want to replicate its Libya intervention anytime soon, it appears that the alliance, with a little help from its friends, has prevailed in Libya. But, if we learned anything from Iraq and Afghanistan, it is that a few years of politics, or institutional rebuilding, does not trump centuries of culture.... read Comments: 9 Recommended: 0 Read: 8078
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America’s Fiscal Isolationism
Christopher R. Hill Series: America in a New World 2011-07-27
America's efforts to fix its fiscal problems is bad news for US diplomacy. The linkage between politicians' unwillingness to fund domestic programs and the imperiled commitment to “the long war” might elude those in US foreign-policy circles, but it is not lost on the rest of the country.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 16896
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