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2The American Interest
CONTENTS
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5Defining
The American Interest
7Symposium: The Sources of American Conduct
A panoramic analysis of Bush Administration policies. Short articlesby Francis Fukuyama, Josef Joffe, Anne Applebaum, Eliot Cohen,Glenn Loury, James Q. Wilson, Peter Berger, Ruth Wedgwoodand Walter Russell Mead are anchored by a spirited critique of the Administration’s perception of the historical moment:
37The Dilemma of the Last Sovereign
by Zbigniew Brzezinski
47A Conversation with Condoleezza Rice
The Secretary of State gets beneath the headlines to address the theory and practice of American statecraft.
Essays
58Asia’s Destiny, America’s Choice
by Kishore Mahbubani
Despite an enormous reservoir of goodwill for the United States in Asia, the Pacific Ocean seems to grow wider every day. Here’s a diag-nosis of the problem, and a plea for urgent care.
68Warrior Honor
by Robert D. Kaplan
The American soldier fights for freedom, and for God. An “embed-ded” view of the code of personal conduct that motivates America’s warriors.
74“I Will Be Your Poet”: Walt Whitman’s America
by David Kirby Leaves of Grass
is 150 years old, but vibrant as ever. A fellow poet cele-brates Walt Whitman as America’s muse to the Kosmos, and thecraftsman of America’s own spirit.
80Suffer the Intellectuals
by Owen Harries
Western intellectuals are endlessly engaging and edifying. But when itcomes to capturing the trends that define present reality and gaugingthe shape of the future, they are uncannily wrong.
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85Global Warming Goes to Market
by Senator Joseph Lieberman
Global warming is real, and the dangers it raises are serious. Luckily,an affordable, market-based solution is at hand.
Toolbox
92U.S. Port Security and the Global War on Terror
by Stephen Flynn
Seven specific suggestions for immediate Executive action.
Reviews
97The Gloryland Chorus
by Clifford Orwin
Robert Wuthnow worries that America’s traditional “live and let live”approach to religious diversity isn’t good enough. He seeks a moreengaged pluralism, but his own analysis suggests he’s not likely to get it.
101Reading 9/11
by Mary Habeck
A guide to the hundreds of books that have been written in the pastfour years about Islamist terrorism and the 9/11 attacks.
109Tinseltown’s Tin Ear
by Michael Medved
Hollywood is having box office troubles; a review of some recent andprospective films shows why.
113Retroview: Family Guys
by David Landes
Max Weber’s
The Protestant Ethicand the Spirit of Capitalism
hasturned one hundred years old. An eminent economic historian pro-vides a slice-of-life illustration of Weber’s wisdom.
Notes & Letters
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Letters from James Hoge, Jr., Moisés Naím, Richard John Neuhaus, James Kurth, Tod Lindberg, David Goodhart, Steven Lagerfeld andColin Powell
119An Autumn Note: The Wrong Stuff
by Adam Garfinkle
The major intelligence error that presaged the Iraq war and the many errors that followed raise questions about the capacity of the UnitedStates to manage complex interventions. They cast a shadow forwardon U.S. Middle East policy, as well.
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