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Five myths about `American exceptionalism' - Bangor Daily News

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Pablo Martinez Monsivais | AP By Stephen M. Walt, Washington Post Over the last two centuries, prominent Americans have described the United States as an "empire of liberty," a "shining city on a hill," the "last best hope of Earth," the "leader of the ...

Stephen M. Walt: Obama doubles down - Foreign Policy

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I had planned to write about something else this morning, but the simmering confrontation with Iran keeps intruding. For starters, President Obama is standing firmly behind the administration's allegations, but without offering any new evidence to ...

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Stephen M. Walt: Something just doesn't add up... - Foreign Policy (blog)

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Unless the Obama administration (and in particular, Attorney General Eric Holder), has more smoking gun evidence than they've revealed so far, they are in danger of a diplomatic gaffe on a par with Colin Powell's famous UN Security Council briefing ...

Stephen M. Walt: A tangled tale - Foreign Policy (blog)

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For the record: I don't know if there was a genuine Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the United States. Let me repeat that: I don't know. And neither do you. All we know is that the US government claims to have uncovered such a plot, ...

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A few things I missed - Foreign Policy (blog)

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I'm as fond of Apple products as anyone (I'm typing this on an iMac) and I found his life story pretty fascinating. But I'm with those who found the hagiography a bit off-putting, and I suspect the outpouring of adulation had a lot do with his passing ...

America's Pacific Century - by Hillary Clinton - Foreign Policy (blog)

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The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of the action. BY HILLARY CLINTON | NOVEMBER 2011 As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from ...

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Stephen M. Walt: Seoul searching - Foreign Policy

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I'm back from a short trip to Korea, and I thought I'd pass along some of the lessons I gleaned from the trip. I should start by saying that my Korean hosts were extremely gracious and welcoming and the conference itself was exceptionally ...

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Stephen M. Walt: What I'm telling the South Koreans - Foreign Policy (blog)

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As I mentioned last time, I'm here for a conference on Asian security issues. I'll be talking a bit about issues on the Korean peninsula, and the fine line that South Korea has been walking in recent years as its economic ties with China have grown. ...

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Can you spell 'supine'? - Foreign Policy

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Thank you Professor Walt As he did here Walt (and Mearsheimer for instance, and indeed any number of others who take out after the way the US is supporting Israel), often say that it is not good for Israel either. That it will eventually lead to ...

Stephen M. Walt: Can you spell "supine"? - Foreign Policy

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Meanwhile, I'm off to Seoul this evening, to attend a conference on regional security issues at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security. It is a very impressive group of American and Korean scholars, including several who know a lot ...