The Neoconservative Persuasion

Kagan and Kristol lay out the case for an assertive American foreign policy.

Kagan reflects on ten years of American foreign policy — and what the Standard got right and wrong.

Boot on neoconservatism and American strategy after a decade of the post–Cold War order.

Democracy promotion and the significance of the Iraqi elections.

Boot on counterinsurgency doctrine and what the U.S. military still needed to do.

Kagan and Kristol on the strategic consequences of withdrawal.

Kagan's sustained argument against isolationism and for sustained American global leadership.

The case for maintaining defense spending as the foundation of American influence.

The argument for extending collective security arrangements to the Pacific.

Economics, energy, and long-term strategic competition with radical Islam.

The Obama administration's quiet convergence with neoconservative foreign policy positions.