Practical Lessons from US Foreign Policy: The Itinerant Years

Chapter One: Introduction: How Did We Get Here?
Part I
Chapter Two: Global Challenges 1. We're All Powerful and All Alone (1999) 2. US Must Avoid Temptation to Shift Priorities Toward Asia (2001) 3. Bush Should Seize His Chance to Recast US Ties with China (2001) 4. US Needs Alliances, Not Short-Term Allies (2002) 5. Thank the Friends: Doing America's Work at the UN (2002) 6. A Nuclear Arms Race (2003) 7. Bush's Corrosive Campaign of Fear (2003) 8. The Nature of Freedom (2004) 9. America's Strategic Surrender (2006) 10. US Must Take Offensive Against Nuclear Terrorism (2007) 11. The False Promise of 1989 (2009) 12. Diplomacy 2.0 (2010) 13. US Diplomats: A Vanishing Species? (2010) 14. End of a Nuclear Era (2013)
Chapter Three: National Policies 15. Back to Basics: US Foreign Policy for the Coming Decade (2000) 16. Diplomatic Cathedral-Building (2002) 17. Ike-Like Diplomacy Instead of War (2002) 18. The Way to Rid the World of Nuclear Weapons (2003) 19. American Diplomacy - What You See is What You Get (2007) 20. Mugged by Reality? (2008) 21. Obama's World Tour: A Rising or a Setting Sun? (2010) 22. The Strange Rebirth of American Leadership (2011) 23. Pivots Forward, Backward, and Sideways (2012) 24. Recipe for a Post-Hegemonic USA (2013)
Part II
Chapter Four: Regional Problems 25. The Consequences of Russia's Actions - Who Will Cast the First Stone? (1999) 26. Don't Rush to the Altar With India (2001) 27. Afghanistan Stalemate Fosters Reevaluation of Stabilization Tactics (2001) 28. Asia Needs a Common Defence (2001) 29. The European Way: Asians Need a Regional Security Net (2002) 30. East Asia: Connecting the Dots Isn't Optional (2002) 31. Juggling a Two-Front Crisis (2003) 32. Time for Jaw-Jaw with North Korea (2003) 33. NATO Can't Be Globocop (2004) 34. The US is Losing Ground on Korea Talks (2004) 35. The Coming Showdown with Iran (2009) 36. The Elusive Afghanistan Strategy (2009) 37. Obama, "America's First Pacific President"? (2009) 38. The Putin Doctrine and Preventive Diplomacy (2014)
Chapter Five: Regional Solutions 39. Save the Caucasus from Balkan-like Crisis (2000) 40. Defending Missile Defense (2001) 41. NATO and the Future of War (2001) 42. Afghanistan Interim Government "Solution" Could Leave Regional Problems Intact (2001) 43. EU to Adopt Higher Profile in Recasting Europe (2002) 44. European Defense: An Alliance with 2 Tiers (2003) 45. Rescuing the UN Security Council: Should We? Can We? (2004) 46. Enlarge the North Korean Problem (2005) 47. Democratic Lessons from Helsinki and Central Asia (2005) 48. Chart New Course for Lasting Peace (2006) 49. French Return to NATO Military Command Could Spur Greater Alliance Mission Clarity (2009) 50. A Possible "Off-Ramp" in North Korea (2013) 51. Redirecting US Diplomacy (2014) 52. A Middle East, Whole and Free (2015)
Chapter Six: Conclusion: What Have We Learned?