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American Foreign Policy in Retreat? A Discussion with Vali Nasr

May 14, 2013

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State of the World: Obama's Biggest Foreign Policy Challenges

February 11, 2013, Robert Kagan

Rand Paul’s Conventional Stance on Foreign Policy

February 7, 2013, Robert Kagan

A "Plastic Juncture" in World Affairs

January 21, 2013, Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan

President Barack Obama’s Second Term: Big Bets and Black Swans

January 17, 2013

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A Plastic Moment to Mold a Liberal Global Order

January 17, 2013, Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan

Big Bets and Black Swans: Foreign Policy Challenges for President Obama’s Second Term

January 17, 2013

If you take the Syria issue which is before us right now, what people are waiting for is for the United States to step up and start pulling everyone together. And what's been missing has been the United States playing that role.

December 14, 2012, Robert Kagan, Voice of America

Obama's Foreign Policy, Take Two

November 29, 2012, Robert Kagan

United States Can't Pivot Away from Middle East

November 20, 2012, Robert Kagan

Scapegoating Susan Rice Does U.S. No Good

November 16, 2012, Robert Kagan

How the Fiscal Crisis Puts National Security at Risk

November 12, 2012, Robert Kagan

Post-Election Day Analysis – What Happened and What Comes Next?

November 7, 2012

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For U.S. Presidential Candidates, Foreign Policy Is Domestic Policy

October 23, 2012, Robert Kagan

How 9/11 Changed How Americans View The World

September 10, 2012, Robert Kagan

Puntate Sull'unione Politica

July 14, 2012, Robert Kagan

A Bill that Cracks Down on Russian Corruption

June 6, 2012, Robert Kagan and David J. Kramer

On Power and Weakness

March 30, 2012, Robert Kagan

America Has Made the World Freer, Safer and Wealthier

March 14, 2012, Robert Kagan

Pragmatist or Progressive? An Assessment of Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy

March 12, 2012

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American Power and the World Order

March 4, 2012, Robert Kagan

@ Brookings Podcast: The Myth of American Decline

March 2, 2012, Robert Kagan

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The Rise or Fall of the American Empire

February 28, 2012, Robert Kagan

Meet the Press at Brookings: Why the World Needs America

February 24, 2012

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How the United States Should Address the Growing Chinese Economy

February 23, 2012, Robert Kagan