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Tag: neo-conservatism

Brave old world

On July 22, 2007 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan Blog2 Comments

Robert Kagan has come out with a new essay that is decidedly less revolutionary than his earlier "Of Power and Paradise," which captured the mood of the 2003 transatlantic feud.In this new essay in Policy Review, Kagan comes to a realization about the nature of American power and world order that others have been arguing …

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The future of American power

On March 19, 2007 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan BlogLeave a comment

I found this post by Suzanne Nossel at Democracy Arsenal fascinating, in that it is a fair, reasonable critique of the Iraq War that does not indict the very idea of the US using its power in support of its values abroad.I particularly like her points "the US Military has limits" and "military power can't …

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Jeane Kirkpatrick, Realist? Hardly

On December 11, 2006 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan BlogLeave a comment

Jeane Kirkpatrick, US ambassador to the UN during Reagan's first term and AEI senior fellow before and after her service, died last week at the age of eighty.Having spoken with her at length on one occasion and seen her speak on a number of occasions (and having helped her down the stairs once when a …

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Muravchik’s memo

On November 1, 2006 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan BlogLeave a comment

I want to pause once again and turn from Asian matters to a memo by my friend and mentor Joshua Muravchik in the November/December 2006 issue of Foreign Policy titled "Operation Comeback," addressed to "My Fellow Neoconservatives."His piece reflects on the mistakes made in recent years by neoconservatives, and attempts to restore some meaning to …

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