I would only support an American war against the current Iraqi regime if (1) the current regime blocks inspections and refuses to carry out its obligations to disarm and a renewed and reinforced policy of blockade, sanctions and deterrence has …
The editors’ statement raises three questions. First, should the United States practice an active policy for the defense of human rights abroad? The answer, in my view, is yes. It would be best if such a policy were multilateral, and …
Robert McNamara’s “insider account of Vietnam policy-making,” as the book jacket calls it, raises three issues. One is the way in which vital decisions were made, the reasons why the men who made them were “wrong, terribly wrong,” and the …
The collapse of the Soviet bloc and the end of the cold war have changed the face of international politics. What should American foreign policy be in these new circumstances? Dissent asked Harvard’s Stanley Hoffmann to outline an answer to …
The growth of a movement in Western Europe opposing the deployment of American nuclear weapons capable of hitting the Soviet Union has provoked dismay and indignation in many American circles. Not only such certified cold warriors as William Safire but …
This is Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s account of his brief and stormy period of service as American ambassador at the United Nations in 1975-76. Moynihan had been a very quiet ambassador in Indira Gandhi’s India. Shortly after his return to the …
What does the law, and particularly international law, understand under the very general and sometimes loosely used heading of “war crimes”? Under the charter of the International Military Tribunal after World War II, three categories can be distinguished. • The …
