Hulsman - Articles

Hulsman has also written over 160 published articles on international relations for publications around the world. These include for: The Financial Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Policy Review, Newsweek, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Welt, and Le Monde. In addition, Hulsman serves as a contributing editor for the prestigious foreign policy journal, The National Interest, where his work regularly appears.

Iran: The Day After-An American Perspective

Limes (Italian Journal), December 28, 2007

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A Man on a Mission

Wall Street Journal, 29.11.2007

Michael Gerson, long praised (some would say over praised) as President Bush's genius speechwriter, is also, it turns out, a would-be moral philosopher and political strategist. In "Heroic Conservatism," he calls for the Republican Party to redefine itself and brighten its future by casting aside its suspicion of big government and pursuing lofty projects of statist do-goodery. Let us hope that Republicans ignore him. ...

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The Forgotten Sixty-Eighter: Colin Powell and Forgetting the Lessons of Vietnam

Stern (German weekly magazine), November 24, 2007.

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Can Anyone Stop Hillary?

Washington Briefing, November 2007

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The Politics Of Petraeus

International Spiegel Online (Germany), September 11, 2007

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The Petraeus Report Is Much Ado About Nothing

Stern Online (Germany), September 10, 2007

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Ethical Realism: An American Foreign Policy Alternative

Welt am Sonntag (Germany), October 10, 2007

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Facing Up To Iraq Is The Only Way Out

Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), August 4/5, 2007

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Defending The Big Picture

National Interest Online, August 9, 2007.

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Briefing memo on transatlantic relations

Giuliani campaign, July 17, 2007

Designated Driver Diplomacy

The National Interest, no. 90, (July/August 2007); short version reprint: "The End of the British 'Handling' of America", The National Interest Online, May 11, 2007

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Ethical Realism

Aspenia (Italy), Yr.12, no.35/36, 2007

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The Politics of the Washington Casino

International Politics (Germany), no.2, February 2007.

Republicans must be more like Ike

Christian Science Monitor, December 4, 2006.

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Grasping the Nettle: An Ethical Realist Strategy for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

(with Anatol Lieven), The National Interest, no. 85, (Fall 2006).

Our Lives, Our Fortunes, And Our Sacred Honor: It Is Time For Civil War On The American Right Against The Neoconservatives

Opendemocracy.net, September 21, 2006.

The future of U.S.-Australian Relations and the Curse of George Harrison

in: The Other Special Relationship: U.S.-Australia Relations At The Start Of The 21st Century, Jeffrey D. MacCausland and Douglas T. Stuart, eds., (Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army War College, September 2006)

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A Conservative Vision for US Policy Towards Europe

in: US-UK Relations At The Start Of The 21st Century, Jeffrey D. McCausland and Douglas T. Stuart, editors, (Carlisle, PA: US Army War College, 2006).

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In Praise of Warlords

National Interest, no.84, Summer 2006

The Seven Pillars of State-Building

International Politics (Germany), Summer 2005

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Confounding the Mullahs of Iran: Its Time for Israel to Join NATO

Heritage Web Memo #966, January 24, 2006

After Schroeder: US-German Relations in the Merkel Era

Heritage Backgrounder #1907, January 11, 2006

Transatlantic Relations: The Good News is the New Conventional Wisdom is also Wrong

Newsweek Europe (Poland), November 25, 2005

Turkey is too important to leave completely out of the European Union

Christian Science Monitor, October 3, 2005

As the Dust Settles, Its Time to Grow Up

Handelsblatt (Germany), September 22, 2005

The European Union is Dead

National Interest, no.81, Fall 2005

The Ethics of Realism

National Interest, no.80, Summer 2005

Cataclysm: The Rejection of the European Constitution and What it Means for Transatlantic Relations

Heritage Backgrounder #1862, June 20, 2005

A Conservative Vision for Europe

European Affairs, vol.6 no.1, (Winter/Spring 2005)

Forging a Common Transnational Approach to the Iranian Nuclear Problem

Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #1837, March 23, 2005

Terrorism and Democracy: Get wise and get real

Opendemocracy.net, January 7, 2005

A View From the Truman Balcony: The Second Term of George W. Bush

Limes (Italy), January 5, 2005

Religion And American Foreign Policy

Opendemocracy.net, December 21, 2004

Bush’s home run: neocon victory, realist world

Opendemocracy.net, November 19, 2004

Explaining the Bush Surge: An Open Letter to John Kerry

Opendemocracy.net (London), September 15, 2004

A Realist Critique of the Bush Administration

Aspenia (Italy), August 13, 2004

Free Trade by Any Means: How the Global Free Trade Alliance Enhances America’s Overall Trading Strategy

Heritage Backgrounder #1786, August 5, 2004

A Plague on Both Your Houses-Iran and the Transatlantic Malaise

Opendemocracy.net, August 2, 2004

The coming foreign policy civil wars: Part II-The Republicans

Opendemocracy.net, July 15, 2004

The coming foreign policy civil wars: Part 1-The Democrats

Opendemocracy.net (London), June 20, 2004

The D-Day Commemoration: The President’s Chance to Remind the World of the Importance of the Transatlantic Relationship

Heritage Web Memo-517, June 4, 2004

Getting Real: An Unromantic Look at the NATO Alliance

National Interest, No.75, (Spring 2004)

The Special Relationship is bigger than the both of us

The Daily Telegraph (London), April 15, 2004; reprinted in “Blair needs to gain tangible reward,” The Guardian (UK), April 16, 2004

After Madrid: Preserving the Alliance Against Terrorism

Heritage Backgrounder-1743, April 9, 2004

Misunderstanding America: The Limits of Neo-Conservatism

Limes (Italy), vol.2, 2004

Iraq: Its Consequences One Year Later

The EU Institute for Security Studies (France), March 1, 2004; reprinted as “The American imperium and Lawrence of Arabia,” Limes, vol.1, 2004

Neo-Contradictions: Why America Can’t Be the New Rome

The American Conservative, vol.2 no.20. (October 20, 2003)

Requiem for Neo-Conservatism

Aspina, (October 15, 2003)

Le maillon faible d’une Europe peu vaillante

Le Monde, September 29, 2003

Waiting for Godot: Why I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the CAP

The Sprout (Brussels), vol.2 no.1. (September 2003)

Divide & Leave: A blueprint for building the new Iraq

The American Conservative, vol.2 no.17. (September 8, 2003)

Cherry-Picking: Preventing the Emergence of a Permanent Franco-German-Russian Alliance

Heritage Backgrounder-1682 (August 28, 2003)

A Weak But Gaullist Europe Leads to American Cherry-Picking as the Modus Operandi of the New Era

The National Interest. (February 24, 2003)

The Rebirth of Realism and the Lessons of History: The British Example

The National Interest, Vol.2 No.3. (January 22, 2003)

Coalitions of the Willing as the Future of the Atlantic Alliance

Newsweek Europe. (December 20, 2002)

After Prague: NATO’s Future

The National Interest, Vol.1 Issue 12, (November 27, 2002)

The Rebirth of Realism: The Kantian Trap-Utopianism in International Affairs

The National Interest, Vol.1 Issue 10, (November 13, 2002)

Forging A Durable Post-War Political Settlement In Iraq

Heritage Backgrounder-1593, September 24, 2002; reprinted in Heartland (Winter 2002); reprinted as “Planning for a postwar Iraq,” The Washington Times, October 2, 2002

A Global Free Trade Association to Preserve and Expand the US-UK Special Relationship

Orbis, vol.46 no.3, (Summer 2002)

European Disunion: Continental Anxiety Grows As EU Tries To Punish Success

Investor’s Business Daily, May 10, 2001

Stop Short of Intervention (in the Macedonian crisis)

USA Today, March 22, 2001

A Grand Bargain with Europe: Preserving NATO for the 21st Century

The Georgetown Public Policy Review, Vol.6 No.1, (Fall 2000)

The Guns Of Brussels: Burden Sharing and Power Sharing with Europe

Policy Review, No.101, (June/July 2000)

Churchill was Right about the British-American Pact

The Daily Telegraph, April 17, 2000

Power-Sharing that Can Strengthen NATO

Financial Times (UK), February 29, 2000

To Begin the World Over Again: Lawrence of Arabia from Damascus to Baghdad

Palgrave, 2009

Lawrence of Arabia is best remembered for the Oscar-winning film about his life. But there is a different T.E. Lawrence, a man who applied his unique experiences and extensive knowledge of the Arab world to a political vision for nation building in the Middle East that holds many lessons for today. Following the Arab Revolt, Lawrence embarked on a heroic effort, harnessing his celebrity to force the British to keep the promises made to their Arab allies. Alas, he was unable to stop the Western powers from carving up the Middle East at Versailles, thus laying the foundations for the ongoing instability in that region. Still, until the day he died, Lawrence continued to fight for Arab nationalism, famously saying: “Better to let them do it imperfectly than do it perfectly yourself, for it is their country, their war, and your time is short.” By weaving together a gripping narrative of Lawrence’s Middle East adventures and highlighting his surprisingly astute political thinking, John Hulsman teases out this and many other lessons to be learned from Lawrence about the Arab world.
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