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The Bolton/Yoo essay that Dan Drezner mentions here argues that the 2/3 requirement is a good thing, because it advances their preferred policy agenda by: (a) restraining those wet "global governance" types from entangling commitments; and (b) in particular should raise the bar to ratification ...
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drezner.foreignpolicy.com — The global economic downturn is not just affecting manufacturing output or the financial sector . I'm afraid... that shameless PR gestures by Latin American thugs are also going to be curtailed : Houston-based Citgo Petroleum Corp., the U.S. fuels and ... (more) Daniel W. Drezner | A FOREIGN POLICY blog
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shadow.foreignpolicy.com — President-elect Obama's pick of Leon Panetta for Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) has kicked up a lot... of dust about the merits of appointing an "intel outsider" to that post, instead of a career intelligence professional. My colleague Josh ... (more) Shadow Government | A FOREIGN POLICY blog
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shadow.foreignpolicy.com — Steve Biegun Steve Biegun was senior policy advisor for national security issues with the McCain-Palin 2008 campaign.... Earlier he served as national security advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. From 2001-2003, Biegun served in the White House ... (more) Shadow Government contributors | Shadow Government
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A New Foreign Policy
Ross Douthat — ... - starting with Shadow Government, a loyal-opposition blog featuring Peter Feaver, Philip Zelikow, and my good friend Christian Brose, and continuing down an impressive new blogroll and main site - then you've missed the DC wonkosphere event of the New Year. (Well, so far.)

Hated Crusaders Falling!
Jules Crittenden — ... ,” taking smacks at Hugo and the ChiCom as well as a less gratuitous smack at Bolton and Yoo. Other Passport subblogs include the Shadow Government , produced by Philip Zelikow, Michael Singh and others. All looks to be interesting ground for thoughtful perspective, information and snarking opportunities and you’ll find them blogrolled at right shortly. Topics: ...

Hated Crusaders Quagmired!
Jules Crittenden — ... ,” taking smacks at Hugo and the ChiCom as well as a less gratuitous smack at Bolton and Yoo. Other Passport subblogs include the Shadow Government , produced by Philip Zelikow, Michael Singh and others. All looks to be interesting ground for thoughtful perspective, information and snarking opportunities and you’ll find them blogrolled at right shortly. Topics: ...

Infidels Quagmired!
Jules Crittenden — ... ,” taking smacks at Hugo and the ChiCom as well as a less gratuitous smack at Bolton and Yoo. Other Passport subblogs include the Shadow Government , produced by Philip Zelikow, Michael Singh and others. All looks to be promising ground for a range of thoughtful, informed views and snarking opportunities. You’ll find them blogrolled at right shortly. Topics: ...

A New Favorite Blog With A Particularly Valuable Blog Post
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Shadow Government is a new Foreign Policy group blog that will provide alternatives to many elements of the Obamaian foreign policy vision. A good resource for Republicans and others standing in general, loyal opposition to the incoming Administration who want to work to formulate a foreign policy platform that can, if necessary, take on the incoming Administration on a number of issues. ...

A New Favorite Blog With A Particularly Valuable Blog Post
A Chequer-Board of Nights and DaysShadow Government is a new Foreign Policy group blog that will provide alternatives to many elements of the Obamaian foreign policy vision. A good resource for Republicans and others standing in general, loyal opposition to the incoming Administration who want to work to formulate a foreign policy platform that can, if necessary, take on the incoming Administration on a number of issues. ...

Hugh Hewitt: The Shadow Government
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall BlogForeign Policy has launched an overhauled web site, and one of the features is a blog devoted to center-right analysis of the world and the incoming Administration's foreign policy, ...

Hugh Hewitt: The Shadow Government
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall BlogForeign Policy has launched an overhauled web site, and one of the features is a blog devoted to center-right analysis of the world and the incoming Administration's foreign policy, ...

Another Shadow
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Could Foreign Policy's Shadow Government blog get any better? Yes it can! Dan Twining, who's contributed to THE WEEKLY STANDARD in the past, has joined an already impressive group and posts today on " ...

A Rare Combination
Ross Douthat — ... It's true! So true, in fact, that I'm having trouble coming up with many more names who belong in this small but praiseworthy club. Seems like a question for the hive-mind at Foreign Policy ... ...

Weather Delay
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Gratuitous Frog-Bashing
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Handwringage Alert
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President Obama’s Camp Lejeune Speech was About How to Stay; Not When We’d Leave
Flopping Aces — ... Could this be a “read my lips” moment, for President Obama? Or a “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is” moment: ...

Disturbing A Funeral
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You Say Hybrid War, I Say Von Clausewitz
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Liking Us Better
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A Bullet-Proof Character
Flopping Aces — ... Everyone is familiar with the story of how General Petraeus almost lost his life when he was shot through the chest during a live-fire training exercise. Well, the most detailed account I’ve come across thus far can be found in Thomas E. Ricks’ The Gamble. ...

A Nation’s Loss
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Ever Wonder …
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Just Ask Don
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Anthrocool
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Stinker Of A Decision
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IDF Has a Whack At Sudan
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Axis Of Evil
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Changing the Rhetoric While Plagiarizing the Policies
Flopping Aces — ... It’s no longer the “War on Terror” but the “Overseas Contingency Operation”. Great. We went from a bad name to a worse PC-driven name. ...

Massachusetts Tea Party
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Conservatives Claim Credit for a Strategy they Opposed for Years
democracyarsenal.org — ... praises the president for standing up against those who wanted a minimalist approach.  Christian Brose writes about the left coming around.  And Kori Schake essentially ...

Cousin Rusty
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What's Matt's Beef?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Yglesias tweets: I find "Shadow Government" to be overpraised, hackish, and unimpressive; obviously not cut out to be a serious foreign policy blogger. See for yourself. Matt's cranky. ...

The Opposite of Continuity is...
democracyarsenal.org — ... Shadow Government vexes me.  Their posts are thought-provoking, if rarely amenable to my progressive disposition.  But one odd trend that I've noticed is their frequent attempts to put the Obama administration's foreign policies on the same trajectory as their Bush predecessors.  Seriously Peter Feaver, what unholy force compelled you to turn a diverting meditation on grand strategy into an ...

Our Transatlantic Future
The American Scene — ... , hosted by The Atlantic Council. Friend of TAS and Foreign Policy senior editor Christian Brose will be joined by longtime friend of Pomocon and National Interest senior editor ...

FP's Brose to become McCain's national security advisor
The Cable — ... earlier this year, including helping to conceive and create the Shadow Government blog, with a host of notable conservative contributors including such senior Bush administration officials as former State Department counselor Phil Zelikow, former Under Secretary of Defense Dov Zakheim, and former National Security Council officials including Peter Feaver and Will Inboden. ...

Snubbing the Dalai Lama -- By: NRO Staff
The Corner on National Review OnlineAs I asked yesterday, what exactly does President Obama gain from breaking with18 years of precedent and refusing to meet with the Dalai Lama? Have we received anything in return? I am not against negotiating, and foreign policy is always a mix of principles and interests -- you sometimes have to cede one to promote the other. But in this case, for what are we ceding? The Obama administration has set out some criteria against which to judge this seemingly one-sided concession to Beijing. First, let’s see if Obama moves the Chinese an inch on disarming North ...

Warmal Gloating
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