Table of Contents

Preface David Shorr. Introduction Derek Chollet and Tod Lindberg 1. America and the Use of Force: Sources of Legitimacy Ivo H. Daalder and Robert Kagan 2. How to Keep From Overselling or Underestimating the United Nations Mark P. Lagon and David Shorr 3. The Cost of Confusion: Resolving Ambiguities in Detainee Treatment Kenneth Anderson and Elisa Massimino 4. Course Correction in America's War on Terror Peter Brookes and Julianne Smith 5. The Case for Larger Ground Forces Frederick W. Kagan and Michael O'Hanlon 6. A Full-Court Press Against Nuclear Anarchy Stephen E. Biegun and Jon B. Wolfsthal 7. Keeping Tabs on China's Rise Michael Schiffer and Gary Schmitt 8. Are We All Nation-Builders Now? Andrew Erdmann and Suzanne Nossel 9. Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted? Francis Fukuyama and Michael McFaul 10. In Defense of Values Derek Chollet and Tod Lindberg