The United States must think now about feasible military options in Pakistan.

More American troops are needed to break the cycle of violence in Iraq.

Throughout his career, Robert Kagan has been a severe critic of foreign policy realists who emphasize the "balance of power" at the expense of morality, ideology, and principle. Yet, in this book Kagan's emphasis is mostly on power, not morality or democracy.

Both President Barack Obama and Elena Kagan bring to public service attitudes that are commonplace in the faculty lounge but not nearly so common in the rest of America.

Elena Kagan, President Obama's choice to replace Justice John Paul Steves on the Supreme Court, adopts the lazy conventional liberalism of the faculty lounge.

Elena Kagan is continuing the process of Supreme Court nominees saying as little as possible in confirmation hearings, despite her past statements that the hearing process has become a sham.

Elena Kagan's inability to understand the limited judicial role implied by the Constitution combined with her complete lack of experience, sparse academic writings, and deliberately evasive testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee makes her unfit to serve on the Supreme Court.

Frederick W. Kagan responds to media stories about the Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I).