A BALANCE OF POWER THAT FAVORS FREEDOM

By Condoleezza Rice, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

ALLIES, FRIENDS, AND PARTNERS ON EVERY PAGE: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

By Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State

THE U.S. MILITARY: A GLOBAL VIEW OF PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

By General Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

ECONOMIC PRIORITIES OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

By Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs

SPEAKING TO OUR SILENT ALLIES: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

By U.S. Representative Henry J. Hyde, Chairman, Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives

AFRICA: A TOP POLICY PRIORITY IN THE NEW BUSH STRATEGY PLAN

By James Fisher-Thompson, Washington File Staff Writer, Office of African Affairs, Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State

THE BUSH NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

By Keir A. Lieber, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, and Robert J. Lieber, Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University

A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN INTERNATIONALISM
FOR A GLOBALIZED WORLD

By Richard L. Kugler, Professor and Director, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University

U.S. USE OF PREEMPTIVE MILITARY FORCE:
THE HISTORICAL RECORD

By Richard F. Grimmett, National Defense Specialist, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, U.S. Congressional Research Service

OVERVIEW OF AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY

The National Security Strategy of the United States of America

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND KEY INTERNET SITES

Spotlighting other views and Internet links to resources on related issues

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