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| The United States and the World: Strategic Choices | |
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| Is American Hegemony Good for the United States and the World? | |
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| YES: Michael Mandelbaum, from "David's Friend Goliath," Foreign Policy (January/February 2006) | |
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| NO: Jack Snyder, from "Imperial Temptations," The National Interest (Spring 2003) | |
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| Is the United States in Decline? | |
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| YES: Richard N. Haass, from "The Age of Nonpolarity: What Will Follow U.S. Dominance," Foreign Affairs (May/June 2008) | |
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| NO: Robert J. Lieber, from "Falling Upwards: Declinism, the Box Set," World Affairs Journal (Summer 2008) | |
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| Should Promoting Democracy Abroad Be a Top U.S. Priority? | |
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| YES: Joseph Siegle, from "Developing Democracy: Democratizers' Surprisingly Bright Development Record," Harvard International Review (Summer 2004) | |
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| NO: Tamara Cofman Wittes, from "Arab Democracy, American Ambivalence," The Weekly Standard (February 23, 2004) | |
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| U.S. National Security Issues | |
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| Should the United States Withdraw from Iraq Expeditiously? | |
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| YES: Marc Lynch, from "How to Get Out of Iraq," Foreign Policy (January 2009) | |
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| NO: David H. Petraeus, from "Testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services" (September 10, 2007) | |
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| Should the United States Preemptively Attack Iran's Emerging Nuclear Weapons Capability? | |
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| YES: Norman Podhoretz, from "Stopping Iran: Why the Case for Military Action Still Stands," Commentary (February 2008) | |
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| NO: Scott D. Sagan, from "How to Keep the Bomb from Iran," Foreign Affairs (September/October 2006) | |
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| Should the United States Negotiate with the Taliban? | |
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| YES: Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid, from "From Great Game to Grand Bargain: Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan," Foreign Affairs (November/December 2008) | |
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| NO: Joseph J. Collins, from "To Further Afghan Reconciliation: Fight Harder," Small Wars Journal (October 31, 2008) | |
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| Should the United States Allow Russia More Leeway in Eurasia in Exchange for Russian Help in Stopping Iran's Nuclear Program? | |
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| YES: Nikolas Gvosdev, from "Parting with Illusions: Developing a Realistic Approach to Relations with Russia," CATO Institute, Policy Analysis No. 611 (February 29, 2008) | |
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| NO: Stephen Sestanovich, from "What Has Moscow Done? Rebuilding U.S.-Russian Relations" Foreign Affairs (November/December 2008) | |
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| The United States and the World: Regional and Bilateral Relations | |
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| Should the United States Challenge a Rising China? | |
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| YES: Aaron L. Friedberg, from "Are We Ready for China?" Commentary (October 2007) | |
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| NO: Christopher Layne, from "China's Challenge to US Hegemony," Current History ( January 2008) | |
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| Should the United States Seek Negotiations and Engagement with North Korea? | |
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| YES: David C. Kang, from "The Debate over North Korea," Political Science Quarterly (vol. 119, no. 2, 2004) | |
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| NO: Victor D. Cha, from "The Debate over North Korea" Political Science Quarterly (vol. 119, no. 2, 2004) | |
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| Should the United States Engage Hamas? | |
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| YES: Steven A. Cook and Shibley Telhami, from "Addressing the Arab-Israeli Conflict," in Richard Haass and Martin Indyk, eds., Restoring the Balance: Middle East Strategy for the Next President (Saban Center at Brookings and the Council on Foreign Relations, 2009) | |
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| NO: David Pollock, from "Conclusions: Next Step Toward Peace," in David Pollock, ed., Prevent Breakdown, Prepare for Breakthrough: How President Obama Can Promote Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Focus #90 (December 2008) | |
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| Should the United States Contribute to a NATO Peacekeeping Force to Encourage and Guarantee an Israeli-Palestinian Peace? | |
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| YES: Daniel Klaidman, from "A Plan of Attack for Peace," Newsweek (January 12, 2009) | |
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| NO: Montgomery C. Meigs, from "Realities of a Third-Party Force in Gaza," Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Watch, #1451 (January 8, 2008) | |
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| Should the United States Continue Sanctions on Cuba? | |
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| YES: Otto J. Reich, from "Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation" (May 21, 2002) | |
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| NO: Ernesto Zedillo and Thomas R. Pickering, from "Rethinking U.S.-Latin American Relations," A Report of the Partnership for the Americas Commission, The Brookings Institution (November 2008) | |
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| Is Loosening Immigration Regulations Good for the United States? | |
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| YES: George W. Bush, from "Letting the People Who Contribute to Society Stay," Vital Speeches of the Day (May 15, 2006) | |
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| NO: Mark Krikorian, from "Not So Realistic: Why Some Would-Be Immigration Reformers Don't Have the Answer," National Review (September 12, 2005) | |
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| U.S. International Economic and Environmental Issues | |
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| Are Free Trade and Economic Liberalism Good for the United States? | |
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| YES: Matthew J. Slaughter, from "An Auto Bailout Would Be Terrible for Free Trade," The Wall Street Journal (November 20, 2008) | |
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| NO: Andrew N. Liveris, from "Working Toward a (New) U.S. Industrial Policy," Speech delivered to the Detroit Economic Club, Detroit, MI (September 22, 2008) | |
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| Is Fighting Climate Change Worth the Cost? | |
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| YES: Bill McKibben, from "Think Again: Climate Change," Foreign Policy ( January/February 2009) | |
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| NO: Jim Manzi, from "The Icarus Syndrome: Should We Pay Any Price to Avoid the Consequences of Global Warming?" The Weekly Standard (September 8, 2008) | |
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| Is It Realistic for the United States to Move Toward Greater Energy Independence? | |
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| YES: Nathan E. Hultman, from "Can the World Wean Itself from Fossil Fuels?" Current History (November 2007) | |
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| NO: Philip J. Deutch, from "Energy Independence," Foreign Policy (November/December 2005) | |
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| The United States and International Rules, Norms, and Institutions | |
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| Is It Justifiable to Put Suspected Terrorists under Great Physical Duress? | |
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| YES: Charles Krauthammer, from "The Truth about Torture: It's Time to Be Honest about Doing Terrible Things," The Weekly Standard (December 5, 2005) | |
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| NO: Andrew Sullivan, from "The Abolition of Torture," The New Republic (December 19, 2005) | |
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| Can Humanitarian Intervention Be Justified? | |
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| YES: Kenneth Roth, from "Setting the Standard: Justifying Humanitarian Intervention," Harvard International Review (Spring 2004) | |
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| NO: Alan J. Kuperman, from "Humanitarian Hazard: Revising Doctrines of Intervention," Harvard International Review (Spring 2004) | |