John C Hulsman is a contributing editor to The National Interest, and is the first von Oppenheim scholar in residence at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. He is co-author (with Anatol Lieven) Ethical Realism: A Vision For America's Role In The World (Pantheon, 2006).

Recent articles

The future of the United States demands a new foreign-policy model: ethical realism. To get there requires a civil war on the American right – and a defeat of the neo-conservatives who have so damaged the country, says John C Hulsman.

In face of terrorism, the United States evades and Europe appeases. John Hulsman calls for a real world assessment of the war.

In the United States, evangelicals are the neo-cons of Christianity, says John Hulsman. With its streak of religious certitude, we should never underestimate the centrality of moralism to the country’s foreign policy.

What’s on the political horizon for 2005? John Hulsman gazes into Washington’s crystal ball.

The neocons have won Washington’s post–election shuffle. Game over? Not if Europe can get its act together, says John Hulsman.