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Media

Zbigniew Brzezinski: Foreign policy prophet or blind man?

Ed Luce's ‘cradle to grave’ bio of President Carter’s grand strategist plumbs his hits and misses on Afghanistan and Russia and their impacts today

Carter and Chile: How humanitarian was the president?
Latin America

Carter and Chile: How humanitarian was the president?

The 'human rights president' had some tough political decisions to make regarding Augusto Pinochet in 1979.

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Washington Politics

I was there: Carter tried to put the human in Realpolitik

As a member of his National Security Council, I saw how the president built a team and rose to the challenges of the Middle East and Soviet Union

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Asia-Pacific

Chun Doo-hwan's bloody Gwangju legacy is America's problem too

Upon his death, the time is ripe for Washington to reckon with its role in the South Korean dictator's brutal rise to power. 

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Global Crises

How Ambassador Mondale won friends and influenced foreign policy

He wasn't just a veep and failed presidential candidate. His work with Japan offers truly poignant lessons for future diplomats.