Epstein Secrets

an international outcast like Iraq under Saddam Hussein and more recently Tehran. "Iraq did it. Iran di

Pakistan, or on the arms market. But the analyst said it would never place itself in the position of being an international outcast like Iraq under Saddam Hussein and more recently Tehran. "Iraq did it. Iran did it. Saudi Arabia would never do this type of behavior," he said. Saudi Arabia is in the very ear

f being an international outcast like Iraq under Saddam Hussein and more recently Tehran. "Iraq did it.

ing them as increasingly futile and unsuccessful. Immanuel Wallerstein, Senior Research Scholar at Yale University, is the author of The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World (New Press). EFTA00636696

quickly loses its appeal when one is dealing with dictators who are less noxious. And even when they are not less noxious, as in the case of Iraq's Saddam Hussein, the moral argument for their removal is still fraught with difficulty since the worse the autocrat, the worse the chaos left in his wake. That is

y are not less noxious, as in the case of Iraq's Saddam Hussein, the moral argument for their removal is

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can Security in Washington and a member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board His most recent book is Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (Random House, 2010). EFTA_R1_02029863 EFTA02690096

g incentives, of course, would not be sufficient. Not all countries have governments that want or tolerate an open society. A rogue regime such as Saddam Hussein's was a threat to the rest of the world, and a global open society must be able to defend itself. But the use of military force must remain a last r

inue to be in favor of the removal from power of Saddam Hussein, who was, because of his chemical and bi

be in favor of the removal from power of Saddam Hussein, who was, because of his chemical and biological

s not the only kind of power; no empire could ever be held together by military power alone. Joseph S. Nye Jr., in his recent book "The Paradox of American Power," introduced the concept of "soft power" to bring the point home. I would go even further. Applying the concept of power to human affairs is alto