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Essay guides: the archive

Policy Review published essays that are still read, cited and assigned today. For the most-cited of them, this archive offers a new essay guide: what the essay argued, the context it appeared in, how it was received and how its argument has held up. Each guide links to the original in the Hoover Institution’s archive.

By year By author

2006

  1. The Mismeasure of PovertyNicholas Eberstadt, No. 138, August & September 2006

2005

  1. The Future of TraditionLee Harris, No. 131, June & July 2005
  2. Demographics and the Culture WarStanley Kurtz, No. 129, February & March 2005
  3. What Is 'Cruel and Unusual'?Benjamin Wittes, No. 134, December 2005 & January 2006
  4. China's Quest for AsiaDana Dillon and John J. Tkacik Jr., No. 134, December 2005 & January 2006

2004

  1. Eminem Is RightMary Eberstadt, No. 128, December 2004 & January 2005
  2. The Terrorism to ComeWalter Laqueur, No. 126, August & September 2004
  3. The Media and MedievalismRobert D. Kaplan, No. 128, December 2004 & January 2005
  4. Power and Population in AsiaNicholas Eberstadt, No. 123, February & March 2004

2003

  1. Democratic Imperialism: A BlueprintStanley Kurtz, No. 118, April & May 2003
  2. Anti-Semitism and Ethnicity in EuropeJohn Rosenthal, No. 121, October & November 2003
  3. Peacekeepers, Inc.P. W. Singer, No. 119, June & July 2003

2002

  1. The False Promise of "Full Disclosure"Robert W. Hahn, No. 115, October & November 2002
  2. The Intellectual Origins of America-BashingLee Harris, No. 116, December 2002 & January 2003
  3. Al Qaeda's Fantasy IdeologyLee Harris, No. 114, August & September 2002
  4. Power and WeaknessRobert Kagan, No. 113, June & July 2002

2001

  1. Why "Globalization" Didn't Rescue RussiaPaul J. Saunders, No. 104, February & March 2001

1999

  1. Allen Drury and the Washington NovelRoger Kaplan, No. 97, October & November 1999

1995

  1. Norman's Conquest: A Commentary on the Podhoretz LegacyMark Gerson, No. 74, Fall 1995

1990

  1. Scoop Jackson Democrat: Senator Joseph Lieberman's Case for Economic and Military StrengthAdam Meyerson (interview with Joseph Lieberman), No. 53, Summer 1990