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Read the archive   of Wattenberg's   syndicated column     Cuba after Castro In January 1959, Fidel Castro rode triumphantly into Havana after successfully ousting Fulgencio Batista. Forty-five years later, Castro still ... more Zbigniew Brzezinski At Large, Part Two Think Tank is once again joined by one of the significant voices in American foreign policy, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Dr. ... more   Vulcan Policy main page Vulcan Policy Aired 4/29/2004 By Washington standards, President George W. Bush was a relative novice about foreign policy when he campaigned for the presidency in 2000. To level the playing field, Bush gathered together a group of top advisors from a generation shaped by the Cold War and Vietnam, by Desert Storm and the foreign policy of President Bill Clinton. They are: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Armitage, Paul Wolfowitz, and Condoleezza Rice. They call themselves "the Vulcans." Sometimes they quarrel among themselves. But they have been instrumental in creating a new American foreign policy that has changed America, and the world. Not everyone is happy about it.   Read the full transcript   James Mann     Writer-in-residence at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, former correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and the author of "Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet" Originally Aired: 4/29/2004     Be sure to also check out: Here are some previous Think Tank programs that may be of interest. Getting it Right in Iraq   aired 2/9/2006 Does the U.N. Work?   aired 9/16/2004 Zbigniew Brzezinski   aired 9/9/2004 Send us your thoughts Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. ©Copyright Think Tank. All rights reserved.     Web development by Bean Creative.