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Read the archive   of Wattenberg's   syndicated column     Are Mothers Getting A Bad Deal? Husband, children, a great career --- today’s modern woman can have it all ---- can’t she? Ann Crittenden, in ... more Whither Russia? When President Bush faces off with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week in Slovenia it marks the first meeting between ... more   Bush’s Foreign Policy--Should America Go It Alone? main page Bush’s Foreign Policy--Should America Go It Alone? Aired 7/5/2001 In recent months, some highly publicized European views about President Bush’s foreign policy ‹ and toward America ‹ have ranged from skepticism to outright opposition. Europeans espousing such views have been angered by Bush’s dismissal of the Kyoto global warming treaty and shaken by his proposal for an American nuclear missile defense system. They say that American use of the death penalty shows the face of a retrograde America. These European critics complained of American "triumphalism" and cultural "imperialism"; they claim America is a hegemonic hyper-power, and is aiming to go it alone. That, say the Europeans, is not good. Bush’s trip to Europe in June somewhat mollified his critics. But the end of the Cold War has brought about a new world order. The United States is the predominant power. And no one yet knows quite what to do about it.   Read the full transcript   Charles Krauthammer     Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of "The Bush Doctrine: ABM, Kyoto and the New American Unilateralism," published in The Weekly Standard magazine   Robin Niblett     President, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, former director of the CSIS Atlantic Partnership Project, and coeditor of "Rethinking European Order: West European Responses, 1989-97"   Michael O’Hanlon     senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, and author of "Defending America: The Case for Limited Missile Defense" Originally Aired: 7/5/2001     Be sure to also check out: 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.