Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide brings together twenty leading foreign policy and national security specialists-some of the leading thinkers of their generation-to seek common ground on ten key, controversial areas of policy. In each chapter conservative and liberal experts jointly outline their points of agreement on many of the most pressing issues in U.S. foreign policy, pointing the way toward a more constructive debate.In doing so, the authors move past philosophical differences and identify effective approaches to the major national security challenges confronting the United States. An outgrowth of a Stanley Foundation initiative, this book shows what happens when specialists take a fresh look at politically sensitive issues purely on their merits and present an alternative to the distortions and oversimplifications of today's polarizing political environment.

Preface, David Shorr Introduction, Derek Chollet and Tod Lindberg 1. America and the Use of Force: Sources of Legitimacy, Ivo H. Daalder and Robert Kagan 2. How to Keep From Overselling or Underestimating the United Nations, Mark P. Lagon and David Shorr 3. The Cost of Confusion: Resolving Ambiguities in Detainee Treatment, Kenneth Anderson and Elisa Massimino 4. Course Correction in America's War on Terror, Peter Brookes and Julianne Smith 5. The Case for Larger Ground Forces, Frederick W. Kagan and Michael O'Hanlon 6. A Full-Court Press Against Nuclear Anarchy, Stephen E. Biegun and Jon B. Wolfsthal 7. Keeping Tabs on China's Rise, Michael Schiffer and Gary Schmitt 8. Are We All Nation-Builders Now?, Andrew Erdmann and Suzanne Nossel 9. Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted?, Francis Fukuyama and Michael McFaul 10. In Defense of Values, Derek Chollet and Tod Lindberg