[Bush’s decision to meet with Kang may aggravate the North Koreans, but it drew praise from democracy activists.] That’s fantastic that he met him, … It’s an incredible story they have, and the world needs...

There are elements in the newly adopted constitution that cannot stand … if Iraq is ever going to be stable.

Yes, speed is a concern for domestic public opinion polls and Iraqi public opinion, … But they are taking a risk here. They may get a bad product in the end and run the risk...

I have been struck that so many of the intellectual, neo-conservative supporters of the war have been quite critical of the Bush administration’s management, or mismanagement, of the post-war situation in Iraq, both politically and...

Can the Whole World Become Democratic?

That’s how Nigeria fell into civil war in the 1960s.

[Given the fate of the last two books, it is not hard to see why #9 was deemed just as dangerous. It is] The Global Resurgence of Democracy … A useful compilation popularizing the work...

That’s fantastic that he met him. It’s an incredible story they have, and the world needs to be aware of it, and the North Koreans need to be confronted with it.

To presume that any deal is better than a delayed deal, that’s based on a political strategy that we have to get out as ugly as we can, as quickly as we can, … Squandered...

The key for a long time in Iraq to stabilization . . . has been to pull in significant elements of Sunnis near the insurgency into the political process. Much of the violence after that...

The staff has just been doing a great job keeping us going in these severe weather conditions.

I finally got out of the office and brought my board up. It’s a lot of fun. It looks like a perfect day.

The Administration is now starting to lose its base on the war,

They want to start withdrawing because they can feel the heat here in the United States,

I think it’s very fragile. I’m very worried.

We would probably have to get out of the way. We wouldn’t have nearly enough troops to quell the violence at that point. At a minimum, we’d have to pull back to certain military bases...

It is an extremely fateful time,

The fundamental problem is this is not a consensus constitution, and one part of the country has massively rejected it. This was not a joyful vote. It was a pragmatic vote to continue the process.

How can we communicate effectively if you risk being intercepted by the National Security Agency?

I see developments on the constitutional side as potentially disastrous. I think the Bush administration has miscalculated profoundly by trying to get this constitution done by Aug. 15 at any price.