Authors: Ivo H. Daalder, and I. M. Destler
January/February 2009
Foreign Affairs
The national security adviser has become one of the key players in U.S. foreign policy. The successes and failures of past advisers, from Bundy, Kissinger, and Brzezinski to Scowcroft, Berger, and Rice, show the difficulty of balancing competing priorities--and the importance of getting the job right.
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