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In this report from the Brookings Institution's Phoenix Initiative, a group of scholars makes a set of national security policy...
Authors: Ivo H. Daalder
I. M. Destler
Prepared by: Brian Morris
January/February 2009
"In the Shadow of the Oval Office" by Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler
Foreign Affairs January/February 2009
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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