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ELECTION 2012 J. Bryan Hehir Inward Bound FOREIGN POLICY IN A TIME OF AUSTERITY Writing about foreign policy in the 2012 election means traveling second class, or even in steerage. To assess the...

Get a (culture of) life (May 1995)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir GET A (CULTURE OF) LIFE THE POPE'S MORAL VISION John Paul II's eleventh encyclical, The Gospel of Life (March 25,1995) is yet another testimony to a central conviction...

The future of foreign policy (December 1994)

J. Bryan Hehir THE FUTURE OF FOREIGN POLICY THE ODD COUPLE: BILL & JESSF he elections of 1994 had one overwhelming result and multiple explanations about the roots of the Republican victory....

Trade & human rights (June 1994)

J. Bryan Hehir TRADE & HUNAN RIGHTS CLINTON, CHINA & INTERDEPENDENCE his column is written in the wake of President Bill Clinton's decision to continue Most Favored Nation (MFN) status for...

Hope from the Middle East (February 1994)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir HOPE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TWO PROMISING PACTS T he pattern of world politics in 1993 illustrated just how violent and chaotic the postcold war era could be....

Clinton's foreign policy: (November 1993)

this: beset by so many interest groups and lacking an effective of for, and by ordinary New Yorkers. As in almost all recent political machine, New York's mayors cling to any shred of ...

The age of restraint: (September 1993)

national receivership. The president, acting in a fiduciary role, stitutionally mandated authority, than the designees of some like the receiver of a troubled business enterprise, has extraor-...

Health care for all (May 1993)

Orthodox Jews with whom I prayed in the snow on Shabbat Orthodox church in Russia, from the notorious five-year plan because they have no synagogue within which to...

The `state' of `defense': (March 1993)

ther, mother, and child have important sym- cents who come from shattered families decades: the end of the cold war. The cold bolic meaning, where authority means the (or no...

Clinton on the world stage (January 1993)

community is split between accepting the cabinet representa- clash with Serbia, being only too aware of its own military weak- tion and boycotting participation in politics. Rational...

World of faultlines (September 1992)

J. Bryan Hehir WORLD OF FAULTLINES SOVEREIGNTY, SELF-DETERMINATION, INTERVENTION hree riveting and profoundly different situations in the world today testify to the degree of change required in...

Hitting the high Cs (June 1992)

J. Bryan Hehir HITTING THE HIGH Cs CHARACTER, CHOICE & COMMUNITY he conjunction of a presidential campaign and the commencement season produces some questions for the leadership of the country...

Saying no to slaughter (April 1992)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir SAYING NO TO SLAUGHTER CONGRESSMAN OBEY'S MODEST VICTORIES It would appear that neither American public opinion nor the U.S. political process has any time for...

Just cause? Yes (February 1992)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir JUST CAUSE? YES JUST MEANS? TOO SOON TO SAY January 1992, in striking contrast to a year ago, was a month dominated by domestic politics in the United States. Last...

James Reston (January 1992)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir JAMES RESTON MELLOW CALVINIST James Reston, the dean of American journalists, has performed a signal public service in writing Deadline: A Memoir (Random House,...

The proliferation problem (October 1991)

was founded upon and continues to profess, but--if the committee's performance is any gauge--may have ceased to understand. But these occasional, ad hoc attempts to discover a broad public...

Reordering the world (June 1991)

though attentive to communal concerns, sees the church as the collection of individuals who are committed to the following of Christ. But how one interprets Christ and the Holy Spirit and...

From Leo XIII to John Paul II (May 1991)

ality. The practical conclusion drawn from these social-psychological premises was that government has the right and duty to intervene in the life of society, especially its economic and educational...

The moral calculus of war (February 1991)

a rare confluence of American and Israeli interests. It was, for many Jews, one of those moments when one's oft-tangled loyalties seem to shake out nicely into a consistent world view. Certainly,...

Agostino Casaroli (February 1991)

historic importance. record, but also on how effectvely it attacks and solves the prob- I met with Lech Walesa in Sopot, a small town near Gdansk, lems of "anti-Semitism and chauvinism." Walesa...

All is grace (November 1990)

ALL IS GRACE J. Bryan Hehir THE PRIESTLY LIFE OF SHAWN SHEEHAN On October 24, 1990, the church in Boston buried a "great priest." Shawn Sheehan-a priest of the archdiocese for forty-nine years,...

Baghdad as target? (October 1990)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir BAGHDAD AS TARGET? AN ORDER TO BE REFUSED Washington, D.C., Baghdad, and the Middle East are poised precariously between war and diplomacy. While the outcome is far...

Short-term, long-term (September 1990)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir SHORT-TERN, LONG-TERN PROPER MEANS IN THE GULF The situation in the Persian Gulf can be looked at as an immediate crisis, but also as a long-term learning experience...

Looking forward to the past (June 1990)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PAST OLD QUESTIONS FOR A NEW EUROPE Writing on international affairs, and particularly on European politics, is risky business in 1990....

New world, new roles: (March 1990)

NEW WORLD, NEW ROLES J. Bryan Hehir GRASPING AN OPEN MOMENT IN LATIN AMERICA There seems to be a connection between Lent and Central America. At least that is the way I think of it. In 1980...

Interdependence for all (January 1990)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir INTERDEPENDENCE FOR ALL A DECADE TO REMAKE THE WORLD It is clear that we face an enormous but positive challenge in the 1990s. The coming decade will be transitional...

Zero plus game (January 1989)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir ZERO-PLUS GAME A STRATEGY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST In this column a month ago (December 16, 1988), I argued that a U.S. debate on the Middle East was necessary and...

The doubting elites (January 1988)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir THE DOUBTING ELITES ARMS CONTROL AFTER THE TREATY Jimmy Carter began his final year in the presidency by withdrawing from Senate consideration the SALT II arms control...

Leading roles (November 1987)

WORLDWATCH ________J. Bryan Hehir________ LEADING ROLES THE STATURE OF SCHROEDER & NUNN The decisions of Senator Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and Representative Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.) not to seek the...

The Arias plan (September 1987)

than the one store we were stuck with, but there was something important in the feeling families knew during that one quiet day, an undercurrent which is not reinforced at the communal level...

A Study in contrast: Central America & the Persian Gulf (August 1987)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir A STUDY IN CONTRAST CENTRAL AMERICA & THE PERSIAN GULF he Iran-contra investiga tion has focused attention on past policy in the Middle East and Central...

Principles & Politics (March 1987)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir______ PRINCIPLES & POLITICS DIFFERING WITH DULLES A very Dulles, S.J., holds a special place in the community of Catholic theologians in the United States. Perhaps the...

Arms control (January 1987)

WORLD WATCH J. Bryan Hehir ARMS CONTROL A WORLD CLASS PLAY As the 100th Congress convenes, the most discussed foreign policy topics are Iran and Nicaragua. But the eruption of this...

From ignorance, to incoherence, to collapse (December 1986)

WHEN THE new Congress arrives Church/world watch to shuffle back from the policy implica- in January, it will encounter...

Central American policy: the dangerous drift (August 1986)

I N CENTRAL AMERICA, events are Church/world watch If the Sandinistas cannot be moved moving in the wrong...

Nuclear ethics for strategists & policymakers (June 1986)

THE BOOK OF WISDOM says there is Church/world watch cal principles, of pursuing both a season for all things. It...

The Mideast (January 1986)

I II I T HE U.S.-SOVIET relationship dominated foreign policy in 1985, culminating in the November summit in Geneva. But the year closed with one more violent reminder that the Middle East...

Summit & synod (December 1985)

Church/world watch The summit & the synod J. Bryan Hehir lighted the cost of six years of superpower silence, of strategic programs begun and pursued with minimal restraint. The impact...

Freedom & integrity in church & state (October 1985)

Church/world watch Freedom & integrity in church & state J. Bryan Hehir AYBAR AGO the nation was in the midst of a presidential campaign shot through with religious themes, claims, and...

Re-forming the questions on arms control (May 1985)

Church/world watch Re-forming the questions on arms control J. Bryan Hehir THE latest round of aims negotiations at Geneva between the United States and the Soviet Union poses two distinct...

U.S. policy for a Middle East in motion (February 1985)

Church/world watch U.S. policy for a Middle East in motion J. Bryan Hehir THE MIDDLE EAST was not a significant factor in the 1984 election, and it remained insignificant in the policy...

Debating deficits, debating deterrence (January 1985)

Church/world watch deficits, debuting deterrence J. Bryan Hehir AS THIS NEW YEAR begins in Washington, the issue which was so mysteriously absent in the election debates — nuclear...

SDI: new technologies but old questions (October 1984)

T O THE dismay of some and with the endorsement of others, the debate about a defensive strategy against nuclear attack has been placed front and center. The impetus has been provided by President...

Focus on policy, not embassy (June 1984)

I I I I I II II II A MERICAN political figures have a passion for the peripheral when it comes to the Middle East. The tendency to fasten on the edge of reality ~ervades both parties and...

Morality & the question of means (April 1984)

A MONG ELECTED officials, speaking well is a vocational imperative, writing well is a rare commodity. Our country has had a tradition of political leaders who were superb writers; very...

What's needed in Lebanon (January 1984)

p RESIDENT Reagan came to office committed to reverse the "Vietnam syndrome" in foreign policy; but in the last week of 1983 the president was confronted by a version of the syndrome from...

Two lessons: public opinion & technology (May 1983)

Church/worldwatch Mobilizing opinion, curbing technology J. Bryan Hehir BY THE TIME this column appears, the May 2-3 meeting of the Catholic bishops will have taken place, and the bishops will...

Framework for a Mideast future (October 1982)

Church/world watch Framework for a Mideast future J. Bryan Hehir THE CAREENING COURSE of events in the Middle Eat during the summer of 1982 has left most observers with a sense of exhaustion....

The lessons of Lebanon (August 1982)

Church/world watch The lessons of Lebanon J. Bryan Hehir THE tragedy of Lebanon is so vividly before us in 1982 that we can too easily forget the achievements of Lebanon. Too often the conflict...

Can nuclear protest change policy? (June 1982)

Church/world watch Can nuclear protest change policy? J. Bryan Hehir THE NUCLEAR DEBATE is now fully joined in the United States. The protest movement against the arms race has produced the...

Simple slogans or moral reasoning? (April 1982)

Church/world watch Simple slogans or moral reasoning? J. Bryan Hehir THE AMERICAN BISHOPS have caught the attention of at least one member of the Reagan administration. Secretary of the Navy...

The pope's delicate balance (March 1982)

Church/world watch The pope's delicate balance J. Bryan Hehir ONE OF PAUL VI's many contributions to the social ministry of the Catholic church was the initiation of the World Day of Peace....

Consistency & human rights (February 1982)

Church/world watch Consistency human rights J. Bryan Hehir There ARE several prisms through which the Polish crisis can be examined. It can be viewed as a proof-text of the declining fortunes of...

Moral choice & world politics (December 1981)

Church/worldwatch Moral choice & world politics J. Bryan Hehir THE TOPIC of morality and foreign policy has a long but uneven history in American intellectual and political life. In the 1960s...

A new era of social teaching (October 1981)

JOHN PAUL'S encyclical, On Human Work, appeared the week after I had devoted a column to the need for critical commentary on the social teaching. This is at least an implicit invitation to...

Challenge of a tradition (September 1981)

Church/world watch Challenge of a tradition J. Bryan Hehir Anniversaries CAN BE observed in strikingly different ways; the quality of the celebration tests a community's understanding of what it...

Hard choices in South Africa (July 1981)

Church/world watch Hard choices in South Africa J. Bryan Hehir IT appears TO BE A cyclical theme in U.S. foreign policy that a new administration sets its course in reaction to its predecessor....

Doctors of the world unite! (May 1981)

Church/worldwatch Doctors of the world unite! J. Bryan Hehir IN THE EARLY stages of the SALT II debate, columnist George F. Will wrote: "It is said that since the summer of 1945, the world has...

The bishops speak on El Salvador (April 1981)

Church/worldwatch The bishops speak on El Salvador J. Bryan Hehir The following column is an abbreviated version of the testimony that Father Hehir gave, as associate secretary for international...

Nuclear weapons: the two debates (March 1981)

Church/world watch Nuclear weapons: the two debates J. Bryan Hehir IN BOTH CHURCH and state the debate about nuclear weapons is with us again. The product of this renewed interest appears...

Is SALT worth supporting? Yes! (March 1979)

IS SALT WORTH SUPPORTING? YES! Limited but substantial ...

The Gospel & human rights in Chile: (January 1979)

'BREAD, LIBERTY, JUSTICE!' The Gospel & human rights in...

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