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Robert W. Kagan FP: Robert Kagan, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Kagan: Thanks. I appreciate your inviting me. FP: I want to get your thought on the terror war and on the recent report made by the Iraq Study Group. But let's first talk about your new book. What motivated you to write it? Kagan: I suppose my interest in the history of American foreign policy began when I worked as a speechwriter for George Shultz in the Reagan years. Although many, especially the so-called "realists", dismissed Reagan as some kind of aberration from American foreign policy -- just as...

The European Union said Monday a "misleading" survey in which more Europeans named Israel as a threat to world peace than any other country will not affect its Mideast policy. Israel said the poll was more evidence of anti-Israel bias in Europe and considered sending a bombed-out bus to display in European cities to illustrate the impact of terrorism. "Europeans seem blind to Israeli victims and suffering," said Haim Assaraf, the spokesman of the Israeli mission to the EU. The EU poll, parts of which were leaked last week, found 59 percent of EU citizens said "yes" when asked if...

Uproar at Poll Claiming Israel is Most Dangerous Nation Jerusalem - Israelis have reacted angrily to a European Union poll in which most of those surveyed reportedly believe that Israel poses the greatest threat to world peace. Almost 60% of the Europeans surveyed believe Israel is more dangerous than North Korea, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the survey. Partial results were published in Spain's leading newspaper, El Pais, on Thursday. The United States is ranked as sixth most dangerous on the list. The full findings of the poll were due to be released today. Many Israelis consider Europe...