Donald E. Nuechterlein

Essays on American politics and foreign policy

Donald Nuechterlein is a political scientist and writer who resides at Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the author of numerous books on American politics and foreign policy, including America Recommitted: U.S. National Interests in the 1990s, 1991; and A Cold War Odyssey, 1997 ;and America Recommitted: A Superpower Assesses its Role in a Turbulent World(November 2000).

Articles Online

• MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES THAT WILL TEST THE NEXT PRESIDENT
• U.S. ELECTION IMPASSE HAS SERIOUS FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATION
• MILOSEVIC’S OUSTER DID NOT RESOLVE THE KOSOVO PROBLEM
• WHAT KIND OF WORLD ROLE SHOULD AMERICA PURSUE IN THE 21st CENTURY?
• BUSH AND GORE SHOULD SET PRIORITIES FOR USING U.S. FORCES ABROAD
• JERUSALEM IS CRUCIAL TO PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• MEXICO'S ELECTION IS A SUCCESS FOR MEXICANS AND FOR AMERICAN
• CLINTON'S LEGACY IN FOREIGN POLICY IS LIKELY TO BE UNEVEN
• AMERICANS CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF VIETNAM
• DILEMMA OVER ELIAN CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM U.S.-CUBAN RELATIONS
• ASSESSING THE KOSOVO INTERVENTION ONE YEAR LATER
• TAIWAN AND COLOMBIA EMERGE AS CRUCIAL ISSUES FOR U.S.
• GORE AND BUSH SHOULD ANNOUNCE KEY CABINET MEMBERS EARLY

Articles from 1999:

• SEATTLE AND HELSINKI DECISIONS CHALLENGE U.S. POLICY
• ECONOMIC SANCTIONS HAVE A LIMITED EFFECT ON DICTATORS
• LOOKING BACK ON "THE AMERICAN CENTURY"
• CANADA DEBATES A VARIETY OF DOMESTIC ISSUES
• GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LEGACY IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
• THE END OF A COLONIAL ERA IN PANAMA
• LITTLE KOSOVO ON THE POTOMAC
• SIX KEY PRESIDENTIAL DECISIONS DURING THE COLD WAR
• WILL THE ATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP SURVIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY?
• KOSOVO AND THE FUTURE OF NATO
• A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT IN KOSOVO
• WASHINGTON NEEDS A FRIENDLY MOSCOW IN EASTERN EUROPE
• INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
• PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT TRIAL PRODUCED IMPORTANT LESSONS
• IRAQ AND KOSOVO RECALL EARLIER U.S. DECISIONS ON VIETNAM

Donald E. Nuechterlein also contributes regular commentaries on American politics and foreign policy to the CHARLOTTESVILLE DAILY PROGRESS, Charlottesville, Virginia and the News and Daily Advance in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Books Authored

• ICELAND RELUCTANT ALLY, 1961
• THAILAND AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1965
• U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS IN A CHANGING WORLD, 1973
• NATIONAL INTERESTS AND PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP: SETTING OF PRIORITIES, 1978
• AMERICA OVERCOMMITTED: U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE 1980s, 1985
• AMERICA RECOMMITTED: U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE 1990s, 1991
• A COLD WAR ODYSSEY, 1997
• Forthcoming: AMERICA RECOMMITTED: A SUPERPOWER ASSESSES ITS ROLE IN A TURBULENT WORLD

Other Web Links

• Sweet Briar College's 1999 Winter Forums lecture series announcement
• UVA mirror pages