Joshua Muravchik is a resident scholar at The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the author of Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (Encounter, 2002). He has written extensively about democracy, human rights, and American foreign policy in Commentary, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Weekly Standard and The Wall Street Journal. His books include The Future of the United Nations: Understanding the Past to Chart a War Forward (2005), Covering the Intifada: How the Media Reported the Palestinian Uprising (2005), The Imperative of American Leadership (1996), Exporting Democracy: Fulfilling America’s Destiny (1991), and The Uncertain Crusade: Jimmy Carter and the Dilemmas of Human Rights Policy (1986). He serves as an adjunct scholar at the Washington Institute on Near East Policy and is an adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics. The interview took place on July 11 and 15, 2007.