w ak . ▁Many ▁of ▁these ▁were ▁published ▁prom in ently ▁when ▁at ▁the ▁beg inn ings ▁of ▁their ▁care ers . ▁ ▁Polit ically ▁the ▁review ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁for ▁following ▁a ▁consistent ▁party ▁political ▁line , ▁although ▁Wil mers ▁described ▁herself ▁as ▁being ▁" capt iv ated ▁by ▁the ▁left ▁but ▁not ▁of ▁it ". ▁Under ▁her ▁editor ship ▁the ▁review ' s ▁treatment ▁of ▁political ▁matters ▁sometimes ▁attract ed ▁controvers y . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁an ▁article ▁by ▁academ ics ▁John ▁M ear she imer ▁and ▁Stephen ▁W alt ▁was ▁critic ised ▁in ▁some ▁qu arters ▁for ▁its ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁foreign ▁policy ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁g rip ▁of ▁an ▁" Is rael ▁lo bb y ". ▁Wil mers ▁has ▁herself ▁said , ▁" I ' m ▁un ambigu ously ▁host ile ▁to ▁Israel ▁because ▁it ' s ▁a ▁m enda cious ▁state ", ▁an ▁assess ment ▁which ▁has ▁not ▁gone ▁un ch alleng ed . ▁An ▁article ▁by ▁the ▁Cambridge ▁historian ▁Mary ▁Be ard , ▁published ▁after ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁September ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁attract ed ▁some ▁attention ▁for ▁suggesting ▁that ▁" America ▁had ▁it ▁coming ", ▁and ▁when ▁David ▁Mar qu and , ▁the ▁political ▁historian ▁and ▁principal ▁of ▁Mans field ▁College , ▁Oxford , ▁submitted ▁a ▁review ▁pra ising ▁Tony ▁Bla ir ' s ▁handling ▁of ▁the ▁post - 1 1 ▁September ▁period ▁as ▁" im pe cc able ", ▁Wil mers ▁replied