Foreign Affairs articles from January 2007

Foreign Affairs archives from January 2007

The Real Meaning of Military Transformation: Rethinking the Revolution.(War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today)(Finding the Target: The Transformation of American Military Policy)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today. By Max Boot: Gotham Books, 2006, 640 pp., $35.00 Finding the Target: The Transformation of American Military Policy. By Frederick W. Kagan. Encounter Books, 2006,...

Civil Rights, Uncivil Wrongs:The War on Terrorism's Toll on the U.S. Constitution.(Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power)(Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency)(War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency. By Richard A. Posner: Oxford University Press, 2006, 171 pp., $18.95 Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency. By Richard A. Posner. Oxford...

Poltical and Legal - Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War By Robert L. Beisner: Oxford University Press, 2006, 832, $35.00 This masterful account of the iconic American diplomat traces Acheson's extraordinary State Department years, from World War II planning...

Poltical and Legal - Of War and Law.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Of War and Law By David Kennedy: Princeton University Press, 2006, 206, $18.95 War and law seem to occupy different worlds, but this powerful work by a Harvard legal scholar probes the modern transformation of warfare and the growing...

Poltical and Legal - Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them By John Mueller: Free Press, 2006, 272, $25.00 In this provocative book, the noted political scientist Mueller argues that...

Poltical and Legal - The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization By Thomas Homer-Dixon: Island Press, 2006, 416, $25.95 In this important study of the looming dangers of social and economic catastrophe, Homer-Dixon, a Canadian...

Poltical and Legal - The International Struggle Over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council 1980-2005.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The International Struggle Over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council 1980-2005 By David M. Malone: Oxford University Press, 2006, 424, $45.00 The diplomatic stalemate over Iraq at the UN Security Council in 2003 will stand as an...

Poltical and Legal - Short of the Goal: U.S. Policy and Poorly Performing States.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Short of the Goal: U.S. Policy and Poorly Performing States By Edited by Nancy Birdsall, Milan Vaishnav, and Robert Ayers: Center for Global Development, 2006, 483, $25.95 This volume affirms the widely shared view that global security now...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - The European Economy since 1945: Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The European Economy Since 1945: Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond By Barry Eichengreen: Princeton University Press, 2006, 504, $35.00 Like much modern history writing, this book is as much interpretive essay as it is descriptive and...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - U.S. National Security and Foreign Direct Investment.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... U.S. National Security and Foreign Direct Investment By Edward M. Graham and David M. Marchick: Institute for International Economics, 2006, 220, $23.95 Two prospective foreign acquisitions of U.S.-based businesses have recently caused...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - The Next Great Globalization: How Disadvantaged Nations Can Harness Their Financial Systems to Get Rich.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Next Globalization: How Disadvantaged Nations Can Harness Their Financial Systems to Get Rich By Frederic S. Mishkin: Princeton University Press, 2006, 320, $27.95 The key message of this cogently argued book is that economic...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - Global Migration and the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Global Migration and the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance By Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson: MIT Press, 2006, 448, $50.00 Immigration has become a salient political issue not only in the United States but...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - Money Talks: The International Monetary Fund, Conditionality, and Supplementary Financiers and A Strategy for IMF Reform.(A Strategy for IMF Reform)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Money Talks: The International Monetary Fund, Conditionality, and Supplementary Financiers By Erica R. Gould: Stanford University Press, 2006, 296, $50.00 A Strategy for IMF Reform. By Edwin M. Truman. Institute for International...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - A Strategy for IMF Reform and Money Talks: The International Monetary Fund, Conditionality, and Supplementary Financiers.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... A Strategy for IMF Reform By Edwin M. Truman: Institute for International Economics, 2006, 124, $23.95 Money Talks: The International Monetary Fund, Conditionality, and Supplementary Financiers. By Erica R. Gould. Stanford University Press,...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III By Bob Woodward: Simon and Schuster, 2006, 560, $30.00 Woodward's trilogy on the Bush administration at war is essential, and compelling, reading. The latest volume tells a depressingly familiar story...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - Delusions of Intelligence: Enigma, Ultra, and the End of Secure Ciphers.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Delusions of Intelligence: Enigma, Ultra, and the End of Secure Ciphers By R. A. Ratcliff: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 332, $30.00 In 1974, when the story of Ultra, the secret British program to monitor and decipher Germany's Enigma...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - The Meaning of Military Victory.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Meaning of Military Victory By Robert Mandel: Lynne Rienner, 2006, 190, $49.95 (paper, $19.95) Typically, the main reason for going to war is the conviction that without a war a situation will get much worse -- not that war will make...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - Real-World Nuclear Deterrence: The Making of International Strategy.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Real-World Nuclear Deterrence: The Making of International Strategy By David G. Coleman and Joseph M. Siracusa: Praeger Security, 2006, 184, $49.95 Not much has been left unsaid about the nuclear strategy of the past six decades, and with...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - Aiding Peace?: The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict.(Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Aiding Peace? The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict By Jonathan Goodhand: Lynne Rienner, 2006, 239, $55.00 (paper, $23.50) Aiding Peace? The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict. By Jonathan Goodhand. Lynne Rienner, 2006, 239 pp. $55.00 (paper,...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War.(Aiding Peace?: The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War By Michael L. Gross: MIT Press, 2006, 384, $65.00 (paper, $16.95) Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War. By Michael L. Gross. MIT Press, 2006, 384...

The United States - Losing Hearts and Minds? Public Diplomacy and Strategic Influence in the Age of Terror.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Losing Hearts and Minds? Public Diplomacy and Strategic Influence in the Age of Terror By Carnes Lord: Praeger Security, 2006, 152, $39.95 Lord, national security adviser to the vice president during the George H. W. Bush administration,...

The United States - Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman By Barbara Leaming: Norton, 2006, 448, $26.95 Leaming tries to turn some interesting insights into an intellectual biography of John F. Kennedy. The results are mixed. She does show that the close...

The United States - A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan By Michael Kazin: Knopf, 2006, 400, $30.00 William Jennings Bryan is a major figure in American political and cultural history who has never received his due. A populist and an evangelical,...

The United States - The Plan: Big Ideas for America.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Plan: Big Ideas for America By Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Reed: PublicAffairs, 2006, 224, $19.95 Washington, write Emanuel and Reed, is divided between Hacks and Wonks. Wonks focus on policy; Hacks want to win. What the country, and...

The United States - Faith and Politics: How the Moral Values Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Faith and Politics: How the Moral Values Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together By Senator John Danforth: Viking, 2006, 224, $24.95 Few Americans bring more experience in both religion and politics to the table than...

Western Europe - Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe By Zachary Shore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, 240, $25.00 Shore's wise and thoughtful book addresses Europe's "Muslim problems" - - those problems faced by the 15...

Western Europe - A Question of Balance: How France and the United States Created Cold War Europe.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... A Question of Balance: How France and the United States Created Cold War Europe By Michael Creswell: Harvard University Press, 2006, 256, $49.95 Creswell intelligently examines the negotiations that led to West Germany's rearmament after...

Western Europe - The Unfree French: Life Under Occupation.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Unfree French: Life Under Occupation By Richard Viven: Yale University Press, 2006, 496, $35.00 This excellent book is principally a history of the French during the "dark years" of Vichy and the German occupation, although it also...

Western Europe - The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe's Twentieth Century.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe's Twentieth Century By Sheri Berman: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 238, $65.00 (paper, $23.99) This ambitious and provocative book by a Barnard political scientist...

Western Europe - The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe By Edited by Richard Ned Lebow, Wulg Kansteiner, and Claudio Fogu: Duke University Press, 2006, 384, $84.95 (paper, $23.95) This rich volume examines the "politics of memory" in postwar Austria,...

Western Hemisphere - Latin America and the Caribbean's Response to the Growth of China and India: Overview of Research Findings and Policy Implications.(Angel or Devil? China's Trade Impact on Latin American Emerging Markets)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Latin America and the Caribbean's Response to the Growth of China and India: Overview of Research Findings and Policy Implications By Guillermo Perry: World Bank, 2006, 43, Free Angel or Devil? China's Trade Impact on Latin American...

Western Hemisphere - Angel or Devil? China's Trade Impact on Latin American Emerging Markets.(Latin America and the Caribbean's Response to the Growth of China and India: Overview of Research findings and Policy Implications)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Angel or Devil? China's Trade Impact on Latin American Emerging Markets By Jorge Blazquez-Lidoy, Javier Rodriguez, and Javier Santiso: OECD, 2006, 54, Free Latin America and the Caribbean's Response to the Growth of China and India:...

Western Hemisphere - Brazil Since 1980.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Brazil Since 1980 By Francisco Vidal Luna and Herbert S. Klein: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 282, $75.00 The first in a new World Since 1980 series, which is designed to examine profound change in important countries over the past 25...

Western Hemisphere - Trade Relations Between Colombia and the United States.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Trade Relations Between Columbia and the United States By Edited by Jeffrey J. Schott: Institute for International Economics, 2006, 192, $21.95 With global trade talks moribund, trade negotiators worldwide are turning their attention to...

Western Hemisphere - Intervention without Intervening?: The OAS Defense and Promotion of Democracy in the Americas.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Intervention Without Intervening: The OAS Defense and Promotion of Democracy in the Americas By Andrew F. Cooper and Thomas Legler: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 192, $65.00 Two Canadian academics laud recent additions to the Western...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Beyond Nucler Deterrence: Transforming the U.S.-Russian Equation.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Beyond Nucler Deterrence: Transforming the U.S.-Russian Equation By Alexei Arbatov and Vladimir Dvorkin: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2006, 144, $32.95 Future historians contemplating the gravest failures of our day will...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Resisting the State: Reform and Retrenchment in Post-Soviet Russia.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Resisting the State: Reform and Retrenchment in Post-Soviet Russia By Kathryn Stoner-Weiss: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 182, $75.00 The essential question about Russia today is not what has happened to reform, but why has the state --...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post-Soviet Caucasus.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post- Soviet Caucasus By Thomas Goltz: M.E. Sharpe, 2006, 312, $39.95 Even for specialists, the actual details of what happened in the early 1990s when all hell broke loose...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2005.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2005 By Sabrina P. Ramet: Indiana University Press, 2006, 784, $65.00 In this large, thematic history of the three Yugoslavias (post-World War I, post-World War II, post-Cold...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Crucibles of Political Loyalty: Church Institutions and Electoral Continuity in Hungary.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Crucibles of Political Loyalty: Church Institutions and Electoral Continuity in Hungary By Jason Wittenberg: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 314, $80.00 Wittenberg weighs in on a long-standing puzzle: Why, like a watermark on the printed...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Endgame in the Balkans: Regime Change, European Style.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Endgame in the Balkans: Regime Change, European Style By Elizabeth Pond: Brookings Institution Press, 2006, 412, $29.95 Pond is cautiously upbeat about the prospects for both the European Union and the Balkan states that want in. The link...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Conversations on Russia: Reform from Yeltsin to Putin.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Conversations on Russia: Reform From Yeltsin to Putin By Padma Desai: Oxford University Press, 2006, 398, $45.00 Desai's collection of interviews with notable men (and they are all men) involved in politics and economics in Russia over the...

Middle East - Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone.(Iraq in Fragments: The Occupation and Its Legacy)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone By Rajiv Chandrasekaran: Knopf, 2006, 336, $25.95 Iraq in Fragments: The Occupation and Its Legacy. By Eric Herring and Glen Rangwala. Cornell University Press, 2006, 368 pp....

Middle East - Iraq in Fragments: The Occupation and Its Legacy.(Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Iraq in Fragments: The Occupation and Its Legacy By Eric Herring and Glen Rangwala: Cornell University Press, 2006, 368, $27.95 Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone. By Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Knopf, 2006, 336 pp....

Middle East - Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now By George McGovern and William R. Polk: Simon & Schuster, 2006, 160, $15.00 This is a well-crafted tract for our times. In a pliable paperback that will fit into a purse or pocket, the...

Middle East - Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and Its Impact on the Middle East.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and Its Impact on the Middle East By Nicolas Blanford: I.B. Tauris, 2006, 240, $27.95 Born in 1944 and raised in Sidon, Lebanon, to a Sunni family of modest means, Rafik Hariri...

Middle East - The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood By Rashid Khalidi: Beacon Press, 2006, 352, $24.95 The larger conceptual framework into which The Iron Cage must be fitted is a history of two contending nationalisms that...

Middle East - Twice a Stranger: The Mass Expulsions That Forged Modern Greece and Turkey.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Twice a Stranger: The Mass Expulsions That Forged Modern Greece and Turkey By Bruce Clark: Harvard University Press, 2006, 304, $29.95 The defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I set in motion a flurry of diplomatic and military...

Middle East - Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present By Michael B. Oren: Norton, 2007, 672, $29.95 In this elegant and engaging overview of U.S. involvement in the Middle East from the Barbary Wars through the current...

Asia and Pacific - China Shakes the World: A Titan's Breakneck Rise and Troubled Future - and the Challenge for America.(China: The Balance Sheet, What the World Needs to Know Now About the Emerging Superpower)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... China Shakes the World: A Titan's Breakneck Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America By James Kynge: Houghton Mifflin, 2006, 288, $25.00 China: The Balance Sheet; What the World Needs to Know Now About the Emerging...

Asia and Pacific - China: The Balance Sheet, What the World Needs to Know Now About the Emerging Superpower.(China Shakes the World: A Titan's Breakneck Rise and Troubled Future - and the Challenge for America)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... China: The Balance Sheet; What the World Needs to Know Now About the Emerging Superpower By C. Fred Bergsten, Bates Gill, Nicholas R. Lardy, and Derek Mitchell: PublicAffairs, 2006, 256, $25.00 China Shakes the World: A Titan's Breakneck...

Asia and Pacific - Turmoil in Burma: Contested Legitimacies in Myanmar.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Turmoil in Burma: Contested Legitimacies in Myanmar By David I. Steinberg: EastBridge, 2006, 370, $24.95 Steinberg is a leading American authority on Burma/Myanmar, and so anything he writes on that complex and troubled country deserves...

Asia and Pacific - Specters of Mother India: The Global Restructuring of an Empire.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Specters of Mother India: The Global Restructuring of an Empire By Mrinalini Sinha: Duke University Press, 2006, 392, $84.95 In 1927, the American journalist Katherine Mayo shocked the reading public with her expose Mother India, which told...

Asia and Pacific - Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'etat in Indonesia.(Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'Etat in Indonesia By John Roosa: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006, 328, $50.00 Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia. By John T. Sidel. Cornell...

Asia and Pacific - Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia.(Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'etat in Indonesia)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia By John T. Sidel: Cornell University Press, 2006, 296, $55.00 Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'Etat in Indonesia. By John Roosa. University of...

Africa - Democracy and Elections in Africa.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Democracy and Elections in Africa By Staffan I. Lindberg: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, 248, $55.00 How are African democracies progressing? Do multiparty elections actually sap the legitimacy of fledgling democracies, given their...

Africa - A Dirty War in West Africa: The RUF and the Destruction of Sierra Leone.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... A Dirty War in West Africa: The RUF and the Destruction of Sierra Leone By Lansan Gberie: Indiana University Press, 2005, 224, $40.00 Gberie, a journalist and longtime observer of Sierra Leone's politics, has written an evenhanded and...

Africa - Unbowed.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Unbowed By Wangari Maathai: Knopf, 2006, 352, $24.95 The charismatic leader of Kenya's environmental movement and 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has written an affecting memoir. The inspirational, if somewhat artless, narrative starts...

Africa - Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster By J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins: Markus Wiener, 2006, 400, $35.00 This book analyzes the emergence of conflict in Darfur through the prism of regional politics, in particular the complex relations...

Africa - Chieftaincy in Ghana: Culture, Governance and Development.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Chieftaincy in Ghana: Culture, Governance, and Development By Edited by Brene K. Odotei and Albert K. Awedoba: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2006, 700, $79.95 This sprawling collection of essays, originally assembled for a conference in Accra...

The United States, Iraq, and the War on Terror.
January 1, 2007... A Singaporean Perspective The basic feature of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War was inclusiveness -- a willingness to embrace any country that opposed communism, whatever its type of government. The United States contested the...

The Clash of Emotions.
January 1, 2007... Fear, Humiliation, Hope, and the New World Order Thirteen years ago, Samuel Huntington argued that a "clash of civilizations" was about to dominate world politics, with culture, along with national interests and political ideology, becoming...

The Challenge of Global Health.
January 1, 2007... BEWARE WHAT YOU WISH FOR Less than a decade ago, the biggest problem in global health seemed to be the lack of resources available to combat the multiple scourges ravaging the world's poor and sick. Today, thanks to a recent extraordinary...

Fidel's Final Victory.(Fidel Castro)
January 1, 2007... CUBA AFTER CASTRO? Ever since Fidel Castro gained power in 1959, Washington and the Cuban exile community have been eagerly awaiting the moment when he would lose it -- at which point, the thinking went, they would have carte blanche to...

Saving Afghanistan.
January 1, 2007... TALIBAN RESURGENT Afghanistan has stepped back from a tipping point. At the cost of taking and inflicting more casualties than in any year since the start of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 (and four times as many as in 2005), NATO...

A Battle for Global Values.(United States)
January 1, 2007... THE ROOTS OF EXTREMISM Our response to the September 11 attacks has proved even more momentous than it seemed at the time. That is because we could have chosen security as the battleground. But we did not. We chose values. We said that we...

Hands Off Hedge Funds.
January 1, 2007... LOCUSTS OR FIRE FIGHTERS? Imagine two successful companies. Both are staffed by very smart people; both are innovative; both have an impact far beyond their industry, improving the productivity of the capitalist system as a whole. But the...

Has Globalization Passed Its Peak?
January 1, 2007... THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT Once upon a time, not very long ago, economic globalization -- the free worldwide flow of capital, goods, and labor -- looked both inevitable and inexorable. Most governments seemed to embrace the very...

The Faces of Chinese Power.
January 1, 2007... MISUNDERESTIMATIONS Assessing China's growing power incorrectly has always proved to be hazardous. U.S. policymakers have underestimated China's power at least twice since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, once...

Negotiating With Terrorists.
January 1, 2007... DIRTY DEALS The argument against negotiating with terrorists is simple: Democracies must never give in to violence, and terrorists must never be rewarded for using it. Negotiations give legitimacy to terrorists and their methods and...

THE "ISRAEL LOBBY".(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... To the Editor: L. Carl Brown's capsule review of "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" ("Recent Books on International Relations," September/October 2006), by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt (which was published as a research...

More Guns and Butter.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... To the Editor: A fundamental fallacy underlies the analysis of my former Reagan administration colleague Lawrence Korb and Peter Ogden ("Jets or GIs?" November/ December 2006). They are wrong when they endorse the view that "the defense...

Counting Shiites.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... To the Editor: Vali Nasr's article "When the Shiites Rise" (July/August 2006) presents a table purporting to show the percentage of the population that is Shiite Muslim in several Middle Eastern countries. The figure given for Lebanon is...

What French Europe?(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... To the Editor: Having spent most of my professional life working in or with European institutions, I hardly recognize the "French Europe" described by Steven Kramer ("The End of French Europe?" July/ August 2006). From the formative...

Europe and Its Muslims.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... To the Editor: Stephanie Giry's upbeat portrait of the status of French Muslims ("France and Its Muslims," September/October 2006) offers a stark contrast to the state of affairs in the United Kingdom. Giry points out how the French...

Iraqi Oil Production.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... To the Editor: In his article "The Next War of the World" (September/October 2006), Niall Ferguson states that Iraq's "oil production is running at just 16 percent of its prewar level because of sabotage and other problems." Actually,...