Foreign Affairs articles from July 2003

Foreign Affairs archives from July 2003

Securing the Gulf.
July 1, 2003... ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH In 1968, the United Kingdom relinquished its security responsibilities "east of Suez," leaving the United States to pick up the pieces. Chief among the inherited obligations was ensuring the stability and security...

The Shi'ites and the Future of Iraq.
July 1, 2003... LAMENT AND REMEMBRANCE In late April, barely two weeks after the collapse of the Baath regime, elated Iraqi Shi'ites flocked to the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, renewing an annual ritual of lament and remembrance that had been banned...

The Protean Enemy.(Al-Queda)
July 1, 2003... WHAT'S NEXT FROM AL QAEDA? Having suffered the destruction of its sanctuary in Afghanistan two years ago, al Qaeda's already decentralized organization has become more decentralized still. The group's leaders have largely dispersed to...

The New American Way of War.
July 1, 2003... WAGING MODERN WAR "The American way of war." That phrase -- popularized by the military historian Russell Weigley in his 1973 book -- has come to refer to a grinding strategy of attrition: the strategy employed by Ulysses S. Grant to...

Striking a New Transatlantic Bargain.
July 1, 2003... BACK ON TRACK The recent war in Iraq has triggered the most severe transatlantic tensions in a generation, dividing Europeans and Americans from each other and themselves. Pundits proclaim daily the imminent collapse of three vital pillars...

Blair's Britain After Iraq.(Tony Blair)
July 1, 2003... A NEW GRAND STRATEGY When Tony Blair became prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1997, he took on the great unresolved issues of the second half of the twentieth century and defined a fairly coherent grand strategy to face them. At...

A High-Risk Trade Policy.
July 1, 2003... A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION Robert Zoellick, the U.S. trade representative and the main force shaping U.S. foreign trade policy today, combines prodigious negotiating skills with an equally solid background in realpolitik. Nevertheless,...

Adjusting to the New Asia.
July 1, 2003... AMERICA'S CHANGING ROLE Transpacific relations today have become almost as uncertain as those across the Atlantic. The United States' strategic position in East Asia is changing, and in ways few anticipated just a couple of years ago....

The Future of Energy Policy.
July 1, 2003... THE BIG QUESTIONS A century ago, Lord Selborne, the first lord of the Admiralty, dismissed the idea of fueling the British navy with something other than coal, which the island nation had in great abundance. "The substitution of oil for...

Space Diplomacy.
July 1, 2003... A EUROPEAN CHALLENGE IN THE SKIES Acrimonious transatlantic policy disputes have become all too familiar in recent years. This winter's UN Security Council debates over Iraq follow flashpoints on trade, the environment, and the...

Not in Oil's Name.
July 1, 2003... DANGEROUS MYTHS Since oil became vital to industrial societies, it has been the subject of mythmaking. This is not surprising since the control and pricing of energy is an emotionally charged issue that lends itself to conspiracy theories...

We Didn't Start the Fire: Capitalism and Its Critics, Then and Now.(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought. by Jerry Z. Muller. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002, 487 pp. $30.00. Thanks to globalization, it is often said, the world is at the dawn of a new era. The spread of markets...

Two Agents, Two Paths - How the CIA Became a Vital Operation.(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... A Look Over My Shoulder: A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency. by Richard Helms with William Hood. New York: Random House, 2003, 512 pp. $35.00. Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby. by John Prados. New York:...

The Great Revival - Understanding Religious "Fundamentalism".(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... Strong Religion: The Rise of Fundamentalisms Around the World. by Gabriel A. Almond, R. Scott Appleby, and Emmanuel Sivan. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2003, 281 pp. $19.00. Within hours of the attack on the World Trade...

Putting It Together - The Foibles and Future of the European Union.(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... European Integration 1950-2002: Superstate or New Market Economy? by John Gillingham. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 544 pp. $25.00. For some, the process of European integration resembles nothing so much as a long-running...

Stayin' Alive: The Rumors of the UN's Death Have Been Exaggerated.
July 1, 2003... The End of an Illusion EDWARD C. LUCK In "Why the Security Council Failed" (May/June 2003), Michael J. Glennon provides a singular service by insisting that our understanding of international law should take historical practice and...

How Best to Build Democracy - Laying a Foundation for the New Iraq.
July 1, 2003... Adeed Dawisha and Karen Dawisha's excellent article "How to Build a Democratic Iraq" (May/June 2003) contains a series of valuable recommendations and admonitions. The few failings of their article lie less in what they advocate or reject than...

Letters to the Editor.
July 1, 2003... David Hoffman on Iraqi media; Martin Gross on the Middle East roadblock; David Outen tackles trade; and others WHO REPORTS? WHO DECIDES? To the Editor: Adeed Dawisha and Karen Dawisha ("How to Build a Democratic Iraq," May/June...