Foreign Affairs articles from March 2001

Foreign Affairs archives from March 2001

Trade Policy for a Networked World.
March 1, 2001... NEW ERA, NEW CHALLENGES Trade policy has been a notable and bipartisan success of postwar American foreign policy. Across 10 administrations and 26 Congresses, Washington has guided the world's economies toward freer trade and higher...

America's Two-Front Economic Conflict.
March 1, 2001... DOUBLE TROUBLE Since the end of the Cold War, the perceived threats to U.S. security have been mainly from "rogue states" such as Iraq and North Korea -- none of which are superpowers or likely allies of each other in confronting the...

The Great Disruption.(Japanese economy from 1960s through 1980s)
March 1, 2001... REVERSAL OF FORTUNE The booming Japanese economy from the 1960s through the mid-1980s was one of the most thoroughly studied and admired phenomena of modern times. From steel to automobiles, consumer electronics to watches, Japanese...

The Crusade for Free Trade Evaluating Clinton's International Economic Policy.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... REVIEW ESSAY The Wind of the Hundred Days: How Washington Mismanaged Globalization. BY JAGDISH BHAGWATI. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001, 383 pp. $32.95. POP ECONOMIST Many economists despair at the public's frequent misunderstanding...

China's Cyber-Strategy.
March 1, 2001... DANGEROUS LIAISON Often restrained in its enthusiasm for Western suitors, China has fallen in love with the Internet. Not only is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hailing the Internet's vast commercial potential, but it is also...

The Uneasy Americas.(western hemisphere conference to be held in Quebec City)
March 1, 2001... KEEPING IT TOGETHER This April, President George W. Bush will travel to Quebec City for a summit meeting of the western hemisphere's heads of state. Thirty-three other leaders will attend the conference, the third such gathering since...

Digitally Empowered Development.
March 1, 2001... THE GROWING GAP Advances in information and communications technology did more than almost anything else to drive the last decade's economic boom and the integration of markets around the planet. New data networks, automated inventory...

Time To Leave Korea?(North Korean leader meets South Korean president)
March 1, 2001... BARGAINING CHIP Last spring, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il surprised the world by agreeing to meet with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung in the first North-South summit held since the division of the Korean Peninsula in 1945. Their...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2001... WORLD BANK AND USAID CHIEFS RETHINK FOREIGN AID;MARGARET CATILLAZ AND THEODORE RUTHIZER DEFEND IMMIGRATION; EDWARD LUCK REJECTS "REGIO-COPS"; AND OTHERS POINTING THE FINGER To the Editor: In his review of Failed Crusade: America...

Middle East Peace Through Partition.
March 1, 2001... THINGS FALL APART Just last summer, the seven-year-old Israeli-Palestinian peace process seemed on the verge of success. Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yasir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak met with President Bill Clinton...

Come Partly Home, America - How to Downsize U.S. Deployments Abroad.
March 1, 2001... During last year's presidential campaign, then Texas Governor George W. Bush pilloried the Clinton administration for its supposed mishandling of the nation's armed forces. Alleging that U.S. troops were no longer ready to respond to major...

The Knowledge Gap.(equity stakes sold to raise capital to realize good ideas)
March 1, 2001... A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS? For a long time, economists saw capital, labor, and natural resources as the essential ingredients of economic enterprise. In recent years, they have also come to recognize the role of technology, as well as...

Appealing the Tiananmen Verdict - New Documents from China's Highest Leaders.(Review)
March 1, 2001... REVIEW ESSAY The Tiananmen Papers. COMPILED BY ZHANG LIANG (PSEUDONYM), EDITED BY ANDREW J. NATHAN AND PERRY LINK. New York: Public Affairs, 2001, 560 pp. $30.00. Excerpts from this extraordinary compilation of documents first...

Recent Books on International Relations.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... MIDDLE EAST L. CARL BROWN One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate. BY TOM SEGEV. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2000, 612 pp. $35.00. Dare one say, in praise, that One Palestine, Complete reads like a...

Asia's Bad Old Ways - Reforming Business by Reforming Its Environment.
March 1, 2001... Having rebounded more quickly than expected from the financial crises of 1997, East and Southeast Asian governments today appear to be models of fiscal responsibility. South Korea has won praise for its timely delivery of financial information...