Foreign Affairs articles from March 2004

Foreign Affairs archives from March 2004

The Ties That Bind: Americans, Arabs, and Israelis After September 11.
March 1, 2004... Since the tragedy of September 11, 2001, much has been said about how U.S. foreign policy, and especially U.S. policy toward the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, has bred resentment in Arab and Muslim countries. Far less has been said, however,...

A Rose Among Thorns: Georgia Makes Good.
March 1, 2004... "Oh, fatherland! How I think of you now," lamented Euripides' Medea, the princess of ancient Colchis -- today part of the republic of Georgia. "In every way the situation is bad." Modern Georgians understand her sentiment only too well. In the...

A Normal Country.
March 1, 2004... RETHINKING RUSSIA During the last 15 years, Russia has undergone an extraordinary transformation. It has changed from a communist dictatorship to a multiparty democracy in which officials are chosen in regular elections. Its centrally...

Trouble in Taiwan.
March 1, 2004... STRAIT TALK On December 9, 2003, in the presence of visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, President George W. Bush broke significant new ground in U.S. relations with China and Taiwan. Having pledged in April 2001 to do "whatever it takes"...

How to Build a Fence.
March 1, 2004... PARTITION WITHOUT PARTNERSHIP The idea of a fence separating Israelis and Palestinians is, on one level, an admission of failure. Yet it is also realistic: with little trust between the two sides and a history of bitterness and bloodshed, a...

Foreign Economic Policy for the Next President.
March 1, 2004... *Editor's note: This is the first in a series of commissioned essays on foreign policy concerns for the next president. THE DANGERS OF ROLLBACK At a time when U.S. foreign policy is dominated by war, terrorism, and weapons of mass...

The Rise of the Shadow Warriors.
March 1, 2004... AFTER IRAQ The recent war in Iraq was, among other things, a powerful advertisement for the effectiveness of the United States' storied special operations forces. Americans are just now learning what role these commandos played in the...

The True Worth of Air Power.
March 1, 2004... THE WRONG REVOLUTION For more than a decade, advocates of precision air weapons have argued that wars can be won by selectively taking out an enemy's leaders, its communication systems, and the economic infrastructure of its major cities....

Smart Power.
March 1, 2004... RECLAIMING LIBERAL INTERNATIONALISM Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, conservative foreign-policy makers have united behind a clear agenda: combating terrorism, aggressively preempting perceived threats, and asserting the...

Illusions of Empire: Defining the New American Order.
March 1, 2004... The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic. By Chalmers Johnson. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2004, 400 pp. $25.00 Colossus: The Price of America's Empire. By Niall Ferguson. New York: Penguin Press, 2004,...

Recent Books on International Relations.
March 1, 2004... Political and Legal G. John Ikenberry Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies By Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit New York: Penguin Press, 2004, 176 pp., $21.95 In this grandly illuminating study of two centuries...

Band Aid.
March 1, 2004... To the Editor: Carol C. Adelman's enthusiasm for remittances ("The Privatization of Foreign Aid," November/December 2003) raises troubling questions about Americans' generosity and the nature of overseas development. There is no doubt...

Sun Blind?
March 1, 2004... To the Editor: In "Japan's New Nationalism" (November/December 2003), Eugene A. Matthews calls for U.S. leaders to temper Japan's moves to create a higher-profile military, because of the threat to other states in East Asia, particularly...

Attitude Adjustment.
March 1, 2004... To the Editor: In "Clinton's Strong Defense Legacy" (November/December 2003), Michael O'Hanlon acknowledges that U.S. military morale suffered during the Clinton presidency, but he does not fully explain why. Perhaps it was because of...

Crisis Prevention.
March 1, 2004... To the Editor: Kenneth Maxwell's bias is clear in his reply to my criticism of his review of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability ("Fleeing the Chilean Coup," January/February 2004). He finds a "cruel...