Foreign Affairs articles from May 2001

Foreign Affairs archives from May 2001

Virtual Defense.(cyber-attacks on United States possible)
May 1, 2001... THE WEAKNESS OF A SUPERPOWER Just as World War I introduced new weaponry and modern combat to the twentieth century, the information age is now revolutionizing warfare for the twenty-first. Around the world, information technology...

The False Crisis Over the Atlantic.(perceived rift between Europe, United States)
May 1, 2001... WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE To European elites, the United States has become a poster child for bad behavior at home and hegemonic hubris abroad. The director of Amnesty International France recently listed -- in this order -- his...

The U.S. Trade Deficit: A Dangerous Obsession.(new economic benchmark needed)
May 1, 2001... THE WRONG SCORECARD Every U.S. president over the past quarter-century has confronted an annual trade deficit. But the cavernous trade gap inherited by President George W. Bush dwarfs those faced by his predecessors. America's...

The Unanswered Question - Attempting to Explain the Rwandan Genocide.(Review)
May 1, 2001... REVIEW ESSAY When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and Genocide in Rwanda. BY MAHMOOD MAMDANI. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001, 380 pp. $29.95. The Rwandan genocide -- in which more than 500,000 Tutsi...

Meltdown in Ukraine.(political corruption threatens stability)
May 1, 2001... TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE? No country today has a more sullied reputation than Ukraine's. After 10 years of independence, this former Soviet republic is rated among the world's most corrupt nations by Transparency International, and it leads the...

The New Geography of Conflict.(United States focuses on Central Asia's resources)
May 1, 2001... VITAL INTERESTS In October 1999, in a rare alteration of U.S. military geography, the Department of Defense reassigned senior command authority over American forces in Central Asia from the Pacific Command to the Central Command. This...

Lost in Space - The Misguided Drive Toward Antisatellite Weapons.
May 1, 2001... Before becoming President George W. Bush's surprise choice to run the Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld chaired not one, but two, major advisory panels. Only the first of these commissions ever received much attention in the media, however. This owed,...

Despotism in Brussels? Misreading the European Union.(Review)
May 1, 2001... REVIEW ESSAY Democracy in Europe. BY LARRY SIEDENTOP. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001, 272 pp. $27.50. The process of European integration that has produced the European Union (EU) is the most ambitious and most successful...

Continental Shift - The Securitization of Europe.(move away from bank financing)
May 1, 2001... A dramatic shift is underway in the structure of European finance. Breaking with the past, European companies are increasingly financing their operations through securities instead of bank loans. This transformation, along with the growing...

The Rogue Who Came in From the Cold.
May 1, 2001... LIBYA MENDS ITS WAYS As the Bush administration struggles to define its foreign policy, with sanctions slipping on Iraq and the prospect of missile defense raising complications around the world, a new question has emerged: How should...

Europe, the Necessary Partner.(American foreign relations)
May 1, 2001... COMMON BONDS For all the Republican rhetoric about a more "Americanist" approach to foreign policy, the United States needs partners in global diplomacy. Unilateral decisions carry costs. Even if they are successfully imposed on foreign...