Foreign Affairs articles from May 2004

Foreign Affairs archives from May 2004

The New Politics of Intelligence: Will Reforms Work This Time?(effectiveness of intelligence organizations)
May 1, 2004... The failure to prevent the attacks of September 11, 2001, the failure to find weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq, and the proliferation of official investigations trying to figure out what went wrong in both cases have combined to put...

Flight From Freedom: What Russians Think and Want.
May 1, 2004... When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, expectations were high that Russia, rid of communism, would take a firm pro-Western course: democratizing its political system, granting its citizens unassailable civil rights, and rejoining the...

The Decline of America's Soft Power.(popularity of American policies abroad)
May 1, 2004... Anti-Americanism has increased in recent years, and the United States' soft power -- its ability to attract others by the legitimacy of U.S. policies and the values that underlie them -- is in decline as a result. According to Gallup...

The Outsourcing Bogeyman.
May 1, 2004... THE TRUTH IS OFFSHORE When a presidential election year coincides with an uncertain economy, campaigning politicians invariably invoke an international economic issue as a dire threat to the well-being of Americans. Speechwriters denounce...

Afghanistan Unbound.
May 1, 2004... RETURN TO KABUL In 1994, bitter fighting between competing warlords raged throughout Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. It was a time marked by endless attacks, many of them on civilians. I saw one young boy raise his hand to catch a ball,...

Foreign Policy for a Democratic President.
May 1, 2004... Editor's note: This is the second in a series of commissioned essays on foreign policy concerns for the next president. A Republican view is scheduled for the July/August issue. FALL FROM GRACE Speaking before the National...

The Global Baby Bust.
May 1, 2004... THE WRONG READING You awaken to news of a morning traffic jam. Leaving home early for a doctor's appointment, you nonetheless arrive too late to find parking. After waiting two hours for a 15-minute consultation, you wait again to have...

The Payoff From Women's Rights.
May 1, 2004... THE COST OF INEQUALITY Over the past decade, significant research has demonstrated what many have known for a long time: women are critical to economic development, active civil society, and good governance, especially in developing...

Don't Break the Engagement.(United States and China relations)
May 1, 2004... STAYING THE COURSE ON CHINA After almost three years of calm, the American debate over China policy is set to heat up again. Like Bill Clinton, George W. Bush came into office pushing for a tougher approach to Beijing. And like his...

The Road to Damascus.(United States negotiations with Syria)
May 1, 2004... OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS On May 3, 2003, less than a month after Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled in Baghdad, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. The visit drove home the tough choices faced...

Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland.('Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity')(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity By Samuel P. Huntington New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004, 448 pp., $27.00 In the course of a remarkably distinguished academic career, Samuel Huntington has demonstrated a...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Low Self-Esteem By Golfo Alexopoulos To the Editor: Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman ask an important question at the end of their compelling article ("A Normal Country," March/April 2004): "So why the dark, at times almost...

Combatants or Criminals? How Washington Should Handle Terrorists.
May 1, 2004... Fighting a War Under Its Rules Ruth Wedgwood Kenneth Roth chides the Bush administration for using armed force and the law of armed conflict to capture and detain al Qaeda's key operatives ("The Law of War in the War on Terror,"...

The Four Faces of Nuclear Terror And the Need for a Prioritized Response.
May 1, 2004... Allison was among the first scholars to sound the alarm about the risks of Russian loose nukes, and in "How to Stop Nuclear Terrorism" (January/February 2004), he continues to warn of this underappreciated danger. He is right to highlight the...

Cancun's False Promise: A View From the South.(World Trade Organization talks)
May 1, 2004... In discussions about the World Trade Organization talks at Cancun last September, the voice of the economic North is often heard loudest ("Don't Cry for Cancun," January/February 2004). The economic South deserves the chance to speak too. ...