Foreign Affairs articles from May 2007

Foreign Affairs archives from May 2007

Africa - The African AIDS Epidemic: A History.(AIDS and Power: Why There Is No Political Crisis - Yet)(The Politics of AIDS in Africa)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The African AIDS Epidemic: A History By John Iliffe: Ohio University Press, 2006, 210 pp., $55.00 AIDS and Power: Why There Is No Political Crisis -- Yet. By Alex de Waal. Zed Books, 2006, 147 pp. $20.00. The Politics of AIDS in...

Africa - AIDS and Power: Why There Is No Political Crisis - Yet.(The African AIDS Epidemic: A History)(The Politics of AIDS in Africa)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... AIDS and Power: Why There Is No Political Crisis u Yet By Alex De Waal: Zed Books, 2006, 147 pp., $20.00 The African AIDS Epidemic: A History. By John Iliffe. Ohio University Press, 2006, 210 pp. $55.00 (paper, $24.95). The Politics of...

Africa - The Politics of AIDS in Africa.(The African AIDS Epidemic: A History)(AIDS and Power: Why There Is No Political Crisis - Yet)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Politics of AIDS in Africa By Amy S. Patterson: Lynne Rienner, 2006, 226 pp., $52.00 (paper $19.95) The African AIDS Epidemic: A History. By John Iliffe. Ohio University Press, 2006, 210 pp. $55.00 (paper, $24.95). AIDS and Power:...

Africa - Challenges of African Growth: Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Challenges of African Growth: Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions By Benno Ndulu: World Bank, 2007, 205 pp., $10.00 A team led by the prominent African economist Ndulu authored this useful and up-to-date appraisal of the...

China's Space Odyssey: What the Antisatellite Test Reveals About Decision-Making in Beijing.
May 1, 2007... Since China's destruction of one of its weather satellites with a ballistic missile this past January, experts around the world have puzzled over the move's purpose. One widespread view is that the antisatellite (ASAT) test was a shot across...

Smooth Sailing:The World's Shipping Lanes Are Safe.
May 1, 2007... The dangers facing oil tankers carrying their vital cargo over long distances haunt leaders worldwide and animate their discussions about naval procurement. Military analysts in countries such as China and India have begun to assert that their...

Ending the Trade War in Washington: Saving the Trade Agenda by Protecting Workers.
May 1, 2007... Last November, the U.S. electorate sent a clear message to President George W. Bush and the new Democratic congressional leadership: work together to deal with the nation's challenges. Few issues depend on bipartisanship as much as trade...

Al Qaeda Strikes Back.
May 1, 2007... A FIERCER FOE Al Qaeda is a more dangerous enemy today than it has ever been before. It has suffered some setbacks since September 11, 2001: losing its state within a state in Afghanistan, having several of its top operatives killed,...

How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor.
May 1, 2007... THE ETHANOL BUBBLE In 1974, as the United States was reeling from the oil embargo imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Congress took the first of many legislative steps to promote ethanol made from corn as an...

Healthy Old Europe.
May 1, 2007... AN UNTAPPED ASSET Over the past generation, western Europe has fallen behind in its long- term economic competition with the United States. Since 1980, the United States' total GDP growth has outpaced that of the EU-15 (the 15 states that...

Containing Russia.
May 1, 2007... THE SOURCES OF RUSSIAN CONDUCT Sixty-one years ago, a telegram arrived at the State Department from the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Its purpose was to examine the sources of the conduct of the men who ruled in the Kremlin. Its impact was...

The End of National Currency.
May 1, 2007... THE RISE OF MONETARY NATIONALISM Capital flows have become globalization's Achilles' heel. Over the past 25 years, devastating currency crises have hit countries across Latin America and Asia, as well as countries just beyond the borders...

Bush and the Generals.(George W. Bush)
May 1, 2007... THE CIVIL-MILITARY RIFT It is no secret that the relationship between the U.S. military and civilians in the Bush administration has deteriorated markedly since the start of the Iraq war. In 2006, according to a Military Times poll, almost...

Let Women Rule.
May 1, 2007... MISSING OUT Women have made significant strides in most societies over the last century, but the trend line has not been straight. In recent interviews with hundreds of female leaders in over 30 countries, I have discovered that where...

The Values Debate.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... To the Editor: One wonders what Queen Elizabeth I, as England faced Philip II's armada and Catholic Europe, or Winston Churchill, as the United Kingdom battled Hitler and Nazi Germany, would have made of Prime Minister Tony Blair's...

Risk-Return Profile.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... To the Editor: Sebastian Mallaby's key assertion is that hedge funds do not increase risk but manage it -- and policymakers, rather than clamping down, should make sure hedge funds have the tools to perform this function well ("Hands Off...

The Facts About the Slave Trade.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... To the Editor: Ethan Kapstein ("The New Global Slave Trade," November/December 2006) offers a picture of human trafficking that is filled with factual errors, dubious claims, and faulty analysis. He has uncritically accepted the main...

Immigration and Jobs.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... To the Editor: Tamar Jacoby's article on immigration reform ("Immigration Nation," November/December 2006) rightly argues that immigration is good for the United States. A mountain of evidence has affirmed that immigration benefits the...

Diagnoses and Prescriptions.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... To the Editor: As head of an organization that has struggled for over two decades with the challenges Laurie Garrett raises ("The Challenge of Global Health," January/ February 2007), I know that making a lasting impact on the health of...

Diagnoses and Prescriptions.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... To the Editor: Laurie Garrett makes it painfully clear how shortsighted and dysfunctional our response to the global health crisis has been to date. Garrett correctly points out that it will take more than money to make an impact on...

Diagnoses and Prescriptions.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... To the Editor: I have been following with great interest Foreign Affairs' discussion about Laurie Garrett's article on global health. But I am struck by the irony that a distinguished journal of foreign relations has completely missed such...

Atypically French: Sarkozy's Bid to Be a Different Kind of President.(Testimony: France in the Twenty-first Century)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Testimony: France in the Twenty-first CenturyBy Nicolas Sarkozy: Pantheon, 2006, 272 pp., $24.95 French presidential elections do not usually stir much interest in the United States. The cast of characters seems to have varied little over...

The Prophet of Moderation: Tariq Ramadan's Quest to Reclaim Islam.(In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons From the Life of MuhammadBy Tariq Ramadan: Oxford University Press, 2007, 242 pp., $23.00 Most Westerners have a pretty clear idea of what comes to the mind of a Danish cartoonist when he imagines...

Defying Orders, Saving Lives: Heroic Diplomats of the Holocaust.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Diplomat Heroes of the HolocaustBy Mordecai Paldiel: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 2007, ? pp., $29.50 Imagine that you are a consular officer in the middle of a diplomatic career that you hope will lead to an ambassadorship. There are two...

Political and Legal - Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy against Global Terror.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy Agaiinst Global Terror By Ian Shapiro: Princeton University Press, 2007, 208, $24.95 The Bush administration's post-9/11 national security strategy has come in for tremendous criticism, but opponents have...

Political and Legal - The End of Alliances.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The End of Alliances By Rajan Menon: Oxford University Press, 2007, 280, $25.00 Alliances have been the cornerstone of U.S. foreign relations since the 1940s. Even now, they remain the foundation for global security cooperation. But in...

Political and Legal - Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization By Nayan Chanda: Yale University Press, 2007, 416, $27.50 In this richly engaging history of globalization, Chanda depicts today's growing global...

Political and Legal - The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building By James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, and Beth Cole Degrasse: RAND Corporation, 2007, 328, $35.00 The United States and the United Nations have, with increasing frequency, embarked on...

Political and Legal - Can Might Make Rights? Building the Rule of Law after Military Interventions.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Can Might Make Rights? Building the Rule of Law After Military Interventions By Jane Stromseth, David Wippman, and Rosa Brooks: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 424, $80.00 Never before has building the rule of law in trouble spots been so...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline By Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi: MIT Press, 2006, 224, $24.95 Two U.S.-trained economists of Italian provenance take sharp aim at Europe's economic ills. They find Europe in inevitable...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty: How Multinationals Can Help the Poor and Invigorate Their Own Legitimacy.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty: How Multinationals Can Help the Poor and Invigorate Their Own Legitimacy By George Lodge and Craig Wilson: Princeton University Press, 2007, 208, $27.95 The late Milton Friedman once wrote that the...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - Playing Monopoly With the Devil: Dollarization and Domestic Currencies in Developing Countries.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Playing Monopoly With the Devil: Dollarization and Domestic Currencies in Developing Countries By Manuel Hinds: Yale University Press, 2006, 304, $50.00 This interesting and sometimes amusing book strongly challenges the conventional view...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor By Kimberly Ann Elliot: International Institute of Economics, 2006, 160, $22.95 Pessimists see the future of the world trading system hinging on a successful conclusion to the Doha Round of...

Economic, Social, and Environmental - Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040 By David G. Victor, Amy M. Jaffe, and Mark H. Hayes (eds.): Cambridge University Press, 2006, 534, $110.00 The importance of natural gas as an energy source has been growing for several years,...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA By John Prados: Ivan R. Dee, 2006, 752, $35.00 Prados is an extraordinarily tenacious researcher who has made a career of exploring the activities of the intelligence community, particularly...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb By Mike Davis: Verso, 2007, 192, $19.95 Mario Buda was an anarchist who blew up a wagon full of explosives at the corner of Wall and Broad Streets, in New York City, in 1920. Forty people were...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War.(Vietnam in Iraq: Tactics, Lessons, Legacies, and Ghosts)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War By Kenneth J. Campbell: Paradigm, 2007, 160, $62.00 Vietnam in Iraq: Tactics, Lessons, Legacies, and Ghosts. edited by John Dumbrell and David Ryan. Routledge, 2006, 256...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - Vietnam in Iraq: Tactics, Lessons, Legacies, and Ghosts.(A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Vietnam in Iraq: Tactics, Lessons, Legacies, and Ghosts By John Dumbrell and David Ryan (eds.): Routledge, 2006, 256, $135.00 A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War. by Kenneth J. Campbell. Paradigm, 2007, 160...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - Seeing the Elephant: The U.S. Role in Global Security.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Seeing the Elephant: The U.S. Role in Global Security By Hans Binnendijk and Richard Kugler: Potomac Books, 2007, 336, $60.00 Binnendijk and Kugler have come up with an original approach to providing a guide to the international literature...

Military, Scientific, and Technological - Sacred Causes: The Clash of Religion and Politics, From the Great War to the War on Terror.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Sacred Causes: The Clash of Religion and Politics, From the Great War to the War on Terror By Michael Burleigh: HarperCollins, 2007, 576, $27.95 With great erudition and an eye for strange characters who offer spiritual revelation with a...

The United States - Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower By Zbigniew Brzezinski: Basic Books, 2007, 240, $26.95 Brzezinski's latest book is a passionate polemic arguing that U.S. foreign policy since 1989 has been deeply...

The United States - Milton Friedman: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Milton Friedman: A Biography By Lanny Ebenstein: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, 272, $27.95 Although not as compelling or intellectually profound as Lord Robert Skidelsky's classic biography of John Maynard Keynes, Ebenstein's quick and...

The United States - Gerald R. Ford.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Gerald R. Ford By Douglas Brinkley: Times Books, 2007, 224, $20.00 Brinkley has written a decent and honest book about a decent and honest man; more than that, Brinkley has managed to get beneath Gerald Ford's Midwestern reserve to give us...

Western Europe - The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler By Jeffrey Record: Potomac Books, 2006, 160, $24.95 This book is a model of how good historical analysis can usefully inform current policy debates. Record, a defense...

Western Europe - The European Superpower.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The European Superpower By John McCormick: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 256, $85.00 As its title implies, this book does more than reject the oft-heard charge that Europe is in economic, military, and demographic decline. McCormick argues...

Western Europe - Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews By David Pryce-Jones: Encounter, 2007, 185, $23.95 Pryce-Jones, a British author and journalist, argues that France's past imperialism, support for dictators, openness to immigration, and pro- Arab...

Western Europe - Thatcher and Sons: A Revolution in Three Acts.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Thatcher and Sons: A Revolution in Three Acts By Simon Jenkins: Allen Lane, 2006, 384, $20.00 If the test of any revolution is how enduring it proves to be, then, as Jenkins sees it, the Thatcherite revolution has been a spectacular...

Western Europe - Facing China's Rise: Guidelines for an EU Strategy.(The Evolution of the EU-China Relationship: From Constructive Engagement to Strategic Partnership)(Embracing the Dragon: The EU's Partnership with China)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Facing China's Rise: Guidelines for an EU Strategy By Marcin Zaborowski (ed.): European Union Institute for Security Studies, 2006, 125, Free The Evolution of the EU-China Relationship: From Constructive Engagement to Strategic...

Western Europe - The Evolution of the EU-China Relationship: From Constructive Engagement to Strategic Partnership.(Facing China's Rise: Guidelines for an EU Strategy)(Embracing the Dragon: The EU's Partnership with China)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Evolution of the EU-China Relationship: From Constructive Engagement to Strategic Partnership By Nicola Casarini: European Union Institute for Security Studies, 2006, 46, Free Facing China's Rise: Guidelines for an EU Strategy. edited...

Western Europe - Embracing the Dragon: The EU's Partnership With China.(Facing China's Rise: Guidelines for an EU Strategy)(The Evolution of the EU-China Relationship: From Constructive Engagement to Strategic Partnership)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Embracing the Dragon: The EU's Partnership With China By Katinka Barysch, Charles Grant, and Mark Leonard: Centre for European Reform, 2005, 79, [pounds sterling]5.00 Facing China's Rise: Guidelines for an EU Strategy. edited by Marcin...

Western Hemisphere - U.S. Relations With Latin America During the Clinton Years: Opportunities Lost or Opportunities Squandered.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... U.S. Relations With Latin America During the Clinton Years: Opportunities Lost or Opportunities Squandered By David Scott Palmer: University Press of Florida, 2006, 144, $24.95 Many foreign policy analysts have criticized the Clinton...

Western Hemisphere - Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope.(Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope By Tariq Ali: Verso, 2006, 224, $23.95 Ali, the Pakistani British essayist and editor of London's New Left Review, briefly visits Caracas, La Paz, and Havana and returns with a message of hope. Few...

Western Hemisphere - Citizenship in Latin America.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Citizenship in Latin America By Joseph S. Tulchin and Meg Ruthenburg (eds.): Lynne Rienner, 2006, 329, $55.00 The outstanding Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars offers this rich tasting of musings...

Western Hemisphere - The State of State Reform in Latin America.(Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The State of State Reform in Latin America By Eduardo Lora (ed.): Inter-American Development Bank, 2006, 460, $35.00 Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere. by the International Monetary Fund. International Monetary Fund...

Western Hemisphere - Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere.(The State of State Reform in Latin America)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere By : International Monetary Fund, 2006, 48, Free The State of State Reform in Latin America. edited by Eduardo Lora. Inter-American Development Bank, 2006, 460 pp. $35.00. A worthy sequel...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Complications: Communism and the Dilemmas of Democracy.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Complications: Communism and the Dilemmas of Democracy By Claude Lefort: Columbia University Press, 2007, 224, $35.00 For decades, even centuries, to come, people will be arguing over the reasons for communism's demise -- and not least...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Nikolai Gogol: Between Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Nikolai Gogol: Between Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism By Edyta M. Bojanowska: Harvard University Press, 2007, 460, $59.95 Others will have to judge the contribution Bojanowska has made to the literary scholarship on Gogol. For those...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Peace at Any Price: How the World Failed Kosovo.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Peace at Any Price: How the World Failed Kosovo By Iain King and Whit Mason: Cornell University Press, 2006, 303, $27.95 The aim in winning the peace following the 1999 Kosovo war was stated early and often: "to transform Kosovo into a...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Rebounding Identities: The Politics of Identity in Russia and Ukraine.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Rebounding Identities: The Politics of Identity in Russia and Ukraine By Dominique Arel and Blair A. Ruble (eds.): Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, 384, $55.00 If not the culmination, then this book is a creditable sample of the work...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - Russia Transformed: Developing Popular Support for a New Regime.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Russia Transformed: Developing Popular Support for a New Regime By Richard Rose, William Mishler, and Neil Munro: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 238, $85.00 This is an absolutely fascinating political portrait of the Russian public...

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics - The Political Economy of State-Society Relations in Hungary and Poland: From Communism to the European Union.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Political Economy of State-Society Relations in Hungary and Poland: From Communism to the European Union By Anna Seleny: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 294, $75.00 The analytic framework is unnecessarily cluttered, and the initial...

Middle East - Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle With Militant Islamism.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle With Militant Islamism By Zahid Hussain: Columbia University Press, 2007, 232, $24.95 This book, by a veteran Pakistani journalist, offers a detailed and persuasive account of the received wisdom on Pakistan...

Middle East - Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices From a New Generation.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices From a New Generation By Madawi Al-Rasheed: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 332, $30.00 Al-Rasheed depicts a working alliance between the Saudi dynasty and the Wahhabi religious establishment:...

Middle East - Israel and Palestine: Peace Plans and Proposals from Oslo to Disengagement.(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Israel and Palestine: Peace Plans and Proposals From Oslo to Disengagement By Galia Golan: Markus Wiener, 2007, 240, $68.95 (paper, $22.95) After Mecca: Engaging Hamas. By the International Crisis Group. International Crisis Group, 2007,...

Middle East - After Mecca: Engaging Hamas.(Book review)
May 1, 2007... After Mecca: Engaging Hamas By : The International Crisis Group, 2007, 40 pp., Free Israel and Palestine: Peace Plans and Proposals From Oslo to Disengagement. by Galia Golan. Markus Wiener, 2007, 240 pp. $68.95 (paper, $22.95). In...

Middle East - Hezbollah: A Short History.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Hezbollah: A Short History By Augustus Richard Norton: Princeton University Press, 2007, 200, $16.95 Although Hezbollah was founded roughly a quarter of a century ago, no one is quite sure what, exactly, it is. The "A-team" of Islamist...

Asia and Pacific - Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy By Bates Gill: Brookings Institution Press, 2007, 267, $28.95 Most current writing on China concentrates on its economic achievements, but this study focuses on Beijing's strategic thinking. Gill...

Asia and Pacific - Planet India: How the Fastest-Growing Democracy Is Transforming America and the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Planet India: How the Fastest-Growing Democracy Is Transforming America and the World By Mira Kamdar: Scribner, 2007, 336, $26.00 With India now developing almost as rapidly as China, we can expect a slew of ecstatic studies in which...

Asia and Pacific - The Dragon and the Foreign Devils: China and the World, 1100 B.C. to the Present.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Dragon and the Foreign Devils: China and the World, 1100 BC to the Present By Harry G. Gelber: Walker & Company, 2007, 512, $34.95 This is a grand historical review of China and its relations with the outside world, starting with the...

Asia and Pacific - Journey to the East: Jesuit Mission to China, 1579- 1724.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Journey to the East: Jesuit Mission to China, 1579-1724 By Liam Matthew Brockey: Harvard University Press, 2007, 512, $35.00 Brockey's title evokes one of the great works of classical Chinese literature, Journey to the West, an account of...

Asia and Pacific - China Watching: Persepctives From Europe, Japan, and the United States.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... China Watching: Persepctives From Europe, Japan, and the United States By Robert Ash, David Shambaugh, and Seiichiro Takagi (eds.): Routledge, 2006, 272, $145.00 This symposium is a significant attempt to report on the current state of...

Africa - Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone By Larry Devlin: PublicAffairs, 2007, 304 pp., $26.00 One of the more notorious CIA agents of the Cold War, Devlin has written a matter-of-fact account of his role in the Congo's...