Foreign Affairs articles from November 2006

Foreign Affairs archives from November 2006

How We Fight.(civilian killings, Iraq)
November 1, 2006... WAR CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS On the morning of November 19, 2005, a U.S. Marine unit patrolling Haditha, a small farming town in the heart of Iraq's violence-plagued Anbar Province, was hit by a powerful roadside bomb. The explosion killed...

The New Global Slave Trade.(forced servitude of women, children, human trafficking)
November 1, 2006... BACK WITH A VENGEANCE When most people think about slavery -- if they think about it at all - - they probably assume that it was eliminated during the nineteenth century. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. Slavery and the global...

Danger and Opportunity in Eastern Europe.
November 1, 2006... A STEP TO THE RIGHT Eastern Europe is undergoing important changes that could erode Europe's security and damage U.S. interests. The enlargement of both NATO and the European Union was supposed to consolidate political and economic reform...

China's Leadership Gap.
November 1, 2006... RECRUITING THE NEXT GENERATION OF REFORMERS After 28 years of reform, China faces challenges of an unprecedented scale, complexity, and importance. China has already liberalized its markets, opened up to foreign trade and investment, and...

Jets or GIs? How Best to Address the Military's Manpower Shortage.
November 1, 2006... The Army You Have In December 2004, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was asked by a soldier why U.S. troops in Iraq were not properly equipped for their mission. Rumsfeld responded that "you have to go to war with the army you have,...

A Selective Partnership: Getting U.S.-Iranian Relations Right.(Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic RepublicBy Ray Takeyh: Times Books, 2006, 272 pp., $25.00 Despite the deep political chasm that separates Iran and the United States, they have repeatedly tried to communicate. These two wary...

Annan at the End: Grading the Secretary-General.(The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American PowerBy James Traub: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006, 464 pp., $25.00 Few institutions are as much discussed or as poorly understood as the United Nations. The media frequently...

The New Middle East.
November 1, 2006... THE END OF AN ERA Just over two centuries since Napoleon's arrival in Egypt heralded the advent of the modern Middle East -- some 80 years after the demise of the Ottoman Empire, 50 years after the end of colonialism, and less than 20...

The Future of Lebanon.
November 1, 2006... Blind Into Beirut Hezbollah's July 12 raid into Israel, backed by Iran, was intended to entangle Israel in a limited skirmish on its northern border and a drawn-out prisoner exchange at a time when Iran was facing mounting pressure over...

Israel's War With Iran.
November 1, 2006... THE START OF SOMETHING NEW The recent fighting in Lebanon may have looked to some like old news, just another battle in the long-running Arab-Israeli war. But it also represented something much more disturbing: the start of a new war...

The Syrian Solution.
November 1, 2006... DOING NOTHING Despite a flurry of charges to the contrary, the Syrian government hardly "commissioned" Hezbollah's abduction of two Israeli soldiers on July 12. According to accusations, Damascus wanted to divert international attention...

From Conflict Management to Conflict Resolution.
November 1, 2006... SPARKS AND ROOTS The recent fighting in the Levant presents a fundamental challenge for U.S. policy toward the Middle East -- but also an opportunity to move from conflict management to conflict resolution. The United States should seize...

Immigration Nation.(United States)
November 1, 2006... THE ROAD TO REFORM As recently as 18 months ago, a visitor could have spent a week in the United States, watching television and reading the newspapers, and come away with virtually no clue that immigration was a major issue. Today, it is...

When Congress Checks Out.
November 1, 2006... Failing Oversight The making of sound U.S. foreign policy depends on a vigorous, deliberative, and often combative process that involves both the executive and the legislative branches. The country's Founding Fathers gave each branch both...