Foreign Affairs articles from September 2003

Foreign Affairs archives from September 2003

Bridges, Bombs, or Bluster?(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... EITHER, OR Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. There are only two powers now in the world. One is America, which is tyrannical and oppressive. The other is...

Rebuilding the Atlantic Alliance.
September 1, 2003... A GREAT DIVIDE One of the most striking consequences of the Bush administration's foreign policy tenure has been the collapse of the Atlantic alliance. Long considered America's most important alliance and a benchmark by which a...

The Crackdown in Cuba.
September 1, 2003... UNDER SIEGE Last March, on the very day that U.S. forces entered Iraq, Fidel Castro launched a major crackdown on peaceful Cuban political dissidents. The Iraqi operation was a surprisingly swift one -- and so was Castro's. Within three...

New Battle Stations?
September 1, 2003... BASE FIDDLING The Pentagon is now contemplating dramatic changes in where and how U.S. armed forces are based overseas. As Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defense for policy, described the process, "everything is going to move everywhere....

Engaging Failing States.
September 1, 2003... HITTING THE RIGHT TARGETS Two years have passed since the September 11, 2001, terrorist strikes aroused the United States from its post-Cold War strategic slumber. The attacks spurred Washington to action and offered an opportunity for...

Hegemony or Empire.(Two Hegemonies: Britain 1846-1914 and the United States 1941-2001)(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Two Hegemonies: Britain 1846-1914 and the United States 1941-2001. Patrick Karl O'Brien & Armand Clesse. Aldershot, U.K.: Asghate, 2002, 36584.95 Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as...

The New Foreign Correspondence.
September 1, 2003... WHAT ELSE IS NEWS? Until quite recently, only a few news organizations had the capacity to gather and disseminate reports on international events and issues. Those interested in international affairs gleaned what they could from whatever...

The Lingering Legacy of Tiananmen.(Beyond Tiananmen: The Politics of U.S.-China Relations)(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Beyond Tiananmen: The Politics of U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000. Robert L. Suettinger. Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2003, 55639.95 James Sasser, President Bill Clinton's ambassador to China, tells a story about a 1997 visit...

Taking Arabs Seriously.
September 1, 2003... RIGHT GOAL, WRONG APPROACH For the hawks in the Bush administration, one of the keys to understanding the Middle East is Osama bin Laden's observation that people flock to the "strong horse." Bush officials think U.S. problems in the...

Bush and Foreign Aid.
September 1, 2003... Out of the Blue One of the greatest surprises of George W. Bush's presidency so far has been his call to dramatically increase U.S. foreign aid. In March 2002, Bush proposed an increase of 50 percent over the next three years through the...

Recent Books on International Relations.(Bibliography)
September 1, 2003... Political and Legal By G. John Ikenberry From Foreign Affairs, September/October 2003 Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political Membership.. Rogers M. Smith. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 248$60.00...

Stumbling Into War.
September 1, 2003... A DIPLOMATIC POSTMORTEM After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States put together a historic, worldwide coalition to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan and destroy al Qaeda. China, India, Japan, Pakistan, and Russia all...

What Future for the Oceans.
September 1, 2003... TROUBLED WATERS Oceans, which move in deep connected currents over nearly three- quarters of the globe, have historically been slow to exhibit change. Altered oceanic conditions have often been measured in centuries, not decades. More...

Why America Still Needs the United Nations.
September 1, 2003... THE POWER OF LEGITIMACY In September 2002, a radical new document declared that "no nation can build a safer, better world alone." These words came not from some utopian internationalist or ivory-tower academic, but from the new National...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... Phantom Menace By Charles R. Trimble From Foreign Affairs, September/October 2003 PHANTOM MENACE To the Editor: In "Space Diplomacy" (July/August 2003), David Braunschvig, Richard L. Garwin, and Jeremy C. Marwell take two...