The Washington Quarterly articles from January 2001

The Washington Quarterly archives from January 2001

From Wheels to Webs: Reconstructing Asia-Pacific Security Arrangements.
January 1, 2001... The United States has approached security relations in Asia as a hub-and-spoke arrangement--with the United States at the center of bilateral ties among nations that, in turn, have limited bilateral, if any, military interactions and security...

Fear Moves East: Terror Targets the Pacific Rim.
January 1, 2001... Although the brutal military junta in Rangoon has many enemies, the Burmese embassy in Bangkok was lightly guarded, as usual. On October 1, 1999, the typical two sentries protected the embassy, which local intelligence had identified as one...

As Fidel Fades.(Fidel Castro)
January 1, 2001... After I had interviewed Fidel Castro four times and studied him and his regime for many years, I could finally tell when he was saying something that expressed his real feelings. Those moments of truth were revealing because they were not...

The Fundamental Internet Tax Debate.
January 1, 2001... The growing debate on taxing electronic commerce (e-commerce) underscores the obsolescence of our current federal and state tax systems and the need to fundamentally overhaul them. Properly taxing the commerce resulting from rapidly changing...

Has the U.S. Economy Really Been Globalized?
January 1, 2001... It is difficult to read an academic or popular analysis of the U.S. economy without encountering the "fact" that it has been globalized, with the clear implication that this country no longer has an independent national economy but instead is...

The Politics of Dismantling Containment.
January 1, 2001... During the 2000 presidential election campaign, neither Vice President Al Gore nor Governor George W. Bush had many encouraging words for those countries interested in shedding their pariah status and moving toward more cordial relations with...

North Korea: The Leader of the Pack.
January 1, 2001... For 50 years, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been the poster child for rogue states. It has pursued a nuclear weapons program, constructed and exported ballistic missiles, sponsored terrorist acts, allegedly participated...

Cuba: The End of an Era.
January 1, 2001... On January 20, 2001, Fidel Castro will confront the tenth U.S. president to assume power during his 42-year reign. More significantly, Castro is poised to outlive the U.S. embargo against his regime. If current trends continue in the U.S....

Iran: Can the United States Do a Deal?
January 1, 2001... Iran is the only country in the world that refuses to have formal contact with U.S. officials. Even officials from North Korea and Cuba meet with the United States, as the Soviet Union did during the height of the Cold War. Until this...

Iraq: The Exception to the Rule.
January 1, 2001... Has the time come, ten years after the invasion of Kuwait and the imposition of sanctions, to lift the military and trade embargoes imposed by the United Nations (UN) on Iraq to force compliance with UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCR)?...

Clinton's World: Purpose, Policy, and Weltanschauung.(Bill Clinton)
January 1, 2001... Bill Clinton was the New Age--in more ways than one. He inherited, fully blown, what his predecessors only dimly foresaw: the peaceful demise of a rival empire and the birth of a new system. Unlike the United States' Cold War presidents,...

The Eye of the Transitional Storm.
January 1, 2001... For a president coming to office with no experience or interest in foreign affairs, in an era of profound transitions in Russia, China, and the European Union (EU), without the simple and clear paradigm of the Cold War, President William...

Legacy to the World's Poorest Nations.
January 1, 2001... When the dust settles on U.S. foreign policy under President Bill Clinton's stewardship, its most enduring legacy might well prove to be its high-powered intellectual capacity to pinpoint the new generation of strategic threats after the fall...

The Asian Legacy in Focus.
January 1, 2001... It is not surprising that President Bill Clinton, who campaigned on the slogan, "It's the economy, stupid," was ranked by Americans in a 1994 Gallup Organization poll as one of the poorest foreign-policy presidents since World War II,...

As Clinton Leaves the Ring.(Bill Clinton)
January 1, 2001... To watch President Bill Clinton in action over these last eight years has been a little like watching a judo athlete--flexibly engaging opponents before making the decisive move to throw them off-balance. No one doubts Clinton's intelligence,...

Joining Forces to Fight HIV and AIDS.
January 1, 2001... Nearly two years ago, at the request of President Bill Clinton, I traveled to sub-Saharan Africa to bear witness to the growing AIDS pandemic and to explore effective ways of enhancing the U.S. government's response. Since then I have made...

The African Pandemic Hits Washington.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... During the next administration, the epic AIDS tragedy now swiftly unfolding will reshape Africa and inexorably dominate U.S. foreign policy toward the continent. Not since the bubonic plague has the world faced an infectious disease pandemic...

Accelerating and Disseminating across Asia.(HIV/AIDS)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... After sub-Saharan Africa, Asia is the world's most HIV/AIDS-affected region, with an estimated 7.2 million cumulative HIV infections in 2000. [1] Given the enormous populations of the region, this figure, with a few exceptions, does not...

Caribbean Crossroads.(AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... In June 2000, the heads of state and ministers of finance of the Caribbean nations summoned an urgent conference to assess the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS. The Caribbean Conference on HIV/AIDS, hosted by the government of Barbados on...

The End of Politics? Looking Beyond the Election.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Those hoping for resolution and relief from politics and political strife after the election may be distressed to find that November 7 was more likely to have marked halftime than the end of the game. In fact, Washington in 2001 and 2002 may...