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Hubert Vedrine

Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
2009
History Strikes Back: How States, Nations, and Conflicts Are Shaping the Twenty-first Century
<p>Andrew Moravcsik</p>

This is a sober plea for what Védrine terms "smart realpolitik," on which he thinks the United States and Europe could agree.
Review Essay
Jul/Aug
2001
Classic Diplomacy in the Information Age
Stanley Hoffmann

France's foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, is often charged with being anti-American. As his new book shows, however, his brand of realist diplomacy is more subtle and pragmatic than his American critics see it.
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
The Dollar and the Deficits
C. Fred Bergsten

The global economic crisis has revealed the folly of large U.S. budget and trade deficits, as well as of the strong dollar that makes them possible. If it is serious about recovery, the United States must balance the budget, stimulate private saving, and embrace a declining dollar.
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