October 15, 2003
The Syrian Sphinx
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Being Hafiz al-Assad: Syria's Chilly but Consistent Peace Strategy
October 15, 2003
Israel's recent air raid into Syria has upset the precarious relations between the two countries and fueled fears of a direct confrontation. In an article written for Foreign Affairs three years ago, Henry Siegman argued that, for all its apparent equivocating, Syria was committed to long-term peace in the Middle East. In a new postscript, he examines whether Israel's attack last month will shake Syria's resolve.
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Previously in Background on the News
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Breaking the Bonds
October 1, 2003
Spurred by Argentina's recent success in renegotiating its staggering foreign debt, Brazil and other Latin American countries saddled with loans are pressuring the IMF... Read more
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Tequila Sunset
September 16, 2003
September's WTO trade talks in Cancun collapsed in acrimony after a new coalition of developing nations denounced rich countries for not lifting protectionist farm subsidies... Read more
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NEW FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
 Vital analysis of a grave and underappreciated threat
Kashmir
Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace
Sumantra Bose
"Bose both captures the complexity of the Kashmir issue and explains it in ways nonspecialists can understand. It is essential that as many people as possible do understand this dispute, since it is surely one of the most dangerous on earth. Bose performs the additional service of providing guidelines for a bold, imaginative, yet feasible approach to resolving the problem of Kashmir based on lessons learned in other regional and sectarian conflicts."
—Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution
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In the Next Issue of Foreign Affairs
On newsstands starting November 4, 2003
- Evan S. Medeiros and M. Taylor Fravel on China's steady new diplomacy
- David Hale and Lyric Hughes Hale on China's stunning economic progress
- Daniel Byman on how to confront the radical Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah
- Eugene Matthews on Japan's new nationalism
Plus Clinton's defense legacy, the international baby trade, the emerging global market in natural gas, and the transcript of an extraordinary, off-the-record briefing about post-war reconstruction given by Allen Dulles to the Council on Foreign Relations in December 1945: "The Present Situation in Germany."
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In the Current Issue of Foreign Affairs
The complete text of selected essays and of all the book reviews from the September/October issue can be found on the Foreign Affairs Web site. Currently the following essays are available in their full text:
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Bridges, Bombs, or Bluster?
Madeleine K. Albright
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has pressured every country in the world to make a simple choice: Are you with the United States or with the terrorists?
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Stumbling Into War
James P. Rubin
Why did most of the world abandon Washington when it went after Saddam Hussein?
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Taking Arabs Seriously
Marc Lynch
The Bush administration's tone-deaf approach to the Middle East reflects a dangerous misreading of the nature and sources of Arab public opinion.
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