October 11, 2006
NATO's Renaissance
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Last week, NATO assumed command over some 32,000 peacekeeping troops from 37 countries in Afghanistan, including 12,000 U.S. forces in the eastern part of the country. The move confirmed that the half-century-old organization has entered a new era — and is now facing unprecedented challenges. As Ivo Daalder and James Goldgeier point out in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, NATO is going global, expanding both its geographical reach and the scope of its operations. But, warned Strobe Talbott four years ago, to succeed, the U.S.-dominated organization will have to remain cohesive despite growing rifts between the United States and its other members.
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Toxic Thaksin
September 27, 2006
Elected in a landslide just last year, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was deposed last week in a bloodless overthrow organized by the military. Over the year his fall from grace had been steady and swift, thanks to his abuse of power, repression of the opposition and Muslim minorities, and allegations of corruption. . . . Read more
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Are We Safe Yet? An Online Roundtable
September 11, 2006
Five years after 9/11, there have been no further terrorist attacks in the United States. Many claim that the threat nevertheless remains very high. In this special Web-only feature, an all-star cast of experts assess the state of the "war on terror" at five. . . . Read more
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After Castro
August 9, 2006
With Fidel Castro ill and the reins of power in Havana passed, at least temporarily, to his brother Raul, attention has turned to what a post-Castro Cuba will look like. . . . Read more
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Foreign Affairs
Bestsellers
for October 2006
The topselling books on international affairs based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com during September 2006.
- The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman
- The Looming Tower
Lawrence Wright
- Fiasco
Thomas E. Ricks
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1. How to Keep the Bomb From Iran by Scott D. Sagan (September/October 2006)
2. France and Its Muslims by Stéphanie Giry (September/October 2006)
3. The Real Online Terrorist Threat by Evan F. Kohlmann (September/October 2006)
4. The Globally Integrated Enterprise by Samuel J. Palmisano (May/June 2006)
5. After Proliferation by Stephen Peter Rosen (September/October 2006)
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