Background on the News - 2007-05-31

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May 31, 2007

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America's Next Foreign Policy

Essays by Barack Obama & Mitt Romney

	In the first in a special series of articles leading up to the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney share the foreign policies they would pursue as president. Obama argues that Iraq has become a deadly distraction from the war on terror and that U.S. involvement there must end so Washington can refocus its efforts on confronting al Qaeda and solving the broader problems of the Middle East and the world. Romney's vision focuses on confronting Islamic extremism globally while radically transforming Washington's foreign policy practices. Full text of Romney's essay (July/August 2007) Full text of Obama's essay (July/August 2007)
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	Previously in Background on the News
	St. Nick? May 16, 2007 French president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy brings the promise of reform and renewal to a country often described as the new sick man of Europe. But he faces a profound challenge in reconciling France's strong tradition of Gaullist independence with the imperatives of globalization. . . . Read more

	Goodbye, Yeltsin May 2, 2007 The passing of Boris Yeltsin last week renewed debates about his tenure as Russia's first post-Soviet leader and the impact that his presidency — for better or worse — continues to have on Russia today. . . . Read more

	World Bank Woes April 18, 2007 Paul Wolfowitz's current travails are hardly the only difficulties he has had to face since becoming president of the World Bank in March 2005. . . . Read more

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Foreign Affairs
Bestsellers
for May 2007

The topselling books on international affairs based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com during April 2007.

The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman
Second Chance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Power, Faith, and Fantasy
Michael B. Oren

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