November 7, 2007
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Slouching Toward Authoritarianism
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Despite soaring oil prices, Hugo Chávez's "Bolivarian revolution" in Venezuela appears to be encountering some turbulence. Oil production is declining and crime, corruption, and inflation are on the rise. Michael Shifter's article "In Search of Hugo Chávez" (May/June 2006) offered a critical appraisal of Chávez's reforms. In this web-exclusive essay, Shifter argues that Chávez may be overreaching by seeking constitutional amendments that would consolidate his power and allow him to be president for life.
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Losing Faith
Special Features Update, October 24, 2007
The latest results from the Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index reveal that the American public increasingly doubts the effectiveness of U.S. foreign policy. The Index is a joint venture of Public Agenda and Foreign Affairs, produced with major support from the Ford Foundation. It tracks the changing state of mind of average Americans toward foreign policy, probing deeper than typical polls and examining core strategies and beliefs about the United States' role in the world. . . .Read more
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Defining Genocide
October 17, 2007
Last week, the House Foreign Affairs committee voted 27-21 to characterize the deaths of more than one million Armenians during World War I as "genocide." The resolution has sent Turks to the streets in protest and prompted Ankara to warn that passage of the resolution by the House at large would severely damage U.S.-Turkish relations. This is not the first debate over what should be called "genocide," and won't be the last. . . .Read more
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Blackwatergate
October 3, 2007
The private security firm Blackwater has come under intense scrutiny after a September 16 shootout that left at least 11 Iraqi civilians dead. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has demanded that Blackwater cease operating in Iraq and Congress is raising questions about the accountability of the 160,000 private military contractors working there, a force that exceeds the number of uniformed soldiers in the country. . . . Read more
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The Summer of Pakistan's Discontent
September 20, 2007
Pakistan has seen its share of crises over the past four months, from the storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque to clashes with militants along Afghanistan's border, the dismissal and reinstatement of Pakistan's chief justice, and the recent deportation of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. . . . Read more
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The top-selling books on international affairs based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com during August and September 2007.
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