November 21, 2007
Withered Rose?
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On November 7, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili—the hero of Georgia's 2003 Rose Revolution and a darling of the West—declared a state of emergency and sent riot police into the streets of Tbilisi. In the March/April 2004 issue of Foreign Affairs, Georgetown Professor Charles King assessed Georgia's democratic prospects, and in an August 2004 postscript he discussed clashes between Tbilisi and separatist regions supported by Moscow. Saakashvili has blamed Russia for fomenting the latest civil unrest, but his suppression of antigovernment protests and the forcible shutdown of an opposition television station (owned by Rupert Murdoch) have led to charges from opposition leaders that the president is reneging on his democratic promises.
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Slouching Toward Authoritarianism
November 7, 2007
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. . . . Read more
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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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Bestsellers
The top-selling books on international affairs based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com during September and October 2007.
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