Educator - June 2008

Dear Educator,

As the presidential race rattles on, the essays penned by the three hopefuls are more relevant than ever. Exclusively for Foreign Affairs, the essays by Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama outline their proposed foreign policy agendas. Visit our Campaign 2008 page to read the essays, one of which will go down in history as the road map for the next four years of U.S. foreign policy.

Also, you've probably heard about The New York Times bestseller, The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria, which addresses the question: Is the American era over? Get a taste of the book in this excerpt we published in the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs.

Also in this edition:

• Inside ForeignAffairs.org
• Faculty Spotlight — Malik Mufti, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
• Foreign Affairs: Candidate Quiz

Best,
James F. Hoge, Jr.
Editor

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The Much Too Promised Land

Negotiator, historian, and analyst Aaron David Miller provides an unprecedented and powerful discourse on America's efforts to bring about a lasting peace in the Middle East, illuminated by the candid impressions of dozens of key figures interviewed exclusively for this project. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walter Isaacson calls The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace, "absolutely necessary reading for anyone who cares about a Middle East Peace." For more information, an excerpt, and an "inside the book" author-audio tour, visit www.muchtoopromisedland.com.

Inside ForeignAffairs.org

Renewing American Leadership

By Barack Obama (Jul/Aug 2007)

"The American moment is not over, but it must be seized anew. America cannot meet this century's challenges alone; the world cannot meet them without America."

Security and Opportunity for the Twenty-first Century

By Hillary Rodham Clinton (Nov/Dec 2007)

"We must get out of Iraq, rediscover the value of statesmanship, and live up to the democratic values that are the deepest source of our strength."

An Enduring Peace Built on Freedom

By John McCain (Nov/Dec 2007)

"America needs a president who can revitalize the country's purpose and standing in the world and defeat terrorist adversaries who threaten liberty at home and abroad."

The Future of American Power

By Fareed Zakaria (May/Jun 2008)

Why the United States will survive with rise of the rest.

Faculty Spotlight — Malik Mufti

Malik Mufti is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, where he is also Director of the International Relations Program. He teaches courses on international relations as well as the politics of the Middle East. Several of his courses, including "U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East," feature readings from Foreign Affairs, such as "Confronting Backlash States" by Anthony Lake (Mar/Apr 1994) and "Time for Détente With Iran" by Ray Takeyh (Mar/Apr 2007).

Foreign Affairs: Candidate Quiz

Read the Campaign 2008 essays written by presidential hopefuls past and present, and then take our quiz to see how well you know each candidate. Don't cheat and look at the answers first!

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Foreign Affairs: Background on the News

Updates on classic Foreign Affairs articles

Mugabe's Last Stand
On March 29, Zimbabweans voted in presidential and parliamentary elections. More than a month later, the government of Robert Mugabe released results of a "recount," showing a narrow opposition victory that fell short of the 50 percent required to avoid a runoff. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) claims that it won an outright majority and that the government had ample time to distort the election results. All of this is a far cry from the vision Robert Mugabe laid out in his Winter 1987/1988 Foreign Affairs article, "The Struggle for Southern Africa."

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