Thursday August 28, 2003
Bush at Midterm
On newsstands August 29, the September/October 2003 issue of Foreign Affairs assesses the diplomatic record of the 43rd president.
The complete text of selected essays and all the book reviews from this issue are available on the Foreign Affairs Web site. You may still receive this issue by mail if you subscribe to Foreign Affairs by September 14, 2003.
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Bridges, Bombs, or Bluster?
Madeleine K. Albright
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has pressured every country in the world to make a simple choice: Are you with the United States or with the terrorists? FULL TEXT
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Rebuilding the Atlantic Alliance
Ronald D. Asmus
The U.S.-European alliance is not doomed. But repairing it will require a strategic overhaul no less bold than that which followed the end of the Cold War. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Engaging Failing States
Chester A. Crocker
The Bush administration has spoken about the dangers posed by failed and failing states, but it has not made fixing these trouble spots a top priority. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Stumbling Into War
James P. Rubin
Why did most of the world abandon Washington when it went after Saddam Hussein? FULL TEXT
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Why America Still Needs the United Nations
Shashi Tharoor
Multilateralism is a means, not an end, and there is no more multilateral body than the UN. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Taking Arabs Seriously
Marc Lynch
The Bush administration's tone-deaf approach to the Middle East reflects a dangerous misreading of the nature and sources of Arab public opinion. FULL TEXT
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New Battle Stations?
Kurt M. Campbell & Celeste Johnson Ward
The Pentagon is planning the greatest change in the U.S. overseas military posture in 50 years. But these changes may have unintended political consequences, ones Washington has yet to seriously consider. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Bush and Foreign Aid
Steven Radelet
The White House's recent call for a dramatic increase in U.S. foreign aid is unexpected but welcome. By themselves, however, these programs can have only modest success. Much more must be done. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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The Crackdown in Cuba
Theresa Bond
On the very day U.S. forces entered Iraq last March, Fidel Castro launched a major crackdown on Cuban dissidents. His country may be crumbling, but the commandante's grip on power remains as tight as ever. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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The New Foreign Correspondence
John Maxwell Hamilton & Eric Jenner
From news services to "blogs," the Internet has revolutionized the international news market, making the traditional model of foreign correspondence obsolete. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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What Future for the Oceans?
John Temple Swing
Threatened by pollution, rising temperatures and water levels, and unrestrained fishing, the oceans' future is in jeopardy. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Hegemony or Empire?
Niall Ferguson
Did the United Kingdom's influence in its heyday match the United States' today? Two Hegemonies provides an answer; but "empire" might be the better word. FULL TEXT
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The Lingering Legacy of Tiananmen
Robert M. Hathaway
A new book sees the troubled U.S.-China relationship of the 1990s growing as much out of domestic politics on both sides as out of overarching strategic considerations. FULL TEXT
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Phantom Menace
Charles R. Trimble
The proposal to split GPS into military and civilian components would make the system not only less effective from a commercial standpoint, but also less secure. FULL TEXT
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Giants and Pygmies
Kenneth N. Waltz
America may have contrived a new way of war, but the recent victory in Iraq hardly demonstrates its potency. FULL TEXT
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Interview with Gideon Rose
August 21, 2003
Foreign Affairs managing editor Gideon Rose answered readers' questions about Iraq in a real-time, online session at the Web site of the New York Times. Rose discusses the "botched" pre-war diplomacy and what should be done now.Read full text (permanent location at cfr.org).
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Book Reviews
August 1, 2003
Each month a member of our panel of book reviewers recommends the best books discussed in Foreign Affairs in the past year. This month, Harvard University economist Richard N. Cooper gives his picks in the area of international economics and finance. Read
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Most Popular Essays from the Archives
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For July 2003
1. The Future of Energy Policy by Timothy E. Wirth, C. Boyden Gray, and John D. Podesta (July/August 2003)
2. U.S. Power and Strategy After Iraq by Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (July/August 2003)
3. The Clash of Civilizations? by Samuel P. Huntington (Summer 1993)
4. America's Imperial Ambition by G. John Ikenberry (Sep/Oct 2002)
5. Adjusting to the New Asia by Morton Abramowitz and Stephen Bosworth (July/August 2003)
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