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July/August 2002
Vol 81, Number 4 << Previous: May/June 2002 | Next: Sept/Oct 2002 >> FIND FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON A NEWSSTAND NEAR YOU
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American Primacy in Perspective
Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth
If America's current global predominance does not constitute unipolarity, then nothing ever will. And despite what many have argued, no serious attempts by others to balance U.S. power are likely for the foreseeable future. The sources of American strength are so varied and so durable that the country now enjoys more freedom in its foreign policy choices than has any other power in modern history. But just because the United States can bully others does not mean it should. If it wants to be loved as well as feared, the policy answers are not difficult to find.
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The Wrong War
Grenville Byford
Defining who is a terrorist is more complicated than it might seem -- and even if it were not, choosing one's enemies on the basis of their tactics alone has little to recommend it. This is why the Bush administration now finds itself caught between the policies it needs to adopt and the language it is using to describe them.
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A New Model Afghan Army
Anja Manuel and P. W. Singer
Afghanistan's peace remains tenuous. Rival warlords still control separate militias, and distrust of government abounds. Only a national army can secure the peace. Yet the Afghans have been slow to create one, and the international community has not helped much. The United States must jump-start the process before war breaks out again.
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Is Southeast Asia the Second Front?
John Gershman
With U.S. troops on the ground in the Philippines and closer military ties developing to other countries in the region, Washington is taking the war on terror to Southeast Asia. But a military approach to the region's problems would be a deadly mistake: it could weaken local democracies and turn neutral forces into new enemies.
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Trouble in the Kingdom
Eric Rouleau
Saudi Arabia is ailing. Despite the efforts of reformers in the royal family, the kingdom is struggling with economic problems, social unrest, and popular outrage over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Meanwhile, radical Islam and anti-Americanism continue to simmer -- and could soon reach a dangerous boil.
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Chapter 11 for Countries?
Richard N. Cooper
A debate is unfolding over a new IMF proposal to avert future Argentina-style financial meltdowns: an international "Chapter 11" that would let a country declare bankruptcy, just like a troubled firm. Such a plan would represent an improvement over the current approach -- but it will not eliminate financial crises altogether.
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Clash of Globalizations
Stanley Hoffmann
After September 11, the world risks being squeezed between a new Scylla and Charybdis. On one side, America is tempted to launch a dangerous, unilateral mission of robust intervention. But the alternative -- resignation to fresh terrorist attacks and oblivion to the security threats posed by globalization -- is no better.
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Ties That Bind
Joseph P. Quinlan
A single-minded focus on the U.S. trade deficit with China ignores a new reality: since the early 1990s, the ground beneath U.S.-China relations has been shifting. Shallow links based on trade have given way to deeper ties characterized by rising U.S. foreign direct investment and sales by U.S. foreign affiliates in China.
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Failed States in a World of Terror
Robert I. Rotberg
State failure is not new, but recently it has become more dangerous than ever. Weak states threaten not only themselves but also their neighbors and even global security. Preventing state failure is thus a strategic and moral imperative. If nation building is done on the cheap, the war against terror will be lost.
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See No Evil: Why America Doesn't Stop Genocide
Chaim Kaufmann
Despite solemn vows of "never again," the United States has repeatedly allowed genocide to occur over the last 50 years. Samantha Power's important new book explains why.
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The View From Above: An Insider's Take on Clinton's Russia Policy
Sarah E. Mendelson
Strobe Talbott's memoirs provide a richly detailed account of the U.S.-Russia relationship in the 1990s. They are an insider's chronicle of critical (and often overlooked) successes mixed with deeply regrettable lost chances.
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The Globalization Wars: An Economist Reports From the Front Lines
Barry Eichengreen
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz's account of his years in the Clinton administration and at the World Bank is a prosecutor's brief against globalization. Whether it will be enough to convince the jury is a different story.
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The Past as Prologue: An Imperial Manual
Thomas Donnelly
Max Boot's history of America's small wars shows that the republic actually has a long, underappreciated imperial past. It offers lessons for the new Pax Americana and a call not to retreat from policing the imperial frontier.
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India's House Divided: Understanding Communal Violence
Radha Kumar
Why are some parts of India -- such as the recently riot-stricken state of Gujarat -- plagued by communal violence while other parts are not? Ashutosh Varshney's new book finds an answer in civil society.
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By the Numbers
James K. Galbraith
David Dollar and Aart Kraay claimed in these pages that globalization reduced economic inequality. Three writers argue they got it wrong, and the authors respond.
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Inequality Is No Myth
Joe W. Pitts
David Dollar and Aart Kraay claimed in these pages that globalization reduced economic inequality. Three writers argue they got it wrong, and the authors respond.
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Having It Both Ways
Andrew Wells-Dang
David Dollar and Aart Kraay claimed in these pages that globalization reduced economic inequality. Three writers argue they got it wrong, and the authors respond.
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Inequality Is No Myth
David Dollar and Aart Kraay
David Dollar and Aart Kraay claimed in these pages that globalization reduced economic inequality. Three writers argue they got it wrong, and the authors respond.
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Keeping Argentina Afloat
Kurt Schuler
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Not So Fast
Liam Anderson
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Testing Times
Philip E. Coyle
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Seeking The Peace
David E. Apter
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Last Refuge
Matthew S. Parry and Tony Waters
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