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July/August 2006
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The India Model
Gurcharan Das
After being shackled by the government for decades, India's economy has become one of the world's strongest. The country's unique development model -- relying on domestic
consumption and high-tech services -- has brought a quarter century of record growth despite
an incompetent and heavy-handed state. But for that growth to continue, the state must start modernizing
along with Indian society.
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India and the Balance of Power
C. Raja Mohan
India is on the verge of becoming a great power and the swing state in the international
system. As a large, multiethnic, economically powerful, non-Western democracy, it will play
a key role in the great struggles of the coming years. Washington has recognized the potential of
a U.S.-Indian alliance, but translating that potential into reality will require engaging India
on its own terms.
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America's New Strategic Partner?
Ashton B. Carter
Over the last year, the U.S. and Indian governments struck a deal that recognizes
India as a nuclear weapons power. Critics say Washington gave up too much too soon and at a great cost
to nonproliferation efforts. Perhaps. But India could in time become a valuable security partner.
So despite the deal's flaws and the uncertainties surrounding its implementation, Washington
should move forward with it.
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Will Kashmir Stop India's Rise?
Sumit Ganguly
India's growing economic and diplomatic prominence is unlikely to be derailed
by its territorial dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir. But given the risk that the Kashmir issue
could spark a nuclear war, it is in India's best interest that it be resolved. Washington should
use its influence with Islamabad to broker an agreement and thereby cement its growing strategic
partnership with New Delhi.
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When the Shiites Rise
Vali Nasr
By toppling Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has liberated and empowered
Iraq's Shiite majority and has helped launch a broad Shiite revival that will upset the sectarian
balance in Iraq and the Middle East for years to come. This development is rattling some Sunni Arab
governments, but for Washington, it could be a chance to build bridges with the region's Shiites,
especially in Iran.
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The End of the Bush Revolution
Philip H. Gordon
The Bush administration's "revolutionary" foreign policy rhetoric has
not changed, but its actual policies have: after squandering U.S. legitimacy, breaking the domestic
bank, and getting the United States bogged down in an unsuccessful war, the Bush doctrine has run
up against reality and become unsustainable. The counterrevolution should be welcomed -- and,
if possible, locked in.
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Russia Leaves the West
Dmitri Trenin
Just 15 years after the Cold War's end, hopes of integrating Russia into the
West have been dashed, and the Kremlin has started creating its own Moscow-centered system. But
instead of just attacking this new Russian foreign policy, Washington must guard against the return
of dangerous great-power rivalry.
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The U.S. Military's Manpower Crisis
Frederick W. Kagan
Despite obvious manpower shortages in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration
remains wedded to spending defense resources on "transformational" new technologies rather
than on new troops. Cutting-edge weapons are critical. But what the United States needs above all
are more men and women in uniform.
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Israel's New Strategy
Barry Rubin
Israeli politics have undergone a transformation, driven by the recognition
that holding the West Bank and Gaza is not in Israel's interest and that the Palestinian leadership
is not ready for peace. The new consensus has induced Israel to withdraw unilaterally -- and brought
a measure of hope to a seemingly hopeless situation.
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The End of French Europe?
Steven Philip Kramer
When French voters rejected the proposed EU constitution last year, they
revealed a profound lack of confidence not just in Europe, but in France itself. Long the driver
of European integration, Paris these days can barely steer its own ship of state. Jacques Chirac
is a big part of the problem. But France's troubles run deeper.
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Transformational Leadership and U.S. Grand Strategy
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
George W. Bush wants to be remembered as a president who left a lasting mark
on U.S. foreign policy. His emphasis on spreading democracy and reshaping the Middle East is a manifestation
of this drive. But the results of his management style and policy choices -- especially the invasion
of Iraq -- may have already denied him that legacy.
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What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable
Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, Chaim Kaufmann, Leslie H. Gelb, and Stephen Biddle
Can anything -- international mediation, regional collaboration, decentralization, or constitutional negotiations -- save Iraq from a full-fledged civil war and the Bush administration from a foreign policy fiasco?
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Authentically Liberal
Richard Holbrooke
Taken together, Peter Beinart's The Good fight and Joe Klein's Politics Lost provide a road map for a successful, politically savvy Democratic foreign policy.
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Present at the Stagnation
Andrew J. Nathan
In China's Trapped Transition, Minxin Pei attempts to solve the puzzle of China's present -- and figure out its future.
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The Crusade of Illusions
Jack Snyder
Can realism and idealism be reconciled? Christopher Layne's The
Peace of Illusions and Colin Dueck's Reluctant Crusaders take on the twin poles of U.S. foreign
policy.
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Empire Falls
Alexander J. Motyl
Two new books attempt to explain U.S. power and policy in imperial terms.
Unfortunately for their authors, the United States neither has nor is an empire.
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A Benign Revolution
Bernardo Alvarez Herrera
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The Elusive Quest for Reform
William Easterly
Including William Easterly's response to Amartya Sen; Mark Weisbrot on
Latin America's turn to the left; and others.
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Left Hook
Mark Weisbrot
Including William Easterly's response to Amartya Sen; Mark Weisbrot on
Latin America's turn to the left; and others.
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Letter of the Law
Richard A. Wiley
Including William Easterly's response to Amartya Sen; Mark Weisbrot on
Latin America's turn to the left; and others.
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Bad Trade
Barbara R. Bergmann
Including William Easterly's response to Amartya Sen; Mark Weisbrot on
Latin America's turn to the left; and others.
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