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January/February 2007
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The United States, Iraq, and the War on Terror
Lee Kuan Yew
In spite of its diffculties in Iraq,
the United States was not wrong to have removed Saddam Hussein.
The outcome of the Iraqi enterprise will be crucial to the course
of the "war on terror." And success is still possible -- if Washington takes a page out of its Cold War playbook.
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The Clash of Emotions
Dominique Moïsi
The world today faces not only a clash of civilizations but a clash
of emotions as well. The West displays -- and is divided by -- a culture of fear,
while the Arab and Muslim worlds are trapped in a culture of humiliation and
much of Asia displays a culture of hope.
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The Challenge of Global Health
Laurie Garrett
Thanks to a recent extraordinary rise in public and private giving,
today more money is being directed toward the world's poor and sick than ever
before. But unless these efforts start tackling public health in general instead
of narrow, disease-specific problems -- and unless the brain drain from the developing
world can be stopped -- poor countries could be pushed even further into trouble,
in yet another tale of well-intended foreign meddling gone awry.
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Fidel's Final Victory
Julia E. Sweig
The smooth transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his successors is exposing the willful ignorance and wishful thinking of U.S. policy toward Cuba. The post-Fidel transition is already well under way, and change in Cuba will come only gradually from here on out. With or without Fidel, renewed U.S. efforts to topple the revolutionary regime in Havana can do no good -- and have the potential to do considerable harm.
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Saving Afghanistan
Barnett R. Rubin
With the Taliban resurgent, reconstruction faltering, and opium poppy cultivation at an all-time high, Afghanistan is at risk of collapsing into chaos. If Washington wants to save the international effort there, it must increase its commitment to the area and rethink its strategy -- especially its approach to Pakistan, which continues to give sanctuary to insurgents on its tribal frontier.
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A Battle for Global Values
Tony Blair
The war on terrorism is not just about security or military tactics.
It is a battle of values, and one that can only be won by the triumph of
tolerance and liberty. Afghanistan and Iraq have been the necessary
starting points of this battle. Success there, however, must be coupled
with a bolder, more consistent, and more thorough application of global values, with Washington leading the way.
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Hands Off Hedge Funds
Sebastian Mallaby
The massive growth of hedge funds has sparked warnings of
instability and demands that the industry be regulated.
But the fear of hedge funds is overblown, based on a misunderstanding
of their role in the international financial system. In reality, hedge
funds do not increase risk; they manage it -- and policymakers, rather
than clamping down, should make sure hedge funds have the tools to perform this function well.
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Has Globalization Passed Its Peak?
Rawi Abdelal and Adam Segal
Not long ago, the expansion of free trade worldwide seemed inevitable.
Over the last few years, however, economic barriers have started to rise once more.
The forecast for the future looks mixed: some integration will probably continue
even as a new economic nationalism takes hold. Managing this new, muddled world
will take deft handling, in Washington, Brussels, and Beijing.
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The Faces of Chinese Power
David M. Lampton
Accurately assessing the rise of China is a critical task.
Yet U.S. policymakers often overestimate China's military might.
And if they continue to view China's power in substantially
coercive terms when it is actually growing most rapidly
in the economic and intellectual domains, they will be
playing the wrong game, on the wrong Þeld, with the wrong team.
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Negotiating With Terrorists
Peter R. Neumann
Although many governments say that they will not negotiate with terrorists,
in practice they often do. And their rhetoric has prevented the systematic
analysis of how to do so best. The goal should be to buttress moderates
among the terrorists without strengthening hard-liners -- by promising
legitimate political involvement, but only if the terrorists eschew
violence and accept democratic principles.
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The Real Meaning of Military Transformation: Rethinking the Revolution
Thomas L. McNaugher
Rumsfeld's mishandling of the Iraqi occupation has given the
"revolution in military affairs" a bad name. But as Max Boot and Frederick
Kagan point out in two new books, transformation is vital to any military's
success -- and more important now than ever.
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Civil Rights, Uncivil Wrongs:The War on Terrorism's Toll on the U.S. Constitution
Andrew Rudalevige
Three new books, one by a Bush administration insider, two not, differ greatly in how they assess the costs and the benefits that the war on terrorism has had for the White House, the Constitution, and the American public.
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THE "ISRAEL LOBBY"
Martin Gross
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More Guns and Butter
Murray Weidenbaum
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Counting Shiites
Muhammad A. Faour
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What French Europe?
Philippe De Shoutheete
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Europe and Its Muslims
Jonathan Paris
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Iraqi Oil Production
Alan Khatib
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