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December 20, 2006
Trouble in Palestine
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As violence escalated last week among factions competing for power in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suddenly announced early elections. Whether Abbas' Fatah party can unseat the radical Hamas remains unclear, as does the future of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Last winter, Michael Herzog predicted in Foreign Affairs that Hamas was unlikely to be tamed by its participation in mainstream politics. As for the peace process, David Makovsky explained a year earlier why a quick return to final-status negotiations would not be a panacea for the region's troubles.
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Foreign Affairs Again Ranked Most Influential of All Media by U.S. Opinion-Leader Study
 Foreign Affairs, published by the Council on Foreign Relations since 1922, has again been ranked #1 in influence by U.S. opinion leaders in a recent national study conducted by Erdos & Morgan, the premier business-to-business research firm. The findings place Foreign Affairs ahead of all media, both print and broadcast, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and the Washington Post.
The Erdos & Morgan study is the best known and most widely used survey of thought leaders in the United States. The study, which is conducted every two years, polls a total universe of 483,000 American thought leaders who shape policy and opinion in the public and private sectors. The study documents their involvement with contemporary issues and use of particular media as sources of information in their work. The previous two Erdos & Morgan Studies, in 2002/2003 and 2004/2005, ranked Foreign Affairs number five and number one in influence, respectively.
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Tenacious R&D
December 6, 2006
China has just overtaken Japan as the world's second-largest spender on research and development, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reports — and its efforts are furrowing brows abroad. Yet spending alone might not be enough to overcome China's deep structural problems in this area. . . . Read more
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Good Morning, Vietnam
November 22, 2006
This has been a good month for Vietnam: on November 7, after a decade of negotiations, it finally secured a seat at the World Trade Organization, and this past weekend it hosted the annual APEC summit and earned lavish praise from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In fact, the country has had a good year in general: with an annual growth rate hovering at 8 percent, its economy is one of the fastest expanding in Asia. How has Hanoi worked its wonders? . . . Read more
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Turning Right on Red
November 8, 2006
Early results from Sunday's election show the former Sandinista guerilla leader Daniel Ortega as the likely next president of Nicaragua. The return to power of Ronald Reagan's foe is a symbolic blow for U.S. foreign policy and further evidence that Latin America is swerving to the left. But does it really bode ill? . . . Read more
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Foreign Affairs
Bestsellers
for December 2006
The topselling books on international affairs based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com during November 2006.
- State of Denial
Bob Woodward
- The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman
- Palestine
Jimmy Carter
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1. Israel's War With Iran by Ze'ev Schiff (November/December 2006)
2. The New Global Slave Trade by Ethan B. Kapstein (November/December 2006)
3. The Future of Lebanon by Paul Salem (November/December 2006)
4. China's Leadership Gap by John L. Thornton (November/December 2006)
5. Danger and Opportunity in Eastern Europe by F. Stephen Larrabee (November/December 2006)
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