CIAO DATE: 10/2008

Foreign Affairs

A publication of:

Council on Foreign Relations

Volume: 87, Issue: 4

July/August 2008

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• Essays

  • Rethinking the National Interest (PDF)

    Condoleezza Rice

    The Secretary of State reflects on the lessons of the past eight years.

  • The New Israel and the Old (PDF)

    Walter Russell Mead

    The real key to Washington's pro-Israel policy is long-lasting and broad-based support for the Jewish state among the American public at large.

  • China's Olympic Nightmare (PDF)

    Elizabeth C. Economy, Adam Segal

    Failure to plan for predictable problems has turned China's coming-out party into an embarrassment.

  • A Partnership of Equals (PDF)

    C. Fred Bergsten

    Beijing is shirking its responsibilities to the global economy. To encourage better behavior, Washington should offer to share global economic leadership.

  • In the Tank (PDF)

    David G. Victor, Sarah Eskreis-Winkler

    Oil stocks can help buffer economic shocks, but only if Washington radically reforms its handling of them.

  • The Future of North America

    Robert A. Pastor

    It's time to integrate further with Canada and Mexico, not separate from them.

  • Building a New Atlantic Alliance

    James P. Rubin

    How the United States can restore its relationship with Europe.

• Reviews and Responses

  • Democratization and Its Discontents (PDF)

    Eva Bellin

    Washington can promote political reform best by backing off.

  • Shortsighted Statecraft (PDF)

    Daniel C. Kurtzer

    Stopping three decades of unnecessary bungling.

  • Present at the Re-Creation (PDF)

    Andrew J. Bacevich

    Robert Kagan's Return of History ignores the Iraqi elephant in the room.

  • Terror and the Law (PDF)

    Curtis A. Bradley

    Benjamin Wittes’ Law and the Long War is required reading for anyone interested in the legal challenges posed by the war on terror.

  • Is Ethnic Conflict Inevitable? (PDF)

    Jerry Z. Muller, James Habyarimana, Macartan Humphreys, Daniel Posner, Jeremy Weinstein, Richard Rosecrance, Arthur Stein

    Critics refute Muller's assumptions about ethnic conflict; Muller responds.

  • When to Leave Iraq (PDF)

    Colin H. Kahl, William E. Odom

    Today, tomorrow, or yesterday?

  • Revolutionary Road? (PDF)

    Francisco Rodríguez, Bernardo Alvarez Herrera

    Debating Venezuela's Progress

  • Does Osama Still Call the Shots? (PDF)

    Bruce Hoffman, Marc Sageman

    Debating whether the real terrorist threat is top-down or bottom-up.