CIAO DATE: 10/2008
Volume: 87, Issue: 5
September/October 2008
The Next President (PDF)
Richard Holbrooke
The next U.S. president will inherit a more difficult set of international challenges than any predecessor since World War II.
The September 12 Paradigm (PDF)
Robert Kagan
The next administration must learn from Bush's mistakes, but should not shy away from using U.S. power to promote American values.
How to Leave a Stable Iraq (PDF)
Stephen Biddle, Michael E. O'Hanlon, Kenneth M. Pollack
The situation in Iraq is improving. With the right strategy, the United States will eventually be able to draw down troops without sacrificing stability.
A Strategic Economic Engagement (PDF)
Henry M. Paulson Jr.
The prosperity of the United States and China depends on helping China further integrate into the global economic system.
Containing Climate Change
Carter F. Bales, Richard D. Duke
The United States can curb its own emissions and encourage energy efficiency and the development of clean-energy technology worldwide by rethinking carbon regimes.
Millions Uprooted
António Guterres
The international community must ensure that people seeking saftey are protected; soverignty is not a shield behind which authoritarian governments may terrorize their own people.
Making Intervention Work
Thomas Pickering
The UN must streamline its decision making process so it can start backing up its lofty words with action.
Keeping Up With Asia
Yoichi Funabashi
The Bush legacy in Asia is positive and the next admistration can continue this trend by continuing multilateral engagement with Japan and China.
Morning in Latin America
Jorge G. Castañeda
The key to a successful foreign policy in Latin America will be focusing on four critical issues -- Cuba, immigration, trade, and the ''two lefts''.
The Land of Hope Again?
Dominique Moïsi
A culture of fear has supplanted the traditional U.S. culture of hope. By returning to hope, the United States can regain the standing it has lost.
A War to Start All Wars (PDF)
Shlomo Ben-Ami
Israel should pull back settlements and give up its '67 gains in order to secure its '48 victory.
Just Causes (PDF)
Christopher Hitchens
Because borders are becoming ever more porous and contingent, everyone has an interest in humanitarian intervention.
There Will Be Blood (PDF)
Nicholas Shaxson
Mirrors And Smoke (PDF)
Stephen R. Graubard
American Oligarchs (PDF)
Katrina vanden Heuvel