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Foreign Policy
Spring 1998
Articles
The world’s biggest rogue state or an empire on the verge of collapse? How China fails to live down—and up—to outsiders’ expectations.
Is NATO expansion an effort to extend Western influence at Russia’s expense or to support nascent democracies? The answer depends on whether you are a “realist” or “liberal” thinker. Find out where you fall on the theoretical spectrum.
Once upon a time, security specialists focused on elaborate scenarios of superpower nuclear Armageddon. Today, they must understand regional conflicts where the weapon of choice is likely to be a machete.
Can the United Nations bring Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic to justice? Will the United States accept regulation of its greenhouse gas emissions? In the realm of international law, enforcement remains the central challenge.
How will national economies perform now that nearly all the world is joined in a single global marketplace? A preview of the fundamental ramifications for economic growth.
If free trade is as optimal as economists argue, then why has protectionism been so prevalent? Politics, of course.
In the post–Cold War world, understanding the dynamics of decision making could be key to predicting the behavior of states. Find out why Margaret Thatcher and Fidel Castro have more in common than you might think.
Has the East Asian financial crash also brought down the conventional wisdom regarding economic development? Two leading experts review 50 years of development policies.
Around the world, states big and small go out of their way to attract foreign investment. But what makes a firm decide to invest in another country? Among multinational corporations, profit is not always the bottom line.
International institutions have come a long way since the League of Nations. Yet we still do not understand why some succeed and others fail, nor why most remain so patently undemocratic.
Book Reviews