CIAO DATE: 03/02

US Foreign Policy Agenda

 

Volume 1, Number 4, May 1996

America's Role in a Changing World (Download the complete issue in PDF format)

Preface

Focus

• Forging a Foreign Policy That Reflects American Values,  an interview with Peter Tarnoff, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• Japan and Korea — Two Examples of U.S. Commitment in Asia,  by Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• Goals in Africa: Promoting Democracy, Peace, Economic Growth,  an interview with George E. Moose, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
• The U.S. Approach to European Security,  by Chris Dell, Deputy Director for Political Affairs, Office of European Security and Political Affairs, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State
• Summit Process Helping the Americas Solve Joint Problems,  an interview with Ambassador Richard C. Brown, Senior Coordinator, Summit of the Americas
• Middle East Priorities: Peace Process, Persian Gulf Security,  by Robert H. Pelletreau, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
• Lessening Tensions Is Focus of U.S. Policy in South Asia,  an interview with Robin Raphel, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs

Commentary

• The Complicated World That Has Replaced the Cold War,  by Jim Anderson, Correspondent for dpa, the German Press Agency
• Many Constituencies Influence U.S. Foreign Policy-Making,  by I.M. Destler, Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland
• We Have Begun to Make Our Way in the Post-Cold War World,  by Morton I. Abramowitz, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Departments

• Action on Capitol Hill,  Anti-terrorism, immigration, Iran sanctions, chemical weapons
• Elsewhere on the Diplomatic Scene,  Nuclear test ban, International Criminal Court, human rights
• Spotlight on U.S. Speakers,  Journalist Don Oberdorfer on relations with China

A Guide to Additional Reading

• America's Role: Key Internet Sites (Internet links to a wide range of foreign policy resources)
• America's Role: Bibliography  (Spotlighting other views on U.S. foreign policy)
• Article Alert: Other Political and Security Issues  (Abstracts of current articles)