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CIAO DATE: 11/07

The Journal of International Security Affairs

Fall 2006 - Number 11

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• From the Publisher (PDF, 1 page, 55 KB)
  Tom Neumann

• Editor’s Corner (PDF, 2 pages, 62 KB)
  Ilan Berman

21st Century Allies…

• Israel: An Enduring Union (PDF, 7 pages, 179 KB)
  Efraim Inbar

  Why Israel remains a vital American ally

• Japan: Coming of Age (PDF, 6 pages, 166 KB)
  Peter Brookes

  The benefits of Tokyo’s changing threat perceptions

• India: Toward True Partnership (PDF, 10 pages, 342 KB)
  Anupam Srivastava

  The logic behind Indo-American rapprochement

• Eurasia: Crisis and Opportunity (PDF, 6 pages, 247 KB)
  Svante E. Cornell

  American strategy adrift in the “Post-Soviet Space”

• Europe: Rethinking the Transatlantic Divide (PDF, 6 pages, 251 KB)
  Olivier Guitta

  Don’t believe the hype. Cooperation with Europe is alive and well.

• Australia: An Ally Down Under (PDF, 8 pages, 375 KB)
  Joshua Eisenman

  Canberra’s strategic calculus, and Washington’s place in it

• Canada: Partnership in Flux (PDF, 7 pages, 356 KB)
  Rob Huebert

  New realities confront the North American defense alliance

• South Korea: Slouching Toward Submission (PDF, 7 pages, 366 KB)
  Chuck Downs

  Seoul searches for an accommodation with Pyongyang, at Washington’s expense

… and Adversaries

• Iran: Confronting the Threat (PDF, 6 pages, 322 KB)
  R. James Woolsey et al.

  Results of a JINSA Roundtable

• Syria: Buying Time (PDF, 8 pages, 464 KB)
  Robert G. Rabil

  Bashar al-Assad plays the waiting game

• Russia/China: Mechanics of an Anti-American Alliance (PDF, 6 pages, 402 KB)
  Alexandr Nemets

  Moscow and Beijing’s partnership has a concrete purpose

• Venezuela: Anatomy of a Dictator (PDF, 7 pages, 482 KB)
  Luis Fleischman

  The next threat for Latin America

• Future Terrorism: Mutant Jihads (PDF, 6 pages, 443 KB)
  Walid Phares

  Where, and how, the next battles in the War on Terror will be fought

Response

• A Dose of Realism on Russia (PDF, 6 pages, 467 KB)
  Nikolas K. Gvosdev

  When it comes to Russia, idealism is no substitute for real engagement

Dispatches

• MEXICO: Calderón’s Challenge (PDF, 2 pages, 214 KB)
  Fredo Arias-King

• SLOVENIA: Tackling the Next Pandemic (PDF, 2 pages, 193 KB)
  I. Podbregar & T. Ivanusa

• GEORGIA: Back on its Feet (PDF, 2 pages, 193 KB)
  Irakli Mchedlishvili

Book Reviews

• Past as Prologue (PDF, 3 pages, 1.3 MB)
  Aaron Mannes

  Joshua London explores the first American Middle East crisis

• The Palestinians’ Best Battalion (PDF, 3 pages, 582 KB)
  Eric Rozenman

  Stephanie Gutmann probes the media front in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

• Striking a Balance (PDF, 3 pages, 265 KB)
  Thomas Karako

  John Yoo’s ambitious vision of a new constitutional order

• Debunking the Hamas Myth (PDF, 2 pages, 204 KB)
  Glen Feder

  Matthew Levitt calls a spade a spade