Columbia International Affairs Online

CIAO DATE: 10/07

The National Interest

 

Number 88, Mar/Apr 2007

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The Realist

• Learning to Appreciate France
  Paul J. Saunders

  The United States can't bring the democratic nations of the world together-why should we expect it to lead the way for everyone else?

Comments and Responses

• Comments & Responses
  Steve Clemons and Ludovic Hood

  Comments and responses to previous issues.

Articles

• Security First
  Amitai Etzioni

  The Bush Administration's focus on democracy overlooks the need for security.

• China on the March
  Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry

  China's announcement of a major increase in military spending on Sunday has raised many questions about the future of Washington's relations with Beijing. In the new issue of The National Interest Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry provide answers.

• Don't Lose Russia
  Gary Hart

  A former U.S. senator offers tough-love advice on Russia to the Democrats.

• Left-Out Legislature
  Robert J. Lieber

  The new Democratic Congress will find it has only a limited role to play in foreign policy.

• Beyond Bombs and Ballots
  Lincoln A. Mitchell

  Military misadventures in Iraq should not discredit democracy promotion.

• Mid-Life Crisis?
  Marc Perrin de Brichambaut

  The OSCE is not a relic of the Cold War. Instead, it may be the only body that can tackle problems across Eurasia.

• Walking with the Devil
  Hilton L. Root

  The United States must avoid getting trapped in its commitments with unstable regimes, and Iraq is the prime example.

• Berlin's Russia Challenge
  Angela Stent

  The EU's policy incoherence toward Russia compromises Europe's energy security.

• NATO: Going, going...
  Harlan Ullman

  NATO has an insecure future. Afghanistan will determine if it has one.

• UN, Rediscovered
  Derek Chollet

  The UN is flawed, but the United States can learn to use it better-as long as we hold reasonable expectations.

Contra Iran

• A View to a Coup?
  Ted Galen Carpenter and Jessica Ashooh

  Advocates of toppling the mullahs in Iran need a stiff dose of reality.

• New Year, Old Story on Iran
  W. Patrick Lang and Larry Johnson

  A year after their assessment of Iranian nuclear ambitions, the authors look back. There are still no good options for dealing with Iran.

• The View from Tehran and Russia
  

  Comments from Javad Zarif, Iranian ambassador to the UN, and Dmitry Peskov, first deputy press secretary to President Putin.

• Revisiting Iran
  

  The United States must find new and innovative ways to avoid the trap of a dead-end policy towards Iran. A roundtable discussion with Fareed Zakaria, Cliff Kupchan, Joel Rosenthal, Gideon Rose, Richard K. Betts, Ian Bremmer and Nikolas K. Gvosdev.

Reviews and Essays

• Utopia and its Discontents
  Juliana Geron Pilon

  Two works address selective amnesia about communist atrocities.

• Event Horizon
  Robert S. Leiken

  We must prepare for the ultimate threat to nations. Thoughts from one of America's leading grand strategists.

• Eurabian Nights
  Daniel Pipes

  Europe and its Muslims face three possible futures.

• Big Ideas, Big Problems
  Stefan Halper

  Policy decisions suffer when the rational center remains silent and catchphrases take over the debate.

Reporter-at-Large

• The Battle for Nigeria
  J. Peter Pham

  As controversy surrounds Nigeria's recent presidential elections, the United States cannot afford to ignore the West African giant's problems.