CIAO DATE: 09/05
Winter 2003-2004 (No. 74)
Articles
Averting the Unthinkable
By Stephen J. Morris. Regime change is the only realistic policy.
Capitalism for Everyone
By Raghuram G. Rajan and Luigi Zingales. In much of the world, capitalism is a racket for the elites. It needn't be.
Confronting Hamas
By Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson. Terrorist groups make poor peace partners. Is Hamas any exception?
Design for Trading
By Martin Hutchinson. Covert protectionism is spreading like kudzu. An open tariff might be better.
Despot Watch: The Q-Man
By Joe Bob Briggs. A terrorist superstar of yesteryear faces a mid-life crisis.
Does the United States Have a European Policy?
By Gerard Baker. Is the United States becoming more skeptical of the EU—or just more confused?
Hegemonic Quicksand
By Zbigniew Brzezinski. Global domination is a self-defeating goal. Global leadership is not.
Living with the Unthinkable
By Ted Galen Carpenter. A nuclear North Korea is inevitable. Coexist and contain.
Networking Nation-States
By James C. Bennett. The nation-state is not dead, but technology is leading it down a very different road.
Pirouettes and Priorities
By Dmitri Trenin. A pragmatist seeking integration with the West.
Russia's New Europe
By Janusz Bugajski. A closet imperialist bent on reviving Moscow's dominion.
Scoring the Iraq Aftermath
By Michael O'Hanlon and Adriana Lin de Albuquerque. How to measure real progress—or lack thereof—in Iraq.
Selling America-Short
By Jeffrey Gedmin and Craig Kennedy. America's public diplomacy stinks. Its time to learn some lessons from the Cold War.
The Bush Strategy at War
By Ilan Berman. How the Bush Doctrine is actually shaping policy—and its results.
The Next Pope
By Uwe Siemon-Netto. What to look for in the next pontiff.
The WTO's North-South Conflict
By Christina R. Sevilla. The failure of Cancun could signal an emerging conflict that is far more serious.
Therapy's End
By E. Wayne Merry. NATO died with the Soviet Union. Get over it.
Realism: It's High-minded...and It Works
By Dimitri K. Simes. A morality of results trumps a morality of intentions every time.
Reviews
FDR's Legacy
By Martin Walker. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a great president. Is Conrad Black a great biographer?
Political Correctness, Or The Perils of Benevolence
By Roger Kimball. The soft despotism of speech codes.
Revolutionary Nepotism
By Steve Sailer. Why "keeping it in the family" remains popular under dictatorships—and democracies.
Waughior
By Keith B. Richburg. Africa out-distanced Evelyn Waugh's satire in Scoop and Black Mischief. It still does.