Recently added articles from American Diplomacy:
Leadership: Combat Leaders and Lessons.(Book review)
Jan 20, 2009; ... Leadership: Combat Leaders and Lessons <Pre> Colonel James L. Abrahamson, USA (Ret.) and Colonel Andrew P. O'Meara, Jr., USA (Ret.) Editors, Leadership: Combat Leaders and Lessons, Bigfork, Montana: Stand Up America, USA, 2008; 184 pages plus 7 pages of biographical ...
Toward a true strategic partnership with Indonesia.
Jan 20, 2009; ... Indonesia, surprisingly to many observers, is a successful Muslim-majority democracy which would resist a return to autocracy. As we begin the turn of administrations in Washington, effective United States approaches to the Muslim world and Asian regionalism call for a deeper relationship ...
Narco-violence in Mexico: a growing threat to U.S. security.(Report)
Jan 20, 2009; ... MEMORANDUM FOR: Colonel Michael Meese Professor and Head Dept of Social Sciences United States Military Academy CC: Colonel Cindy Jebb Professor and Deputy Head Dept of Social Sciences United States Military Academy SUBJECT: After Action ...
Normalizing relations with Cuba.(Report)
Jan 20, 2009; ... By As a former senior operations officer in the CIA clandestine service, I have avidly followed Cuba-U.S. relations since shortly after the Fidel Castro takeover in 1959. Throughout much of this period I witnessed U.S. endeavors--through an economic embargo and international isolation--to ...
Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy Toward Nuclear Development.(Senators Daniel Coats and Charles Robb)(Report)
Jan 20, 2009; ... MEETING THE CHALLENGE: U.S. Policy Toward Iranian Nuclear Development http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/8448 By Senators Daniel Coats and Charles Robb, co-chairs Reviewed by Dr. Paul Carew The Bipartisan Policy Center was ...
Beyond Iraq: A New U.S. Strategy for the Middle East.
Jan 20, 2009; ... BEYOND IRAQ: A New U.S. Strategy for the Middle East http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20090101faessay88104/richard-n-haass-martin-indyk/beyond-iraq.html By Richard N. Haass and Martin Indyk Reviewed by Colonel Norvell DeAtkine The authors, President ...
A balanced strategy: reprogramming the Pentagon for a new age.(Robert M. Gates)(Report)
Jan 20, 2009; ... A BALANCED STRATEGY: Reprogramming the Pentagon for a New Age http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20090101faessay88103/robert-m-gates/how-to-reprogram-the-pentagon.html By Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates Reviewed by Colonel John Handley Dr. Robert ...
Middle East realities.(Report)
Jan 20, 2009; ... There are two juxtaposed realities for understanding the Middle East: * The regional Arab/Islamic/Muslim states, either publicly or privately, desire to eliminate Israel; and * Israel rejects being eliminated. Given that these realities have persisted for ...
Character and leadership in an age of image.(General Sir Richard Dannatt)(Report)
Jan 20, 2009; ... Character and Leadership in an Age of Image By General Sir Richard Dannatt, Commanding General, British Army Review by Gordon A.D. Zubrod, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania http://www.ttf.org/index/journal/detail/where-no-one-sees/ ...
A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed it.(Book review)
Jan 06, 2009; ... A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It Book reviewed: Stephen Kinzer, A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It, John Wiley & Sons, 2008, pp 380, $25.95 Rwanda has receded back into the obscurity from which it so suddenly ...
The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War.(Book review)
Jan 06, 2009; ... The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War Book reviewed: Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War, Yale University Press, 2008, pp 232, $27.00 There is no shortage of scholarly, historical literature addressing the ...
Needed: a unitary diplomatic service of the United States of America.(Report)
Jan 06, 2009; ... Editor's Note: If effective diplomacy is such a crucial element of our national security platform, why is there no appropriately named U.S. government institution or resources to support it? After 100 years of following the nineteenth century British Foreign Service model, it is time to ...
The right of self-determination--a further principle.(Report)
Jan 06, 2009; ... Editor's Note: The right of self-determination, though widely accepted in international law, in practice has proved very contentious. This essay explores some of its complexities, using historic and contemporary examples, and proposes a clarifying principle. --Ed. The right of ...
Old Bombay and the Mumbai massacres.
Jan 06, 2009; ... Editor's Note: A retired Foreign Service Officer shares his memories of a pleasant, peaceful time in old Bombay, now Mumbai, along with some thoughts about the recent terrorist attack on that city. --Ed. My family and I first arrived in Bombay on an Indian Airlines flight from ...
Iranian Strategy in Iraq: Politics and "Other Means".(Periodical review)
Jan 06, 2009; ... IRANIAN STRATEGY IN IRAQ: Politics and "Other Means" http://www.ctc.usma.edu/Iran_Iraq/CTC_Iran_Iraq_Final.pdf By Joseph Felter and Brian Fishman In this October 2008 Occasional Paper from the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Colonel Joseph Felter ...
Global Trends 2005: A Transformed World.(Periodical review)
Jan 06, 2009; ... GLOBAL TRENDS 2005: A Transformed World http://www.dni.gov/nic/PDF_2025/2025_Global_Trends_Final_Report.pdf U.S. National Intelligence Council Reviewed by J. R. Bullington The National Intelligence Council--a body created to coordinate, and ...
Rethinking U.S.-Latin American Relations: A Hemispheric Partnership for a Turbulent World.(Periodical review)
Jan 06, 2009; ... Rethinking U.S.-Latin American Relations: A Hemispheric Partnership for a Turbulent World http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/1124_latin_america_partnership.aspx Report of the Partnership for the Americas Commission Reviewed by Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D. ...
President Eisenhower's Farewell Address.(Audiovisual review)
Jan 06, 2009; ... President Eisenhower's Farewell Address By President Dwight D. Eisenhower Review by Michael Hornblow, Associate Editor Text and video: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/dwightdeisenhowerfarewell.html It was January 17, 1961. The 1950's ...
The Middle East Peace Process.(Report)
Jan 06, 2009; ... The Middle East Peace Process By Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister Reviewed by David T. Jones, co-author of UneasyNeighbo(u)rs, a book on U.S.-Canada relations Text: www.cfr.org/publication/17918/conversation_with_tony_blair.html? breadcrumb=%2 ...
Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century.
Jan 06, 2009; ... Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century By Robert M. Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense Text: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/1028_transcrip_gates_checked.pdf On October 28, immediately before the presidential election, Secretary of ...