World Policy Journal back issues from September 2006:
The forgotten bargain: nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament.
Sep 22, 2006; ... In the debate over how to stop nuclear proliferation, both sides make increasingly untenable assumptions. The advocates of "regime change" in North Korea and Iran underestimate the staying power of the political systems in Pyongyang and Tehran. Proponents of negotiated settlements ...
The road not taken in the Middle East: a memo to the absent "Quartet".
Sep 22, 2006; ... The Middle East diplomatic Quartet (composed of the United States, the European Union, the Russian Federation, and the Office of the Secretary General of the United Nation) authored and put forward its Road Map to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on April 30, 2003. The Road Map ...
Ailing Southeast Asia: a reckoning looms.
Sep 22, 2006; ... Its people were among the first of the economic tigers to emerge from the southern rim of Asia. Moving toward democracy and mostly committed to free enterprise, they formed a regional organization to sink differences among neighbors, boost regional trade, enhance cooperation against crime, ...
China's Latin leap forward.(Latin America )
Sep 22, 2006; ... In fall 2004, the president of China, Hu Jintao, embarked upon a trip to Latin America that sometimes seemed more a coronation than a diplomatic offensive. In Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and Argentina, Hu was received with the highest honors of a state guest, while local legislators battled to ...
From the G8 to the "E8": is the globalization tide turning?
Sep 22, 2006; ... The Group of Eight (commonly known as the "G8") was forged in a Cold War crucible where the forces of multilateralism, free global trade, and policy consensus were threatened by competing centrally-planned, socialist ideologies. For nearly 30 years, this exclusive club of largely Western ...
Evangelicals and world affairs.
Sep 22, 2006; ... In a remarkable ecumenical tableau, the Protestant evangelist Pat Robertson prayed for an Israeli victory in Lebanon this past summer while kneeling beside Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem. Pat Robertson declared that "Christian evangelicals in America stand with Israel in its ...
The pursuit of truth: a talk with George Soros.(Interview)
Sep 22, 2006 ... On a line late summer's day the editors of this journal met for a wide-ranging conversation with George Soros, "the only private citizen who has his own foreign policy," in the apt phrase of the retired diplomat Morton Abramovitz. The occasion was the publication of his new book, The Age ...
Neo-conservatives, liberal hawks, and the War on Terror: lessons from the cold war.
Sep 22, 2006; ... Since 9/11, determined attempts have been made to resurrect the memory of the Cold War as an inspiration and model for the War on Terror. Proponents of this approach include neo-conservatives and others on the Right, and so-called "liberal hawks" in the Democratic camp. At a deeper, less ...
A commission to decommission paramilitary arms: Northern Ireland's example.
Sep 22, 2006; ... Across much of the globe, otherwise very different states face a common problem in standing down the paramilitary groups and militias that are both the source and product of civil conflict. Nowhere is the challenge more obvious, or more lethal, than in the Middle East, where Hezbollah ...
Kosovo: unraveling the knot.
Sep 22, 2006; ... Around the middle of every day of the week, a unique collection of people queue up at Terminal C of Vienna airport. A more diverse group of commuters the world has never seen. On a given day it may include a contingent of policemen from Fiji or the Philippines, Scandinavian engineers, ...
Faith is not destiny: three inquiries into Jihadism and its sources.(The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe)(The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global)(Book review)
Sep 22, 2006; ... Londonistan Melanie Phillips New York: Encounter Books, 2006 The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe Jytte Klausen New York: Oxford University Press, 2005 The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global Fawaz A. Gerges New York: Cambridge University Press, ...
Praise, puzzles, and poppycock.(CODA)
Sep 22, 2006; ... Praise first. This is our first issue in more than a decade that does not bear the imprint on every page of Linda Wrigley, our departing managing editor. A tireless perfectionist, Linda has probably caught more factual lapses, improved more grammar, and politely but firmly posed more ...