Volume 1, Issue 1: Summer/Fall 2005
ROUNDTABLE
Reevaluating Russia’s Role in the World (PDF)
Alexander Vershbow, William Odom and Vitaly Kozyrev
Russia experts reflect on the country’s relations with the West and the politically turbulent states on its western border.
INTERVIEWS
Covering the World (PDF)
An Interview with David Brooks
New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses how reporting shapes his view of the world and how the Bush administration’s view of the world shapes U.S. foreign policy.
Crisis Management in Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF)
An Interview with John Prendergast
John Prendergast offers his take on prospects for conflict resolution and effective peacekeeping in sub-Saharan Africa.
New Directions in the Americas (PDF)
An Interview with Jane Thery
Jane Thery, an official at the Organization of American States, considers the political and economic reshuffling of Latin America.
ARTICLES
Transatlantic Perspectives on European Security in the Coming Decade (PDF)
By Jolyon Howorth
With ratification of the EU constitution in doubt, Jolyon Howorth analyzes the trends that will define European security and the Eu’s relationship with the United States in the years ahead.
Transnistria: Another Domino on Russia’s Periphery (PDF)
By Achilles Skordas
Achilles Skordas urges a more flexible line in EU dealings with the independence-minded Moldovan enclave of Transnistria and, ultimately, Moldova’s integration into the EU.
Big Business and the Golden Straitjacket (PDF)
By Paul Bracken
Paul Bracken argues that big business in China, India, Brazil and other emerging markets is outcompeting foreign multinationals and displacing NGOs, labor and government as a source of power and influence.
Strategic Engagement: Markets, Transnational Networks, and Globalization in Mauritius (PDF)
By Deborah A. Bräutigam
Deborah A. Bräutigam explains how Mauritius shaped the sugar market, tapped cultural networks and contacts, and relied on a tradition of pluralism to export its way to the ranks of upper-middle income countries.
Dead Capital and the Sea: Post-Tsunami Relief for the Southeast Asian Informal Economy (PDF)
By Kevin J. Fandl
The tsunamis that leveled so many Southeast Asian communities in December 2004 provide a critical but often overlooked opportunity to establish formal property rights throughout the region. Kevin J. Fandl lays the groundwork for proper land titling systems.
Implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan (PDF)
By Andrew Natsios
USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios finds reasons for cautious optimism over the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and its ability to user in sustainable peace and power sharing in the Sudan.
Investigating War in Northern Uganda: Dilemmas for the International Criminal Court (PDF)
By Katherine Southwick
Katherine Southwick contends that the International Criminal Court’s well-intentioned mandate in norther Uganda may have put civilian lives at risk, obstructed peace efforts, and de-legitimized local authority and culture.
Monitoring the Monitors: UN-ECOMOG Peacekeeping in the Liberian Civil War (PDF)
By Milkah Kihunah
Looking back at the joint response to civil war in Liberia in 1989, Milkah Kihunah finds lessons for future UN collaboration with regional forces.
Failing Grades: Evaluating the Results of Plan Colombia (PDF)
By Adam Isacson
Five years after the launch of Plan Colombia, Adam Isacson prescribes a more comprehensive, less militarized alternative to the $7.5 billion effort to combat the drug trade.
Measuring Up: Applying the Environmental Sustainability Index (PDF)
By Tanja Srebotnjak and Daniel C. Esty
Tanja Srebotnjak and Daniel C. Esty tout the Environmental Sustainability Index as a much-needed quantitative guidepost to gauge national environmental performance and improve policymaking.
BOOK REVIEWS
The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror (PDF)
By Natan Sharansky with Ron Dermer
Reviewed by M.D.J. Morgan
Russian Crossroads: Towards the New Millenium (PDF)
By Yevgeny Primakov
Reviewed by Jeffrey Mankoff
The Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy (PDF)
By Jussi Hanhimäki
Reviewed by Matias Spektor
The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy / The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream (PDF)
By Jeremy Rifkin / By T.R. Reid
Reviewed by Alex Martinos
The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency (PDF)
By James Naughtie
Reviewed by Nick Baldock
Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics (PDF)
By Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore
Reviewed by Jonathan G.S. Koppell
The Turks Today (PDF)
By Andrew Mango
Reviewed by Joshua Walker
The Gift of a Cow: A Translation of the Classic Hindi Novel Godaan (PDF)
By Premchand (Translated by Gordon Roadarmel)
Reviewed by Thomas Jandl
Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World (PDF)
By Hugh Hewitt
Reviewed by Marcel Pacatte