Editor’s Note (PDF)

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