Grading the President: A View From Latin America

BY JORGE I. DOMÍNGUEZ | JULY 1, 2003

Grading the President: A View From China

BY WANG JISI | JULY 1, 2003

Grading the President

JULY 1, 2003

The Paradoxes of American Nationalism

As befits a nation of immigrants, American nationalism is defined not by notions of ethnic superiority, but by a belief in the supremacy of U.S. democratic ideals. This disdain for Old World nationalism creates a dual paradox in the American psyche: First, although the United States is highly nationalistic, it doesn't see itself as such. Second, despite this nationalistic fervor, U.S. policymakers generally fail to appreciate the power of nationalism abroad.

BY MINXIN PEI | MAY 1, 2003

Think Again: The Korea Crisis

North Korea is not crazy, near collapse, nor about to start a war. But it is dangerous, not to mention dangerously misunderstood. Defusing the threat that North Korea poses to its neighbors and the world will require less bluster, more patience, and a willingness on the part of the United States to probe and understand the true sources of the North's conduct.

BY DAVID C. KANG, VICTOR D. CHA | MAY 1, 2003

Tap Secret

MARCH 1, 2003

Nation Building's New Face

BY MICHAEL BARNETT | NOVEMBER 1, 2002

Think Again: Nation Building

Once, nations were forged through "blood and iron." Today, the world seeks to build them through conflict resolution, multilateral aid, and free elections. But this more civilized approach has not yielded many successes. For nation building to work, some harsh compromises are necessary -- including military coercion and the recognition that democracy is not always a realistic goal.

BY MARINA OTTAWAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2002

Accountable Aid

JULY 1, 2002

Think Again: Attacking Iraq

As the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan winds down, should Iraq become "phase two" in the war against global terrorism? Iraq hawks warn that Saddam Hussein’s arsenal of mass destruction and his fanatic hatred of the United States make him a paramount threat. Others counsel for continued diplomacy and the return of U.N. weapons inspectors, arguing that an attack on Iraq would destabilize the Arab world. To support their cases, both sides deploy cherished assumptions about everything from Saddam Hussein's sanity to the explosive volatility of the "Arab Street." But a skeptical look at the sound bites suggests that the greatest risk of attacking Iraq may not be a vengeful Saddam or a destabilized Middle East but the unraveling of the global coalition against terrorism.

BY MARK STRAUSS | MARCH 1, 2002

Collateral Damage

Sorting through the post-September 11 intellectual wreckage.

BY MOISÉS NAÍM | NOVEMBER 1, 2001

Odd Man Out?

When Colin Powell speaks, people listen. But George W. Bush's secretary of state often sounds more like a liberal internationalist from the Clinton administration than he does the designated point person for a White House seemingly determined to revive a Reaganite foreign policy built upon military strength and unabashed unilateralism.

JULY 1, 2001