The National Interest - NUMBER
95, MAY/JUN 2008
by J. Robinson WestWe may well need to be worried, we're running out of gas while choosing the next president to sit in the driver's seat.
by Joseph E. StiglitzThe odds are against developing countries when it comes to trade. Social safeguards level the playing field.
by Geoffrey KempFinding monsters under the bed and bogeymen in the closet. Why exaggerating the Iranian threat is bad for U.S. foreign policy.
by Peter A. Wilson, Lowell Schwartz and Howard J. ShatzThe world may be getting ready to ally against us—and that’s not even the worst-case scenario.
by Lincoln A. MitchellIs the democracy cure a panacea or a placebo?
by Robert B. ZoellickTNI's Justine A. Rosenthal sits down with World Bank chief Robert B. Zoellick.
by Andrew Kohut and Richard Wike"Simply put, America’s image in much of the Muslim world remains abysmal." With the deepening and unrelenting challenges we face in the Middle East, how much has America’s image in the Muslim world declined? And what can we do to reverse the trends? What an analysis of the polling numbers says about America’s reputation.
by Andrew Kohut and Richard Wike"Simply put, America’s image in much of the Muslim world remains abysmal." With the deepening and unrelenting challenges we face in the Middle East, how much has America’s image in the Muslim world declined? And what can we do to reverse the trends? What an analysis of the polling numbers says about America’s reputation.
by Gary HufbauerRhetoric aside, free trade can benefit everyone—if only countries were a little more open to the rules of the game.
by Gary Hufbauer and Joseph E. StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz and
Gary Hufbauer debate the issue. Hufbauer cringes: " ‘Opting out’ of NAFTA is the sort of suggestion that can only surface on the campaign trail." But Stiglitz dissents: "The links between trade liberalization and growth are far weaker than its advocates claim."
by Glenn GreenwaldA look at the absurd pronouncements of the political class from Salon’s Glenn Greenwald. Why do pundits get to be wrong all the time? From the May/June 2008 issue of
The National Interest.
by Thomas E. GrahamThe road to a solution for America’s Iran problem runs through Moscow. How to think about the costs—and benefits.
by Brad SetserA second look at the threat of global financial annihilation.
by Stefan WolffHow to contain the virus of ethnic conflict.
by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Carlos Ramos-MrosovskyWith the campaign season heating up, David Rivkin reviews new books by the top foreign-policy advisors to Democratic contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Problem is, Madeleine Albright and Zbigniew Brzezinski might not provide the soundest counsel to the presidential hopefuls.
by Mark GilbertWalter Rusell Mead glosses over British history in
God and Gold; Brendan Simms paints a clearer picture in
Three Victories and a Defeat.
by Marcel H. Van HerpenWill France call the whole thing off?