Summer 2006

A Civil Provocation

Ian Bremmer

Essays

Ahead of the Curve: The New Axis of Oil

Flynt Leverett
Pierre Noel
On his landmark visit to Saudi Arabia, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the two countries partners, not rivals. Last year, Flynt Leverett and Pierre Noel discussed Russian energy strategy.

Brussels Unbound

Jeffrey L. Cimbalo
The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

China's Yugoslav Nightmare

Christopher Marsh
Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Kosovo may be far far away from China-but its fate is on Beijing's mind.

Comments & Responses

Conrad Black
Conrad Black responds to Robert Tucker and David Hendrickson

Entrepreneurs Sans Frontieres

Tatiana Serafin
In the 21st century, it is the businessman who has no nationality.

From Awakening to War

Robert F. Ellsworth
Without quick mediation, the politicization of religion could lead to conflict.

Future War: Taiwan

Ted Galen Carpenter
A plausible scenario for a Sino-American clash in the Taiwan Strait.

Pander-nomics

Stephen S. Roach
Protectionist measures endanger America's financial well-being.

Principles and Interests

Chuck Hagel
In a volatile region of the world like South Asia, principled realism, not sloganeering, should guide U.S. policy.

Slogan or Strategy?

Strategic Fatigue

Graham E. Fuller

Swedish Models

Johan Norberg
Everyone always wants to be like Sweden.  What happens whenthe socialist paradise fails.

Symposium: The Bush Foreign Policy Strategy, Take Two

The East Moves West

Geoffrey Kemp
India and China's Great Game in the Gulf.

The Global Oil Rush

Robert C. McFarlane
Given rising demand and dwindling supplies, consuming nations should look south and east.

The New Axis of Oil

Flynt Leverett
Pierre Noel
A structural shift in energy markets creates new geopolitics.

The New Energy Realists

Richard G. Lugar

The Return of the State

Shibley Telhami
Five years ago, the Arab state was the problem.  Now it is seen as the solution.

Universal Values, Specific Policies

Henry Kissinger
The more things seem to change, the more relevant are the lessons of the past.

Warming to Climate Change

Paul J. Saunders
Vaughan C. Turekian
Kyoto is upside down; America needs a sensible energy policy to fight global warming.

Books & Reviews

T for Terrorist

Nicholas J. Xenakis
Hollywood romanticizes terror - Nir Rosen exposes it.

The Realist

Unrealists

Dimitri K. Simes
The Israel lobby controversy shows how some substitute character assasination for serious debate.  American national interests suffer.

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