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The Ties That Fray: Why Europe and America are Drifting Apart

Stephen M. Walt | Dec 01, 1998
Instead of mindlessly extending guarantees to every potential trouble spot, and instead of basing our foreign policy on a presumption of permanent partnership, it is time for Europe and the United States to begin a slow and gradual process of dise

Unusually, the French are Happy

William Pfaff | Dec 01, 1998
Lionel Jospin told a group of foreigners last summer that "it is a sociological fact that the French are always discontented with how they are governed." Yet polls show the French feel prosperous and confident in the future.

Kosovo: Only Independence Will Work

Noel Malcolm | Dec 01, 1998
The continuation of the West's present policy on the other hand, far from solving Kosovo's problems, will only make them--and those of the whole Balkan region--far more lethally insoluble in the future.

Foreign Policy and Domestic Scandal

Peter W. Rodman | Dec 01, 1998
Nixon's extreme case illustrates the variety of potential problems that can arise in a scandal-weakened presidency. President Clinton seems to have dodged the bullet on the face of it; the November 3 election results demonstrated his remarkable po

Russia's Crisis, America's Complicity

Dimitri K. Simes | Dec 01, 1998
The appointment of the Primakov government in September reflects profound changes in Russian politics, some of which have serious implications for the United States.

Wye Gamble?

Adam Garfinkle | Dec 01, 1998
Wye's fate will be more important to American interests than Oslo ever was.
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Commentary

Politics in an Age of Vilification

Stephen Boyko
Aron Gottesman
| Dec 24, 2003
All politics involves tradeoffs.

Books & Reviews

Return of the "Commie-Nazis"

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Apr 19, 2007
Fascism did not die with Hitler and Mussolini in World War II. As recent events show, understanding what fascism means in the 21st century is a lesson worth learning. 

Uncomfortable, but Invaluable

Peter Coleman | Dec 01, 1998
Urban's is not a happy memoir. The subtitle, My War Within the Cold War, sums up his theme. The new policy involved years of often bitter struggle with both grotesque reactionaries and Western appeasers.

The Other France

H.J. Kaplan | Dec 01, 1998
 Modernizing the Provincial City does not tell us anything we did not already know about how the French became and are becoming what they have been and are.
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