Politics of the United States Articles

Tainted Transactions

Janine R. Wedel | Mar 01, 2000
How a team of Cambridge operators, working together with a Russian "clan", confused all categories and wreaked havoc on Russia's economy.

NATO and Kosovo

Ivo Daalder
Christopher Layne
Benjamin Schwarz
| Dec 01, 1999
The writer accuses Christopher Layne and Benjamin Schwarz of blaming the victims and exonerating the perpetrators in Kosovo.  The authors respond.

Paradise Lost: The Ordeal of Kashmir

Alexander Rose | Dec 01, 1999
The tortured history of the Princely State, one which may be today's ground zero in Asia.

Present Laughter or Utopian Bliss?

Gideon Rose | Dec 01, 1999
Realists, neoconservatives and the Great Intramural Debate: who speaks for a conservative foreign policy?

The Most Dangerous Country

Nicholas Eberstadt | Sep 01, 1999
A close look at North Korea, a country with a demonstrated capacity for coming up with unpleasant surprises.

Greece: Like Any Other European Country?

Loukas Tsoukalis | Mar 01, 1999
Greece is fundamentally a status quo country in part of the world where the status quo is being challenged from many directions. Its future prosperity and security depend on reforms at home and a more prudent diplomacy.

China and the Quest for Dignity

John Fitzgerald | Mar 01, 1999
Dignity is an essential concept that connects two objectives usually regarded as conflicting in contemporary China--individual rights and self-determination within its discourse on national rights.

Mayday for Oslo

Joel Singer | Mar 01, 1999
The approaching deadline for final status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians threatens the Oslo process. But an arbitrary piece of scheduling should not be allowed to dictate events.

Franz Josef Clinton

Adam Garfinkle | Mar 01, 1999
Without realizing it, the United States is taking over the role of the Habsburg Empire in the Balkans, a role that it is ill-equipped to play.

Britain's Atlantic Option

Conrad Black | Mar 01, 1999
Britain is dithering about whether to join the European Monetary Union or to go it alone. But it should explore the much better option of becoming a member of an expanded NAFTA--an arrangement more in accord with its traditions and interests.

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