Alan Kuperman: Better Late than Never? In the January-February 2008 issue, I warned, in “Averting the Third Kosovo War”, that the Bush Administration should not recognize the independence of Kosovo until it first negotiated a deal to guarantee the autonomy of the ethnic Serbs who predominate in the province’s north. In the absence of such a deal, the article noted, independence could trigger three problems: violence in northern Kosovo, contagious... [read more]
Francis Fukuyama: A New Era

Obama’s election last Tuesday marks an enormous opportunity for the United States to redefine itself, both with respect to its economic and social model, and in how it relates to the outside world. It is in this capacity for periodic reinvention that America’s greatness lies.... [read more]

The Editors: The Global Election: Mexico Luis Rubio: Once upon a time, U.S. elections were only of concern to the elite in Mexico. No longer; the 1992 presidential election, when an un-ratified NAFTA was caught in the campaign crossfire and held Mexicans glued to the polls, began a trend of increased general interest that has intensified with every subsequent election. In the 2008 contest, five drivers define Mexican interest. One is that... [read more]
The Editors: The Global Election: France Daniel Vernet: The 200,000 Germans who cheered on Barack Obama in Berlin in July could claim to represent the vast majority of Europeans—including the French, who, like Nicolas Sarkozy, are rooting for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. If diplomacy demands that the French President’s cheers be somewhat muted, the man in the street is under no such obligation. Obamamania has all but taken hold here.... [read more]
in the current issue: The 2008 U.S. presidential campaign has attracted wider and more intense interest worldwide than any in history. We asked observers from around the planet to report on what it all seems to mean.
Edward Luttwak The Declinists, Wrong Again With the crisis in the American and European financial sectors, predictions of the Atlantic powers' decline have once again become de rigeur. But they’re still wrong: America and Europe retain decisive advantages that will make the 21st century an Atlantic one. AI
Ivan Krastev Russia and the European Order The real source of confrontation between Russia and the European Union isn't economic policies or energy; it's the incompatibility of Europe's postmodern project, on the one hand, and the Kremlin's "sovereign democracy" project, on the other. AI
A. Wess Mitchell Perhapsburg Today’s European Union is yesterday’s Austro-Hungarian Empire on the gameboard of world politics. AI
Thomas M. Rickers High on the Hog Buy a Harley and ride a piece of American mythology.
Lawrence Eagleburger, Newt Gingrich & Charles Hill When He Wins Three programs for a McCain presidency.
Joel Schwartz Portrait of a Terrorist More than a century ago The Princess Casamassima and The Secret Agent brilliantly illuminated some the “universals” of terrorism and counterterrorism. What has John Updike’s Terrorist added to their insights? AI
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