2008

• Iraq Pact Challenges Antiwar Movement

  Tom Hayden : Iraq

  The US-Iraq Security Pact signals the war is ending--though not soon enough--and challenges peace activists to broaden their agenda against new quagmires.

• The Fall of Triumphalism

  Michael T. Klare : George W. Bush Administration

  Because of the hubris of Bush and Cheney, we face a world of multiplied dangers, emboldened challengers and a paucity of reliable allies.

• Obama's Dream Team

  Katrina vanden Heuvel : Barack Obama

  A fantasy lineup of progressive advisors to help the next president end war, repair alliances and rebuild the economy.

• Mandarins, Guns and Money

  Mark Mazower : Non-Fiction

  Four authors examine the evolution of the social sciences and how academic theorizing impacted global affairs before and after Vietnam.

• Ten National Security Myths

  : Foreign Affairs

  The Editors Here's what's really at stake in this election, for America and the world.

• After Musharraf

  Barbara Crossette : Pakistan

  Pervez Musharraf is history, but his opponents seem unable to agree on what to do next. After so many disappointments, can Pakistan rise to the occasion?

• Bolivia Gets the Change It Asked For

  Mark Weisbrot : Bolivia

  Evo Morales expanded his mandate with a landslide victory in a referendum last week. But the Washington foreign policy establishment still won't acknowledge he's delivering on his promises.

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  Blood in the Caucasus

  Katrina vanden Heuvel : Russia

  It's time for the US to dissolve its cold war military alliances and develop realistic new policies toward Russia.

• Illusions of Victory

  Andrew J. Bacevich : US Wars & Military Action

  The United States did not reinvent war after 9/11. It only thought it did.

• Getting Georgia's War On

  Mark Ames : Russia

  Russia's war in Georgia excites John McCain and the same neocons who led us into earlier disasters.

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  Obama in Iraq: The Gift of a Timetable

  Patrick Cockburn : Barack Obama

  An Iraqi government desperate for credibility could receive no better gift than Obama's exit plan.

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  Obama's Evolving Foreign Policy

  Robert Dreyfuss : Foreign Affairs

  He's no George W. Bush, but will Obama's foreign policy bring us back to the days of the bipartisan, establishment consensus?

• McCain, Obama and Russia

  Stephen F. Cohen : Presidential Election 2008

  Overshadowed by the US disaster in Iraq, Moscow's impact on our foreign policy will continue long after that war ends. Why aren't Obama and McCain addressing that?

• The Return of Rudy

  Countdown : Presidential Election 2008

  The Nation's Christopher Hayes discusses the tone-deafness of the McCain campaign and the reemergence of Rudy Giuliani as a GOP attack dog.

• The Power Conundrum

  Michael Massing : Non-Fiction

  After railing against non-violent intervention in the face of genocide, Samantha Power rethinks her stand.

• The Appeasement Card

  The Editors

  Despite the Bush/McCain snake oil on Mideast policy, Obama can make the case that talking to your enemies isn't the same as appeasing Hitler.

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  The New Geopolitics of Energy

  Michael T. Klare : Environment

  The Pentagon has now placed resource competition at the center of its strategic planning.

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  The Clintonian Legacy

  Barbara Crossette : Presidential Election 2008

  Bill Clinton's foreign policy record, on which his wife is running, was anything but stellar.

• Neocon NATO Delusions

  The Editors

  The Bush Administration's mission to transform NATO promises to do great damage to international peace and cooperation.

• Castro and the Colossus

  Robert Scheer : Cuba

  He caused the Cuban people much suffering, but the giant to the north bears even greater responsibility for the island's plight.

• The Day After Fidel

  Peter Kornbluh : Cuba

  Most authoritarians leave office in a coup or a coffin. Fidel Castro is leaving on his own terms.

• Letter From Vietnam

  Dustin Roasa : Human Rights & Civil Liberties

  As Vietnam becomes a player in world trade, its human rights record and treatment of dissidents come under increased scrutiny. The world must do more.

• Chalmers Johnson: America's Going Bankrupt

  Chalmers Johnson : US Politics & Government

  From Tom Dispatch: The current economic crisis is caused by policies that tax the richest Americans at strikingly low levels and spend huge sums on defense projects that have no bearing on national security.

• A New Diplomacy for Pakistan

  Christian Parenti : Pakistan

  As American policy-makers and pundits seek a Plan B for Pakistan, it's time to recognize the desperate need for a new diplomacy for the Muslim world.

• The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars

  Ari Berman : Presidential Election 2008

  All the candidates reject Bush's disasters--but that won't be enough for the next administration.