The Islamist Syndrome of Cultural Confrontation
The September 11 attacks on America prompted those who tried to make sense of the tragedy to take a...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Islamist Syndrome of Cultural Confrontation
A nation must think before it acts.
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U.S. Multilateralism, Left and Right
In the immediate aftermath of the catastrophes of September 11, it was easy to forget the earlier internal and...
The Lessons of Kosovo: Boon or Bust for Transatlantic Security?
The NATO intervention in Kosovo in spring 1999 was a watershed event for transatlantic relations. On the one hand,...
The Making of Contemporary China
Chen Jian, Mao’s China and the Cold War (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001). The Tiananmen Papers,...
Editor’s Column Spring 2002
As I settled into the editor’s office at Orbis over the yearend holidays, I took the suggestion of my...
The Strategic Implications of a Nuclear India
After a hiatus of almost twenty-four years, India startled the world in May 1998 by resuming nuclear testing at...
The Jewish Security Dilemma
The al-Aqsa intifada of autumn 2000 and the ensuing war of attrition have brought security back to the center...
Japan’s Quest for Great Power Identity
Japanese foreign policy in the middle of 2001 was in utter disarray. The Japanese media resorted to terms such...
ASEAN’s Imitation Community
The political philosopher Michael Oakeshott coined the term “imitation states” to describe the incomplete nation-building of many newly formed...
The Emerging Anglosphere
Over the past several years, a new term, Anglosphere, has crept into political and social discussion in the English-speaking...