A nation must think before it acts.
William C. Prillaman (wprillaman@brookings.edu) is a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Crime, Development, and Democracy In Latin America(Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2003) and The Judiciary and Democratic Decay in Latin America (Praeger, 2000). His articles have appeared in publications such as The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Times, Proceedings, National Review, and Intelligence and National Security.