Publications

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. By Herbert P. Bix. (New York: HarperCollins, 2000). The Making of Modern Japan. By Marius B. Jansen. (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 2000). Read the full article here....

History of the Present: Essays, Sketches, and Dispatches from Europe in the 1990s. By Timothy Garton Ash. (New York: Random House, 2000). Vaclav Havel: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts. By John Keane. (New York: Basic Books, 2000). Read...

Any assessment of current and future relations between Russia and the West must begin not with short-term conditions in Russia, but rather with a broad appraisal of Europe, the future of its union, and European relations with the United...

Many experts, both inside and outside government, are beginning to agree on the necessary features of a modern, effective intelligence organization. Unfortunately, practice is lagging theory. Despite the apparent consensus on the need for change, recent intelligence failures suggest...

The strategic landscape of the new millennium is enshrouded in the “fog of peace.” While there is no immediate threat to the United States and the fear of major wars has diminished, turmoil and conflicts between and within states...

To call the last ten years a decade of humanitarian intervention requires little imagination. In light of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and the status of the United States as the sole...

Americans’ propensity to see politics as an extension of personality is evident in their thinking on Russia, which exalts the importance of leaders, one-to-one relationships, trust, and communication. The erosion of Soviet institutions under Gorbachev and the failure of...

How should we understand the politics of humanitarian intervention? Do American leaders decide where and when to use military force to prevent or stop humanitarian crises on a case-by-case basis from ad hoc motivations, or do overarching ideological predispositions...

In an era when political leaders and policy advocates increasingly invoke humanitarian reasons to intervene around the world, the legality and underlying normative theory of humanitarian intervention spark heated disputes. On every major question, disagreement abounds among practitioners and...

During my tenure with Orbis I have been blessed with a whole series of excellent managing editors, most recently Steve Winterstein. By the time this issue appears he will have departed after three years during which he never ceased...