bubbling away

The Death of Money Peter Hartcher
How America's cheap money addiction is inflating the next bubble and undermining faith in government.

Channeling Alexander Hamilton Harold James
Crushing debt is prompting Europe to look to an unlikely source for wisdom and inspiration: an American Founding Father.

near eastern tremors

Peace, Normalization and Finality Itamar Rabinovich
Some perspective on the twilight of the Arab-Israeli peace process.

The Syria Crucible Michael S. Doran and Salman Shaikh
The Assad regime is dying slowly. Washington should facilitate its passing.

A Leaner, Meaner Brotherhood Michael J. Totten
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is becoming smaller and more dangerous.

fixing u.s. foreign policy

The Restoration Doctrine Richard N. Haass
An American foreign policy doctrine for the nonpolar moment.

Restocking the Toolkit Morton Abramowitz and Mark Lowenthal
Proposals for beefing up the non-kinetic side of U.S. statecraft.

life in the new europe

Backsliding in Budapest Charles Gati
Hungarian democracy is in retreat; even the U.S. State Department has begun to notice.

This Winter in Warsaw Pawel Swieboda
Poland finds itself on its own more than ever--and liking it.

Shale Storm Andrew A. Michta
Poland's vast, untapped reserves of shale gas can transform global energy markets and European-Russian relations.

Hope and Change, Czech Style Flagg Taylor
A conversation with Pavel Bratinka on the legacy of 20th-century totalitarianism in the Czech Republic.

reviews

Declinism's Fifth Wave Josef Joffe
Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum's That Used to Be Us fights the latest upsurge of American declinism to a draw.

Essaying Epstein Charles Hill
American master essayist Joseph Epstein adds Gossip to his literary quiver.

Sky King Karl Mueller
Martin van Creveld's The Age of Airpower flies high, but off-course.

Elvis Lives! Colin Fleming
A new five-disc set of the King's recordings begs the question: Was he really all that good?

Retroview: Francis Parkman's Indian Problem Joel Schwartz
Reconsidering a great American historian who faced some familiar dilemmas.

notes & letters

The Rwandan Renaissance Dalibor Rohac
What's behind it? And can it last?

Three Reconciliations Zbigniew Brzezinski
Creating a zone of democratic peace from Vancouver to Vladivostok.