global governance

Democracies of the World, Unite Ivo Daalder & James Lindsay
We need a Concert of Democracies to manage the global politics of the 21st century.

Democracies of the World, Unite Christoph Bertram

Democracies of the World, Unite Gary Hart

Democracies of the World, Unite François Heisbourg

Democracies of the World, Unite Anthony Lake

Democracies of the World, Unite Richard Perle

The Failure to Protect Joseph Loconte
A NATO-led intervention in Darfur is needed, and may be a first step in building a new structure for global security.

Be My Guest Worker? Philip Martin
The new big idea of the "migration-development" nexus sounds too good to be true. That's because it is.

Toolbox: Creating an E-8 Todd Stern & William Antholis
An Environment-8 to match the Group of 8.

if it's broke, fix it

Life on Capitol Dunghill Norman J. Ornstein
Jack Abramoff didn't set off a wave of malfeasance in Congress all by himself. A guide to what's wrong and how to make it right.

Politics Lost & Found On politicking in the age of television and political “science.”

Agriculture of Corruption C. Ford Runge
The Doha Round failed because powerful agricultural lobbies in wealthy countries didn't want it to succeed.

Dopey, Boozy, Smoky—and Stupid Mark A.R. Kleiman
The American "war on drugs" is more than 35 years old, and we're losing it. Some proposals to turn the tide.

Root's Rules Nadia Schadlow
Current concern over post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction policies has an instructive history.

A Bosnia Option for Iraq Michael E. O'Hanlon & Edward P. Joseph
Averting maximal disaster in Iraq may require controlled population resettlement. We need to start thinking about it now.

fault lines

Intifada III Daniel Kurtzer
Bloody times ahead, again, for Israel and the Palestinians.

The Smiling Coup David Martin Jones
Thailand finds itself — and U.S. Policy — in a real mess.

Liar, Liar George Guess
Hungary's protests outprice the truth.

reviews

Liberté, Égalité, Laïcité? Olivier Roy
The French don't like headscarves. John Bowen explains why.

The Age of Infallibility John Patrick Diggins
Collisions of faith, philosophy and politics are endlessly interesting, as two new books illustrate.

Sizing Up Utopia Eugen Weber
Martin Malia and Jay Winter examine utopians and the movements—major and minor—they spawned.

Funny Bones of Contention Peter N. Stearns
Political humor is serious business.

Freedom's Philosopher David Lipton
Ernst Cassirer's life and work may bear special interest to Americans in a time of trouble and uncertainty.

notes & letters

Thucydides, Really! Eliot A. Cohen
The Peloponnesian War is over, but the master of its lessons teaches on.