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Why the India Deal Is Good

Selig S. Harrison August 24, 2005
Washington's agreement to support India's nuclear program – for civilian, not military, purposes – has been criticized for undermining the international nonproliferation regime. As Selig A. Harrison writes, much of the antagonism is unfounded. According to Harrison, India's increasing energy demands – along with ample deposits of a rare radioactive mineral – have allowed New...

China's Rise Threatens to Divide Asia, Not Unite It

Daniel Twining August 22, 2005
As the catalyst of Asia's recent economic growth, China has widely been seen as the first non-Western power since Japan to emerge with the potential to transform the global order. Instead of facilitating regional integration, however, China's ascendancy is threatening to divide Asia, causing a clash of national identities and fueling nationalist sentiments. Perceiving China's...

A Tool for Democracy Could Use Some Help

Robert E. Hunter August 19, 2005
In 2000, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright formed the Community of Democracies, an organization dedicated to fostering cooperation among democratic nations and promoting democracy worldwide – starting with 10 nations. Former diplomat Robert Hunter details the challenges for the CD, including perceived competition with the UN and some contradictory membership criteria. Hunter points out...

Ne laissons pas la ‘Revolution Rose’ se faner

Philip H. Gordon August 18, 2005

Don't Let the Rose Revolution Wilt

Philip H. Gordon August 18, 2005
In November 2003, a frustrated population demanded the ouster of a corrupt and autocratic government. Georgia's Rose Revolution created a model for other peaceful regime changes, as later seen in Lebanon and the Ukraine. Despite its relative success, write Philip H. Gordon and Derek Chollet, Georgia's nascent government still lacks several elements essential for a stable democracy –...

Tehran Is Using Iraq to Steadily Penetrate the Arab World

Kamran Taremi August 18, 2005
Relations between Iran and Iraq have been marked for decades by hostility, erupting most drastically in the infamous and bloody war following the success of Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic revolution. Now, with a Shiite victory in the Iraqi elections, the two countries have found common ideological ground and have taken steps towards cooperation. An alliance with Iraq would provide Iran with...

America Should Ditch its Tyrant Friends

T.K. Vogel August 16, 2005
"Grand rhetoric about democracy and freedom only resonates when it is supported by actual policy," write commentators T.K. Vogel and Eric A. Witte. In essence, they suggest that the Bush administration foreign policy has failed to adequately "walk the walk" in promoting democracy. While villainizing certain regimes, the US has allied itself with other leaders – for instance,...