by George Friedman We are pleased to republish, with permission, this three-part analysis of the geopolitical impact of the U.S. presidential election by George Friedman, founder and Chief Intelligence Officer of Stratfor (www.stratfor.com), a respected private intelligence firm that has … Continued

Review by Ambassador (ret.) Michael W. Cotter
James F. Dobbins, After the Taliban: Nation-Building in Afghanistan, Dulles, VA, Potomac Books, 2008. Pp. viii, 168.

Review by Henry E. Mattox
Andrew Dorman and Greg Kennedy, Eds. War & Diplomacy: From World War I to the War on Terrorism. Dulles, Va.: Potomac Books, 2008, 245 pp.

Review by Richard Gilbert
Jean M. Wilkowski, Abroad for Her Country: Tales of a Pioneer Woman Ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service, University of Notre Dame Press (2008), 352 pp.
Robert F. Ober, Jr., Tchaikovsky 19, a Diplomatic Life behind the Iron Curtain, Xlibris Corporation (2008), 480 pp.

U.S. and Canadian Elections
by David T. Jones

Reviewed by Ambassador (ret.) Edward Marks
Michael A. Palmer, The Last Crusade, Potomac Books, 2008, 273 pp.

Review by John W. Coffey
Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008), 292 pp.

A League of Autocracies?
by David K. Schneider

by John Brown

Review by Colonel James L. Abrahamson, PhD.
Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad, by Andrew C. McCarthy, New York and London: Encounter Books, 2008 (ISBN 978-159403213-4), vi, 352 pages

by Francis P. Sempa, Contributing Editor The audacious Inchon landing was a dramatic military success that changed the course of the Korean War in 1950. However, its outcome also sharpened the Cold War policy debate between advocates of containment and … Continued

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by Barry R. McCaffrey, General, USA (Retired) We are pleased to offer our readers this report on Afghanistan by retired Army General Barry McCaffrey, based on his visit there in late July. He finds the situation difficult and likely to … Continued