Last year the U.S. Foreign Service suffered a public relations disaster because of the widely reported “town hall meeting” at the State Department in which some Foreign Service Officers protested the prospect of being required to serve in Iraq. Eventually, volunteers were found to fill all the positions opening in 2008, but as is usually the case, the good news never overtook the bad.

by Edward Brynn Several forms of human slavery persist today in the Sahel region of Africa. This study explores their nature, their history, and some of the reasons for their stubborn persistence. – Ed. Few Americans are aware that human … Continued

by J. R. Bullington

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Review by John Coffey
Andrew J. Bacevich, The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2008), 206 pp.

The Alternative North America Goes to the Polls
by David. T. Jones

by Chas W. Freeman, Jr.

by Francis P. Sempa Fundamental U.S. legal documents and authoritative commentaries as well as historical precedents show that in wartime presidents have extraordinary powers to act in defense of the nation, powers they have exercised on many occasions, according to … Continued

The New Influence Frontier
by Jamie Efaw

Congressional Liberals and the Making of a Postwar Consensus
by Jeff Bloodworth

Reviewed by Henry E. Mattox, contributing editor
Amatai Etzioni, Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy, New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2007, 307 pages.

from William Smith, Bemidji, Minnesota

Reviewed by John M. Handley, Ph.D.
John W. Jandora, States Without Citizens: Understanding the Islamic Crisis, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Security International, 2008 [ISBN 978-0-313-35590-5] 91 pages.