Insight and Analysis from Foreign Affairs Practitioners and Scholars
Established 1996 • Raymond F. Smith, Editor
by Godfrey Garner The week ending January 11th, 2014 brought with it a metaphoric retraction of the curtain that obscures the Great and Powerful Wizard. Robert Gates memoir, ‘Duty’ went a long way toward clarifying suspicions, long held by those … Read more
Review by Michael W. Cotter
Reviews by Michael W. Cotter and by David C. Litt
America’s Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st Century Diplomacy by Nicholas Kralev, Create Space publishing, ISBN-13-978-1466446564, 2012, 232 pp., $24.99 (trade paperback), $9.99 (Kindle)
Review by Michael W. Cotter
U.S. Government Counterterrorism: A Guide to Who Does What by Michael B. Kraft and Edward Marks, CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 2012, ISBN-13: 978-1-4398-5143-2, 347 pp.
by Dr. Godfrey L. Garner A good war works economic wonders for those who survive it. The metamorphosis is often remarkable. When the first Europeans associated with Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), began to take up residence in ’03, a well … Read more
Reviewed by John Coffey
Allen C. Lynch, Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft, Potomac Books: Washington, DC, ISBN 13- 978-1-59797-298-7, 2011, 184 pp.
Reviewed by Mark E. Dillen
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers by Peter Tomsen, Public Affairs, 2011. ISBN 13-978-1586487638, 912 pp.
Reviewed by John H. Brown, Ph.D.
Thomas Albert Howard, God and the Atlantic: America, Europe, and the Religious Divide, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN13: 978-0-19-956551-1 Hardback, 256 pp.
by Vladimir Kokorev This journal has published many Foreign Service Life contributions by American diplomats and we are pleased to be able to present the reminiscences of a Soviet diplomat who served his country for many years mainly in Africa. –Ed. … Read more
by Haviland Smith A retired intelligence professional gives his candid assessment of what would constitute “success” in Afghanistan and the chances for reaching this goal.-The Editor Two successive U.S. administrations have said we must “win” in Afghanistan. David Kilcullen, one … Read more
by Benjamin L. Landis A retired military officer and frequent contributor to this journal sounds off on why the United States should withdrawal militarily from Afghanistan. He cites four benefits to withdrawal. Why is the United States engaged in massive … Read more
A Statistical Reflection on Official Development Assistance and Whether It is Directed Towards Its Goals and Ideals by Steve Dobransky American Diplomacy rarely publishes statistical analysis. But because this paper analyzes the debate over foreign aid’s purposes and motivations, we … Read more
from Jesse Taylor Clear
by Anthony Arnold A retired intelligence officer and expert on Russo-Afghan history recalls how history influences present day Afghan reality and what this should mean for American policy.—Ed. Nowadays it has become the conventional wisdom that the internationalist al-Qaeda under … Read more