by Paul Levine An eminent European-based scholar of American Studies who has spent nearly a decade in China provides us with his look at the challenge and opportunity that is 21st century China.–Ed. Recent actions by the Chinese government have … Read more

by Howard Cincotta With a growing momentum in American domestic affairs, Libertarianism is a political philosophy that must be taken seriously. How would a Libertarian foreign policy differ from the traditional approach taken by both U. S. major political parties? … Read more

An Assessment of British Female Ambassadors in Overcoming Gender Heirarchy, 1990-2010
by Talyn Rahman

Reviewed by John Coffey
John J. Mearsheimer, Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), ISBN-13: 978-0199758739, 142 pp.

Reviewed by Stanton Jue Living with the Dragon: How the American Public Views the Rise of China, Benjamin I. Page & Tao Xie,  Columbia Univ. Press: New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-231-15208-2 (cloth), 212 pp., $27.50 Living with the Dragon is … Read more

Review by John H. Brown, Ph.D.
John Hughes, Islamic Extremism and the War if Ideas: Lessons from Indonesia, Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-8179-1164-5, 138 pp.

Reviewed by Colonel (USA, ret) James L. Abrahamson, Ph. D.
Andrew C. McCarthy, The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, New York: Encounter Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59403-377-3, 455 pages

Sending 100,000 American Students to China
by Stanton Jue

A Diplomatic Adventure Story
by Donald Easum

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

by Michael H. Hunt

Review by Stanton Jue
Warren I. Cohen, America’s Response to China: A History of Sino-American Relations, 5th edition, Columbia Univ. Press: New York, 2010, ISBN 078-0-231-15077-4, 326 pp.

Review by Hal Brandsimage
Vanda Felbab-Brown, Shooting Up: Counter-Insurgency and the War on Drugs, Washington, DC, Brookings Institution Press. 2009, ISBN 978-0815703280, 273 pp.

by Haviland Smith A long time observer of Middle Eastern affairs proposes a radical change in American policy in the region with the goal of “helping Al Qaeda die.” Would this change have unintended consequences? The suggestion itself is sure … Read more

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Diplomacy, Power Contest and Global Governance
by Sergey Smolinikov

by David Alexander Robinson

Transformational Diplomacy or Delusion? by Stanton Jue A specialist in Chinese-U.S. relations analyses recent statements by arguably the two most powerful women in America today and what that might say about the future course of relations between these two major … Read more

Learning from Nixon’s Vietnam Ordeal
by Michael H. Hunt

Review by John Sylvester
Kent E. Calder, Pacific Alliance: Reviving U.S. Japan Relations , Yale University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-300-14672-1, 292 pp.