A.I.

In the January-February 2008 issue, I warned, in ?Averting the Third Kosovo War?, that the Bush Administration should not recognize the independence of Kosovo until it first negotiated a deal to guarantee the autonomy of the ethnic Serbs who predominate in the province?s north. In the absence of such a deal, the article noted, [...]

Obama?s election last Tuesday marks an enormous opportunity for the United States to redefine itself, both with respect to its economic and social model, and in how it relates to the outside world. It is in this capacity for periodic reinvention that America?s greatness lies. The chief task of the president-elect is [...]

Luis Rubio: Once upon a time, U.S. elections were only of concern to the elite in Mexico. No longer; the 1992 presidential election, when an un-ratified NAFTA was caught in the campaign crossfire and held Mexicans glued to the polls, began a trend of increased general interest that has intensified with every subsequent election. In the 2008 [...]

Daniel Vernet: The 200,000 Germans who cheered on Barack Obama in Berlin in July could claim to represent the vast majority of Europeans?including the French, who, like Nicolas Sarkozy, are rooting for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. If diplomacy demands that the French President?s cheers be somewhat muted, the man in the street is under no [...]

Mustafa Akyol: The predominant Turkish view of the current U.S. election campaign has been formed out of a singular shift in attitudes toward the United States. For most of the past sixty years the United States has been considered a close ally and a social model for Turkey. Until fairly recently, anti-Americanism had cachet here only [...]