News + Media

	Analysis + Opinion November 25, 2003 The changing face of Chinese diplomacy Taylor Fravel and Evan S. MedeirosAsian Wall Street Journal One of the most curious and underexamined aspects of the evolving North Korean nuclear crisis is the active and leading role played by China in the last nine months. Breaking with years of traditional Chinese passivity on global-security challenges, Beijing has helped to walk both Pyongyang and Washington back from the brink, surprising even China's critics.
	Analysis + Opinion September 16, 2003 Gunning for reform Richard J. SamuelsTime Magazine Koizumi's muscular approach to national security may be his defining legacy. Everyone says Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is a "reformer." The press has variously labeled him a "maverick," a "lone wolf," "unusual" and "colorful." Certainly, Koizumi talks the talk of reform. Running for the premiership in 2001, he promised to pull up, root and branch, the causes of Japan's economic malaise.
	Analysis + Opinion September 5, 2003 UN credibility at stake Balakrishnan Rajagopal The Hindu To prevent a bad situation from getting worse, Kofi Annan must ask the U.S. to provide a clear time frame for a pullout as well as for the transfer of authority back to the Iraqis.
	Analysis + Opinion April 25, 2003 Europe cannot advance on two fronts Barry R. PosenFinancial Times Europe's political spat over the wisdom of the Iraq war has deepened scepticism about the future of the European Union's security and defense policy.
	Analysis + Opinion April 10, 2003 Flawed military model, made in the USA Cindy WilliamsWall Street Journal Europe, p. A11 American troops entering Baghdad are not out of danger yet, and the occupation to come may take a continuing toll on the armies of the United States and Britain.
	Analysis + Opinion April 2, 2003 Transatlantic crisis will hurt arms industry Cindy WilliamsEuropean Voice (Vo. 9, No. 13), p. 9. Defence contractors in the United States and Europe are asking themselves what will happen to plans for transatlantic arms cooperation if relationships between the US and the continent’s great powers do not improve.
	Analysis + Opinion April 1, 2003 Paying the costs in Iraq Cindy WilliamsKnight Ridder/Tribune News Service
	Analysis + Opinion February 6, 2003 The inspections flap: both sides are wrong John TirmanAlterNet This fractious debate, and the search for the weapons themselves, is a red herring--a diversion from the real reasons for war.
	Analysis + Opinion January 16, 2003 Hegemon down John TirmanAlterNet Bush's push for war in Iraq runs the risk of draining American global power suddenly and irrevocably.
	Analysis + Opinion October 13, 2002 Foreseeing a bloody siege in Baghdad Barry R. PosenNew York Times Advocates of regime change in Iraq have presented an optimistic view of the coming war. Most assert that the Iraqi military will not fight. A dazzling attack by smart weapons and computer viruses will shut down Iraq's military nervous system. Western forces will dash for key military and political centers, cutting the Iraqi military up into isolated fragments. Most troops will surrender; a few diehards will huddle with Saddam Hussein and patiently await their destruction by a second wave of smart bombs. The war could indeed go this way, but it may not.