Foreign Affairs

Managing editor Gideon Rose on Condoleeza Rice's 9/11 testimony
Transcript of the online discussion at washingtonpost.com

The Outsourcing Bogeyman

Posted March 22, 2004

According to the election-year bluster of politicians and pundits, the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries has become a problem of epic proportion. But this alarmism is misguided, argues Daniel W. Drezner of the University of Chicago in an article that will appear in the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs. Outsourcing actually brings far more benefits than costs, both now and in the long run. If its critics succeed in provoking a new wave of American protectionism, the consequences will be disastrous — for the U.S. economy and for the American workers they claim to defend.

Russia: A Normal Country
Conventional wisdom in the West says that post-Cold War Russia has been a disastrous failure. The facts say otherwise. Compared to other countries at a similar level of economic and political development, Russia looks more the norm than the exception.

By Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman

Trouble in Taiwan
George W. Bush was right to rebuke Taiwan's president over his plans for a referendum on relations with China.

By Michael D. Swaine

Illusions of Empire: Defining the New American Order
From Washington to Baghdad, the debate over American empire is back. Five new books weigh in.

By G. John Ikenberry

Complete March/April Table of Contents

Background on the News

Monopoly Games

Posted March 31, 2004

By ordering a record fine against Microsoft for abusing its "near monopoly," the European Commission demonstrated once again last week that it is far more suspicious of free-market forces than regulators in the United States. . . .
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3/11

Posted March 17, 2004

Last week's devastating bombings in Madrid may jolt European states into revising their antiterrorism strategies, especially if the attacks turn out to have been orchestrated by al Qaeda. . . .
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Tracking Terrorists

Posted March 3, 2004

With U.S. support, Pakistan recently launched an ambitious offensive against al Qaeda and Taliban operatives suspected of hiding along its border with Afghanistan. . . .
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Current Bestsellers

The topselling books on international affairs based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com during March 2004.

Against All Enemies
Richard A. Clarke
Ghost Wars
Steve Coll
House of Bush, House of Saud
Craig Unger

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Book Reviews
	Noteworthy book reviews in the March/April 2004 issue of Foreign Affairs: The Hegemon's Hard Choices Walter Russell Mead Savage Little Wars Lawrence Freedman Transatlantic Tiff Philip Gordon Also see the best book picks for April 2004 as selected by L. Carl Brown.

• IRAQ: Who is leading the insurgency against coalition forces and where is the resistance centered?
Q&A | April 9, 2004

• IRAQ: Ahmad Chalabi, a prominent figure on the Iraqi Governing Council, says, "We are ready to follow the lead of Ayatollah Sistani" to stem the uprising in Najaf.
Interview | April 8, 2004

• IRAQ: Bernard E. Trainor, a retired three-star U.S. Marine general, says the United States must press on with force to stop the spread of an insurgent "wildfire."
Interview | April 8, 2004

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