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The End of the Chalabi Affair?
Posted May 26, 2004
With the dramatic raid on Ahmed Chalabi's Baghdad headquarters last week, the Bush administration's long-running affair with the controversial Iraqi exile leader may finally have ended. . . .
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Not So Cheap
Posted May 26, 2004
Despite Saudi Arabia's recent vows to step up its oil production, world oil prices are still flirting with record highs, prompting jitters over global economic recovery. . . .
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Washington Orphans Adoption Treaty
Posted May 12, 2004
Bogged down in disputes among domestic adoption agencies, the U.S. government has just delayed implementing the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, perhaps until 2006. . . .
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Losing Hearts and Minds
Posted April 28, 2004
Last week the Bush administration essentially endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plans for dealing with the Palestinians. In an article for Foreign Affairs last year, Marc Lynch discussed how the United States could improve its standing in the Arab world. The latest embrace of Sharon will only make that task harder. . . .
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The topselling books on international affairs based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com during May 2004.
- Plan of Attack
Bob Woodward
- Against All Enemies
Richard A. Clarke
- House of Bush, House of Saud
Craig Unger
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Book Review Essay
May/June 2004
Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland
by Alan Wolfe
The Year in Books
May 2004
Each month a different member of our distinguished panel of book reviewers recommends the best books discussed in Foreign Affairs in the past year. For April 2004, Richard N. Cooper gives his picks in the area of international economics and finance.
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Outstanding New Books
May/June 2004
Plaudits from our book review panel in the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs.
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• TENET RESIGNS: The director of central intelligence stepped down to defelect the criticism leveled at the CIA for its work on Iraq, says Leslie H. Gelb, Council president emeritus, in an interview with Bernard Gwertzman.
Interview | June 3, 2004
• IRAQ: Who's in charge?
Q&A | June 2, 2004
• U.S.-EUROPE: Charles A. Kupchan, the Council's top Europe expert, says he fears that widespread "anti-Bush sentiment is becoming anti-American sentiment."
Interview | June 1, 2004
 Learn more about the candidates' stances on foreign policy issues at the Council on Foreign Relations Campaign 2004 Web site.
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