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How Chavez Does Business
Twenty-First-Century Socialism and Venezuela’s Soaring Stock Market October 4, 2012 Javier Corrales Summary: For more than a decade, Chávez’s popularity has remained high because of his strong support...
View ArticleThe Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited
Why It Matters Who Blinked October 11, 2012 James A. Nathan and Graham Allison Summary: Graham Allison unduly credits Kennedy’s use of threats in resolving the Cuban missile crisis, argues James...
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Honduras Gone Wrong
How Playing Tegucigalpa as a Proxy is Undercutting U.S. Influence October 16, 2012 Dana Frank Summary: Since the June 2009 military coup, violence and human rights abuses have spiked in Honduras. In...
View ArticleBroken BRICs
Why the Rest Stopped Rising October 22, 2012 Ruchir Sharma Summary: The most talked-about global economic trend in recent years has been “the rise of the rest,” with Brazil, Russia, India, and China...
View ArticleAre Taxes Too Damn High?
The Debate About the Rate October 24, 2012 Grover G. Norquist and Andrea Louise Campbell Summary: The only way to reduce the U.S. deficit is to spur economic growth, argues Grover Norquist, and the...
View ArticleThe Quality of Command
The Wrong Way and the Right Way to Make Better Generals October 24, 2012 Robert H. Scales Thomas Ricks' new book identifies an urgent challenge facing the U.S. armed forces: how to produce good...
View ArticleSmall War, Big Consequences
Why 1812 Still Matters October 31, 2012 Donald R. Hickey Today, the War of 1812 is all but forgotten. But as two recent books show, its legacies -- helping professionalize the U.S. military, planting...
View ArticleMexico’s Age of Agreement
A Mandate for Reform October 31, 2012 Héctor Aguilar Camín and Jorge G. Castañeda Summary: At first, Mexico’s recent presidential election looked unpromising: the PRI, the country’s long-dominant...
View ArticleThe Future of Special Operations
Beyond Kill and Capture November 1, 2012 Linda Robinson Summary: With the rise of endless irregular wars playing out in the shadows, special operations have never been more important to U.S. national...
View ArticleWatching the Election, South of the Border
Letter From Mexico City November 5, 2012 Ana Paula Ordorica Summary: More than any particular approach to drugs, trade, or immigration, Mexicans are looking to see which candidate is most likely to...
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Enemies at the Gates
Security Lessons from a Foiled Embassy Attack November 29, 2012 Frank Lavin Summary: In 2001, Washington and Singapore prevented a major terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Singapore. Here's how...
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Prosperity Isn't Free
The Fair Way Down the Fiscal Cliff December 11, 2012 Robert Greenstein Summary: To get out of its economic hole, the United States needs to cut spending and increase revenue. But policymakers must not...
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The Tax Hike Canard
The Right Way Down the Fiscal Cliff December 11, 2012 Martin Feldstein Summary: If the United States avoids increasing government spending as a share of GDP, it could actually lower tax rates since,...
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The Holes in "Homeland"
What the Show Gets Right -- and Wrong -- About Counterterrorism December 14, 2012 Richard A. Falkenrath Summary: Showtime's blockbuster series is great television, but not a useful guide to real-world...
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Fixing the Filibuster
Why It's Easier Said Than Done December 19, 2012 Lauren C. Bell Summary: There is less consensus than many realize about the damage caused by increased use of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate....
View ArticleOur Man in Havana
The Imprisonment of Alan Gross and the U.S. Effort to Bring Him Home December 21, 2012 R. M. Schneiderman Summary: On the campaign trail in 2008, Obama often said that he wanted a new beginning with...
View ArticleAmerica's Misguided Approach to Social Welfare
How the Country Could Get More for Less December 3, 2012 Kimberly J. Morgan Summary: The amount of resources the American public and private sectors commit to all forms of welfare is massive -- the...
View ArticleGetting to Yes With Iran
The Challenges of Coercive Diplomacy December 3, 2012 Robert Jervis Summary: Halting Iran's progress toward a bomb will require the United States to make credible promises and credible threats...
View ArticleCan America Be Fixed?
The New Crisis of Democracy December 3, 2012 Fareed Zakaria Summary: The crisis of democracy identified in the 1970s never really went away; it was just papered over with temporary solutions and...
View ArticlePull Back
The Case for a Less Activist Foreign Policy December 27, 2012 Barry R. Posen Summary: The United States' undisciplined, expensive, and bloody grand strategy has done untold harm to U.S. national...
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