ANALYSIS
Romania and Bulgaria Face Foreign Policy Dilemma
Claudia Ciobanu
POTUS has a New Rival
Martin Walker

COMMENTARY
Europeans Falling into Trap of Appeasement
Arnaud de Borchgrave

ECONOMIC WATCH
Mercosur Limps Slowly Along
Mario Osava
Russia's Investments Could Threaten US Security
Andrei Fedyashin

FEATURE
Taking on al-Qaida in Diyala
Richard Tomkins

WORLD PERSPECTIVES - Kosovo: Birth Pangs of a New Nation
Introduction
Stephen Osmond
Challenged State Faces an Uncertain Future
Zoltán Dujisin
EU Divided on Kosovo
Stefan Nicola
Learning from Kosovo
Bennett Ramberg
Kosovo's Independence and the Security of the Balkans
Bekir Çýnar

 

HOBBY
Collecting Antiques
Kim Remesch

LIFE AND IDEALS
Momma Nunn: Their Best Cheerleader
Laura Baxter

TRAVEL
Tips for Visiting the Great Wall
Beth Szczepanski
Prado's New Light
Richard Slusser

COMMENTARY
Conversations with Woody Allen over the Past Thirty Years
Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies and Moviemaking
Eric Lax

The Story of Anglo-American Prosperity
Martin Sieff
God and Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World
Walter Russell Mead

FEATURED BOOK
The First Campaign
David C. Acheson
A Magnificent Catastrophe
Edward J. Larson

REVIEWS
A Politically Incorrect Rumpole
Muriel Dobbin
Rumpole Misbehaves
John Mortimer

Poet Revisits 'Broken Bits' of her Life History
John Greenya
THE FLORIST'S DAUGHTER
Patricia Hampl

Translation of Psalms that Sounds like Hebrew
Ernest W. Lefever
The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
Robert Alter

Washington Thriller Pits Missiles Against Wits
Peter Hannaford
Gambit
Karna Small Bodman

WRITERS AND WRITING
Jane Austen: A New Look at a Perennial Favorite
Fred Stern

FESTIVALS
Child Soldiers in Focus at Berlin Film Festival
Clive Freeman

FILM
Bergman's Exceptional Craft
Gary Arnold

MUSIC
Stephen C. Foster: Troubled Troubadour
Michael Timko

THEATER
Theater Brings Dreams to Life in a Brazilian Favela
Fabiana Frayssinet

CRUCIBLES OF SCIENCE
Researchers Decode Genetics of Rare Photosynthetic Bacterium
Skip Derra

ENDANGERED SPECIES
Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Recovery Plan
Lois Grunwald
The Brown Pelican's Remarkable Recovery
Chris Paolino

NATURE WALK
Ocean Reef Predators
C.D. Gozzi

FOLK WISDOM
Hereward the Wake
Maud Isabel Ebbutt

PEOPLES
Invisible Indigenous Communities in the Heart of Mexico's Capital
Diego Cevallos
People of Character: New Zealand's Kiwis
Marc S. Ellenbogen

REMEMBERING HISTORY
Lee a Rebuilder as College President
William Connery

TALES OF FIRE AND STRIFE
Stuart's Intelligence Role Invaluable
Thomas J. Ryan

VOICES FROM THE WAR
Lost ID Leads to Soldier's Story
Richard E. Clem