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May  2009  Issue
 
 

 
SPECIAL REPORT – EARLY IMPACT ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Introduction
The Editor
Obama Must Balance Military and Civil Efforts
Ashley J. Tellis
Obama Faces Equally Unpleasant Alternatives
Haider Ali Hussein Mullick
Obama Visit Draws Rave Reviews
Sonja Pace
Obama to Keep Ball Rolling
George S. Hishmeh

ANALYSIS
Piracy and Protecting the Global Commons
Christopher Jasparro

COMMENTARY
The G-20's Uncertain Roadmap
Jonathan Fenby
Rule of Law May Counteract Pakistan's Extremists
Paula R. Newberg

ECONOMIC WATCH
Stresses Demand Urgent IDP Measures
Mario Osava
U.S. Companies Question Doing Business in Latin America
Martin Arostegui

FORUM
The Koreas: A Tale of Two Triangles
Han Sung-Joo

HOMELAND SECURITY
Hezbollah Infiltrates Drug Routes to U.S.
Sara A. Carter

HUMAN WELFARE
Under-Age Girls at Risk in Zimbabwe Sect
Phyllis Kachere

LAW AND SOCIETY
Legal Executions Lose Favor Worldwide
Marina Litvinsky

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Succession Unclear as Libya's Gadhaffi Marks 40th Year
Iason Athanasiadis

 

 
COMMUNITY
A Circle of Care
Josie Glausiusz

FAMILY
DNA Tests Won't Answer Every Question
Karen Goldberg Goff

HEALTH
Stress ... Out!
Diane Boudreau

LIFE AND IDEALS
Hearing Their Need
Cuong Nguyen

PATHWAYS
John Shalikashvili: Immigrant Became Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Alison Pruitt

TRAVEL
China: Awakened Giant of the Far East
Saim Orhan

 

 
COMMENTARY
Driven by Ego and Self-Assurance
John M. Taylor
Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945
Carlo D'Este

FEATURED BOOK
Dave: Slave, Master Potter, Poet
Philip Kopper
Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
Leonard Todd

REVIEWS
'Private Security Contractors' in Iraq
John Weisman
Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting In Iraq
Steve Fainaru

Being Conservative in Hollywood
Sonny Bunch
Blacklisting Myself: Memoir of a Hollywood Apostate in the Age of Terror
Roger L. Simon

'Gourmaniac' Who Writes Besides
John Greenya
Everything But the Squeal
John Barlow

Napoleon's Notorious Sister
Sandra McElwaine
Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire
Flora Fraser

The Many Worlds of Louise Erdrich
Bruce Allen
The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories
Louise Erdrich

When March Went Mad
Claude R. Marx
When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball
Seth Davis

WRITERS AND WRITING
Ray Bradbury: Sci-fi and Everyday Americans
James E. Person Jr.
We'll Always Have Paris: Stories
Ray Bradbury

William Carlos Williams: Embattled Messiah
Michael Timko

 

 
 
   
“Floating Houses”/ LAJOS VAJDA, Collage (1937)

 
ARCHITECTURE
The Rise of Frank Lloyd Wright
Fred Stern

EXHIBITION
Hungarian Images Shift Modernism into New Key
Deborah K. Dietsch

FESTIVAL
Hispanic Films Shaping the Lucha Libre
Enrique Gili

MUSIC
Nurturing Opera in Rural Italy
Raul Pierri

PERSPECTIVE
Behind Orientalism's Veil
Juliet Highet

 

   
AT THE EDGE
To Infinity ... and Beyond!
Joe Kullman

ENDANGERED SPECIES
The Last Lair of the Leopard
Anna McKibbin

IMPACTS
Genome of Food-Borne Pathogen Exposed
Marcia Wood

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Scientists Develop Improved Pest-Resistant Potato
Jan Suszkiw

SCIENCE ESSAY
Is it Time to Rekindle Wood Energy?
Tim Lucas

SECRETS OF NATURE
Acid Oceans Altering Marine Life
Stephen Leahy

 

   
CROSSROADS
New Zealand's Asian Muslims
Neena Bhandari
Folk Ballads Used to Deter Crossings
Marisol LeBrón

FOLK WISDOM
The Frog's Skin
Marjory Wardrop

HERITAGE
Mary Surratt: She Who Kept the Nest
Helen Mondloch

PEOPLES
Rickshaw Respect: The Work of Irfan Alam
Neeta Lal

WORLD HERITAGE
The Beginning of the End for Hunter-Gatherers
Graham Chandler

 

   
ESSAY
EU Will Ignore East at its Own Peril
Katinka Barysch

FEATURE
Booms and Declines in Global Populations
Joseph Chamie

 
   
BOOK REVIEW
Chancellorsville's 'Myriad Facets'
Thomas J. Ryan

REMEMBERING HISTORY
Alice Williamson's Diary
Alice Williamson

TALES OF FIRE AND STRIFE
John Brown's Rebellion Enticed Hundreds
Bob O'Connor

VOICES FROM THE PAST
A Letter to the Secretary of State
Rose O'Neal Greenhow

 

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