International Affairs Forum

Sat. August 24, 2019

Social Media: Hotspots

1591-1620 Social Media articles displayed
for the Hotspots Topic

Curtailing North Korea's Illicit Activities

Details the breadth and scope of North Korean state-sponsored illicit counterfeiting and narcotics trade and offers a solution. (The Heritage Foundation, 8/25/2003) Read More...

Defusing Anti-American Rhetoric in South Korea

Addresses the rising anti-American sentiment in South Korea and proposes some solutions. (The Heritage Foundation, 1/23/2003) Read More...

The South Korean Debate Over Policies Toward North Korea: Internal Dynamics

In-depth overview of South Korean politics and public debate regarding North Korea; second of three essays. (The RAND Corporation, 03/2003) Read More...

The One-State Solution

Tilley considers the future of Israel and Palestine in disscussing the possiblity that two separate states may not be a feasable solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. (Virginia Tilley, London Re... Read More...

One Last Chance

Examining Iran's nuclear program. (The Economist, Nov 28, 2003) Read More...

Moderates Launch Peace Plan

Although supported by neither Sharon or Arafat, moderates are going through with an alternative peace plan for the Middle East. (BBC News 12/1/2003) Read More...

A Wall Through Arab Families

On July 31, the Knesset amended the Citizenship Law (1952), denying citizenship to applicants who are spouses of Israelis if these spouses come from the West Bank or Gaza. The amendment will stand for... Read More...

North Korea: The Problem That Won't Go Away

Concise overview of the current US/DPRK diplomatic impasse. (The Brookings Institution, 5/1/2003) Read More...

Seeing North Korea Clearly

Article outlines five sources of US misunderstanding of North Korea and illustrates their negative impact on US Korea policy in recent years. (Monterey Institute of International Studies, 8/26/20... Read More...

Confronting Ambiguity: How to Handle North Korea's Nuclear Program

Outlines current scenarios and future policy strategies regarding the North Korean nuclear weapons program. (Monterey Institute of International Studies, 3/4/2003) Read More...

The Israelization of Turkey

Tulin Daloglu describes the bombings' psychological impact on the Turkish people. (The Globalist 11/25/2003) Read More...

Adjusting to Sanctions

Economic bans and political invective against Iran have not worked. America, not the Islamic Republic, has become isolated. The United States should abandon containment for a strategy of critical dial... Read More...

Against Russophobia

(World Policy Journal, 12/1/2000) Read More...

Back to the Bazaar

The bargain struck with Egypt and Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War seemed successful for a decade, but now the United States is facing the consequences: Washington backed Cairo's and Riyadh's authorita... Read More...

Be Careful What You Wish For: The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations

(World Policy Journal, 3/1/2002) Read More...

Being Hafiz al-Assad: Syria's Chilly but Consistent Peace Strategy

Unleashing Hezbollah, stalling talks, and having the state-run media spew anti-Israel vitriol hardly seem pacific, but Syria's dictator has a consistent if chilly peace strategy. By Henry Siegman. (Fo... Read More...

Civil War by Other Means

The debates over Kosovo blurred the old divisions between liberals and conservatives, but they did not rise above an even older split in American politics and foreign policy: the enduring divide betwe... Read More...

Creating Modern Oman: An Interview with Sultan Qabus

With increasing rights for women, legal reform, and a flexible interpretation of Islam, Oman is opening up, declares Sultan Qabus bin Said in an interview. By Judith Miller. (Foreign Affairs, 5/1/19... Read More...

How Does Saddam Hold On?

The West should nudge Iraq's battered elites to replace Saddam with a less megalomaniacal autocrat from inside his regime and outside his immediate family. By Ofra Bengio. (Foreign Affairs, 7/1/2000,... Read More...

Next Stop Baghdad?

"The United States has no choice left but to invade Iraq itself and eliminate the current regime." By Kenneth M. Pollack. (Foreign Affairs, 3/1/2002, $) Read More...