American Renewal

May 2013

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Cover Stories:

• A new American Century by Clyde Prestowitz
• The Pentagon’s gender U-turn by Megan H. MacKenzie
• The Pentagon still needs a face lift by Steven F. Hayward
• Obama’s brown agenda by John Lee
• Marshall Green: America’s Mr Asia by James Curran

American Opinion:

• Spectre of 9/11 haunts America by Tom Switzer
• The coming blowback by Anatol Lieven
• The new white underclass by Richard C. Longworth

Book Reviews:

• A global lesson for the West by Ramesh Thakur
• Burke’s lessons for today’s conservatives by Gregory Melleuish
• The rise, fall and resurgence of an iconic rust-belt city by Jonathan Bradley
• How America renewed itself by Martin Morse Wooster

A Second-Term Agenda

February 2013

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Cover Stories:

• Liberal delusions by John B. Judis
• We the government by Mary Kissel
• To pivot, poison, or make peace by Kishore Mahbubani
• Next stop: 2016 by Geoffrey Wheatcroft

American Opinion:

• The cycle turns by Tom Switzer
• Whither the Republican Party by Anatol Lieven
• The great untold environment story by Richard C. Longworth
• Tweets & Tanks by Rory Medcalf

Book Reviews:

• In praise of Nate Silver by Nicole Hemmer
• Latino sizzle by Walter S. Montano
• A reminder of evil by Stephen J. Morris

The Long Thaw

November 2012

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Cover Stories:

• The slow rapprochement by Nayan Chanda
• A convenient detente by George C. Herring
• Vietnam’s balancing act by Le Hong Hiep

American Opinion:

• Empire in retreat by Anatol Lieven
• Rocks of discord by Jeff Kingston
• The Midwest drought by Richard C. Longworth
• Gridlocked and broke by Richard McGregor
• People's diplomacy by Rory Medcalf
• America, all alone by Felix Donovan

Book Reviews:

• Presidential in name by Jacob Heilbrunn
• Marred by deceit by Peter Coleman

American Talk:

• James Fallows talks to William Galston

Fiction Special

• Totally Hot Man by John Sullivan (PDF)

Who's Afraid of Iran?

August 2012

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Cover Stories:

• The standoff by Robert W. Merry
• Persian pride by Ali Ansari
• The nuclear chimera by William Pfaff
• War memory by Bruce Riedel

American Opinion:

• Changing of the guard by Bates Gill
• Latino dreaming by Richard McGregor
• The Afghan gamble by Anatol Lieven
• Out of NATO by Richard C. Longworth
• Giant tweets by Rory Medcalf
• Diplomatic balance by Jason Miks

Book Reviews:

• Visas for prosperity by Martin Morse Wooster
• Policy-speak by Geoffrey Wheatcroft
• Australian exotica by Peter Coleman

American Talk:

• James Fallows talks to Andrew Sullivan

Fiction Special

• Totally Hot Man by John Sullivan (PDF)

The China Campaign

May 2012

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Cover Stories:

• Imperial temptations by Martin Jacques
• Easy target by Andrew J. Nathan
• The slowdown by Diana Choyleva
• Rise America! by Stephen Leeb and Gregory Dorsey

American Opinion:

• War traps by Richard McGregor
• Hold the champagne by Richard C. Longworth
• Discontent postponed by Anatol Lieven
• Baiting Xi by Jason Miks
• Drawing the line by Rory Medcalf
• Tweets v. blogs by Sam Roggeveen

Book Reviews:

• The great debate by Doug Bandow
• Perfect game by John Sullivan
• Power and panic by Peter Coleman

American Talk:

• James Fallows talks to Walter Russell Mead

Fiction Special:

• Totally Hot Man by John Sullivan (PDF)

The Right Candidate

February 2012

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Cover Stories:

• Jacksonian Republicans by Colin Dueck
• For God and country by Lee Marsden
• Constitutional protest by Jedediah Purdy
• Understanding populism by Guy Sorman

American Opinion:

• The Midwestern swing by Richard Longworth
• The Pakistan precipice by Anatol Lieven
• The showdown by Richard McGregor
• Change under pressure by Jeff Kingston
• Tweets & Tanks by Rory Medcalf
• Online eavesdropping by Jonathan Bradley

Book Reviews:

• The oracle by Jacob Heilbrunn
• Turn on, tune in, and drop out by John Judis
• Campaign lit by John Barron
• Luck or pluck by Peter Coleman

American Talk:

• Tom Switzer talks to Douglas Feith

America in Asia

December 2011

Cover Stories:

• Obama's big game by Geoffrey Garrett
• The Pacific power by Alan Dupont
• Red capitalism by Stefan Halper
• Indispensible India by C. Raja Mohan

American Opinion:

• The chameleon by Richard McGregor
• Mainstream madness by Richard C. Longworth
• Private punishment by Jack Miles
• Roadblock in Okinawa by Jeff Kingston
• Tweets & tanks by Rory Medcalf
• New kid on the block by Jonathan Bradley

Book Reviews:

• Fast flat world by Judith Sloan
• Double Bloom by Peter Craven
• Leading from behind by Tom Switzer
• Worth noting by Peter Coleman

American Talk:

• Tom Switzer talks to James Curran

The 9/11 Decade: The Legacy of Terror

August 2011

Cover Stories:

• Surviving a decade of terror by Anatol Lieven
• Seven lessons for America by Yiwei Yang
• The perils of people power by Gilbert Achcar
• Identity at the crossroads by Edward Rhodes

American Opinion:

• Pacific power to the rescue by Gideon Rachman
• Big trouble in Lake China by Jeff Kingston
• In poll position by James Fallows
• The jasmine journey by Amin Saikal
• Advance column by Rory Medcalf

Book Reviews:

• Wily panda, wary eagle by John Lee
• From Mother England to Uncle Sam by Hugh White
• Goodbye to all that by Jacob Heilbrunn
• Worth noting by Peter Coleman

The 9/11 Decade: The Decade of Terror

May 2011

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Cover Stories:

• Life after bin Laden by Geoffrey Garrett
• Paradise lost by David Rieff
• Star-spangled anger by Adam Garfinkle
• Stronger, softer, smarter by Joseph S. Nye, Jr

American Opinion:

• From heartland to wasteland by Richard C. Longworth
• Egypt comes to Wisconsin by Jack Miles
• Minds wide shut by James Fallows
• Reach for the stars by Jeff Kingston
• Tomes, tweets and think tanks by Rory Medcalf

Book Reviews:

• Well-meaning warrior by Alexander Downer
• Murder by inflation by Mary Kissel
• What lies beneath by Ted Galen Carpenter
• Hard line by Tom Switzer

The Road Ahead

November 2010

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Cover Stories:

• Hope and luck by Edward Luce
• The disunited states of America by William Pfaff
• An innocent abroad by Adam Garfinkle
• It's the recovery, stupid by Michael Spence
• Mad Tea Party by Richard M Abrams

American Opinion:

• A convenient life by John Norquist
• Downsizing the American Dream by Paul Taylor
• Iraq's new dawn by Rachel Schneller
• Breaking up Afghanistan by Iason Athanasiadis
• Runaway China by Ben Simpfendorfer
• American wildflower by Jack Miles
• Advance column by Rory Medcalf
• Americasia by Jeff Kingston
• The rest is history by James Fallows

Book Reviews:

• The big climb by Kathy Hunt
• Rush Limbaugh and the radical right by Tom Switzer