Agenda Reading

Global Agenda 2004

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	Selected International Affairs Publications & Resources State Department Counter-Terrorism Resources Patterns of Global terrorism Chronology of terrorism incidents Statistical charts on terrorism, 1981-2000 Foreign Terrorist Organizations Global Security.org The Washington Post news updates on national security The Washington Post columns on intelligence issues International Herald Tribune Links to newspapers in other countries The Los Angeles Times Time Magazine Newsweek Magazine The Economist The Globalist Foreign Affairs Magazine The Atlantic Magazine Middle East Insight Magazine The Jerusalem Report Washington Institute for Near East Policy United States Institute of Peace Brookings Institution Council on Foreign Relations Asia Society Woodrow Wilson Int'l Center The Heritage Foundation SAIS/Johns Hopkins Speakout.com U.S. Department of State State Dept Country Background Notes United Nations North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Clinton era White House web site (National Archives) CIA World Factbook Back to the top		READINGS Books Required: Global Agenda 2004 Anthology (available exclusively at Delaware Book Exchange) Paperback Publisher: Foreign Affairs Magaqzine Index of readings available online - UPDATED 5-7-04 Note: Some links may require a free subscription to the NY Times online Overview Matrix of Terror Fire & Brimstone Old Europe Dangerous Networks Snakes in the Sand China Intrusive Inspections (David Kay) Last Bastion of Stalinism New materials added during the semester Overview Two Years Later, a Thousand Years Ago (NYT) America the Invulnerable? (NYT) The Perils Of Empire (WP) U.S. Officials Prepare for Attacks (NYT) Congressional Inquiry on Intelligence Agencies after 911 (NYT) Color Crazed - Terror Policy: Between Fear and Freedom (NYT) Back to the top Matrix of Terror: A "New" War? In Praise of Cultural Imperialism? - Rothkopf Cultural Imperialism rebuttal - Maynes Foreign Affairs (pdf download) Bombs and Ballots - Rothkopf Business Versus Terror - Rothkopf When the Buzz Bites Back - Rothkopf The Protean Enemy (FA) Back to the top Fire & Brimstone: Weapons of mass destruction The Atomic Club (NYT) Nuclear Proliferation - The Thinkable (NYT) The World Just Got Safer - Credit Diplomacy (WP) Rogue Nuclear Programs - Web of Trails Leads to Pakistan (NYT) Back to the top Dangerous Networks: Disease & Cyberthreats Bioweapons for Sale - (WP) Pentagon's Big Brother Tools are Up and Running (NYT) US Eases Limits on Domestic Spying (NYT) The Spread of Global Pathogens Can Imperil Us All (RAND) The Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: Reconciling U.S. National Security and Public Health Policy (RAND) - Online Summary of above (pdf download) China's HIV Crisis (FA) (pdf download) Globalization & Disease: Institutions, Policies and the Threat of Bioterrorism (SAIS) (pdf download) Back to the top Old Europe: Trusted allies or unfaithful friends? Attacks by Arabs on Jews in France Revive Old Fears (NYT) How the West Can Be One (NYT) Bridges, Bombs or Bluster? (FA) Rebuilding the Atlantic Alliance (FA) A Strategy of Partnerships (FA) Back to the top Snakes in the Sand: the Arab and Muslim worlds United Nations Arab Human Development Report (online) Summary of UNDP Arab report (pdf download) After Saddam: Assessing the Reconstruction of Iraq (FA) Taking Arabs Seriously (FA) Securing the Gulf (FA) The Saudi Paradox (FA) The Protean Enemy (FA) Syrian Reforms Gain Momentum In Wake of War (WP) US covertly aided Iraq in 1980's - NYT 8/18/2002 NYT:Islam In the World (graphic) National Geographic: The World of Islam National Geographic: Map of the Islamic World (Caution! large download; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view) CIA Inquiry on Al Qaeda Aide Flawed (NYT) US and Iran Flirt with Closer Ties (WP) Iraq Intelligence Flawed (WP) Iraq Search Finds No Weapons (WP) The Big Difference Between Intelligence And Evidence (WP) CIA Warned of Guerilla Tactics Before Iraq War (NYT) Fallible US Intelligence Machinery (Iraq vs Cuba) (NYT) Future of Islam (WP) Saudi Links Went Unexamined Pre-911 (NYT) U.S.-Saudi Alliance Appears Strong (WP) U.S.-Saudi Ties Frayed (NYT) U.S. Exit from Saudi Arabia (WP) An American Muslim at the hajj (WP) Back to the top China: Partner or Challenger? China - Searching for a Post-Cold War Formula (Brookings) US Agent Was China Spy (part 1) (WP) US Agent Was China Spy (part 2) (NYT) China's New Diplomacy: Victims No More (FA) China's HIV Crisis (FA) (pdf download) Libyan arms traced to China (WP) NEW Official Pentagon history of William Perry Back to the top Working with the Enemy: Intrusive Inspections Conclusions of David Kay about Iraq inspections (US Senate testimony) - Oct 2, 2003 Last Bastion of Stalinism: North Korea A New Korean Nuclear Crisis? (Newsweek Asia) How to Deal With North Korea (FA) Or, just Call Me Kim (WP) The Last Emperor (NYT) Negotiating with North Korea (WP) Back to the top NEW MATERIALS added during the semester Robert Kagan on "Old Europe" and US policy (WP) "Learning Americanian" (Glimpse) CIA Director Tenet's annual "threat assessment" (NYT) "Enemies" at the hajj (WP) Negotiating with North Korea (WP) Libyan arms traced to China (WP) Pakistan's nuclear hero (NYT) Pakistan & Iraq as nuclear intelligence challenges (NYT) Regional terror groups pose newest threat (NYT) Official Pentagon history of William Perry "Spies, Lies and Weapons: What Went Wrong" - Pollack (Atlantic) Back to the top