Table of Contents
Spring 2006 - Number 10
From the Publisher

Tom Neumann

Editor’s Corner

Ilan Berman

American Strategy: New Principles

Thinking Beyond OPEC

Frederick Cedoz

The world’s most powerful cartel is headed for oblivion. Here’s how to move on

Making Jihad Work for America

J. Michael Waller

Needed: a new vocabulary for the “war of ideas”

Cyberstrategy 2.0

Frank J. Cilluffo and J. Paul Nicholas

Rethinking the cyber front of the War on Terror

The (Not So) Untouchables

Pavel Ivanov

The War on Terror’s next phase: taking on the enablers

The Next Frontier

Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.

Learning to love American space dominance

Nuclear Deterrence for a New Century

Keith B. Payne

How, and why, the United States is moving beyond MAD

Rethinking Russia

The Great Russia Debate

Stephen J. Blank

Why promoting democracy in Russia ultimately matters

The Perils of Putin’s Policies

Gordon M. Hahn

Creeping authoritarianism’s by-product: the radicalization of Russia’s Muslims

Tackling the Moscow-Tehran Connection

Ilan Berman

How to help Russia end its perilous partnership with Iran

Coping With China

Fear and Loathing in Asia

Dan Blumenthal

China’s growing military power, and its regional discontents

Power Play

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.

What drives Beijing’s expanding quest for energy, and what we can do about it

Dispatches

ISTANBUL: A Problematic Partnership

Sami Kohen

The Turkish-American entente faces some harsh new realities

TEHRAN: The Urge for Democracy

Akbar Atri

Meet Tahkim Vahdat, the most important Iranian opposition movement you’ve never heard of

ROME: Up for Grabs

Amy K. Rosenthal

Italy’s political future: Berlusconi in decline, and a crisis on the Left

Book Reviews

The Pakistani Paradox

Shoshana Bryen

Husain Haqqani’s elegant parsing of Islamabad’s internal contradictions

Smoke and Mirrors

Laurent Murawiec

Matthew Simmons paints a grim picture of Saudi Arabia’s energy future — and possibly ours

Assad’s Apologist

Oubai Shahbandar

Flynt Leverett falls prey to the charms of the Syrian regime

A Dangerous Delusion

Asaf Romirowsky

A glimpse into the deep dysfunctions of the UN, courtesy of Pedro Sanjuan