| Dear Readers: In his essay in the new issue of Foreign Affairs, Secretary Gates proposes the creation of a fund dedicated to security assistance and conflict prevention that would be shared between the Defense and State departments. Calling the Pentagon "not only the 800-pound gorilla of the U.S. government but one with a sometimes very active pituitary gland," Gates describes how to bridge the Potomac by "creating incentives for collaboration between different agencies of the government." Read Article Also in this issue, Yale president Richard C. Levin contends that by midcentury Asia's top universities will stand among the best universities in the world. And, this month's faculty spotlight, Charles A. Kupchan, argues that NATO risks more in its exclusion of Russia than it will if it admits it to the Atlantic alliance. Also in this newsletter: New on ForeignAffairs.com: I interview Robert Kaplan on China's expanding naval power, podcast online.
Hot off the Press: The European Union as a Small Power After the Post-Cold War by Asle Toje
Faculty Spotlight: Charles A. Kupchan Best, Gideon Rose
Managing Editor P.S. We are accepting submissions for the Foreign Affairs Essay Contest for Undergraduate Students through June 1st 2010. For more information, visit us at ForeignAffairs.com/StudentEssay.
 Hot off the Press
This summer Palgrave Macmillan will release The European Union as a Small Power: After the Post-Cold War by Asle Toje. This book is one of many recently published pieces searching for a definition of international affairs outside of the Cold War narrative...Read More
Faculty Spotlight  Charles Kupchan is Professor of International Affairs in the School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University. He is also Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His recent publications include the Foreign Affairs article "NATO's Final Frontier" and How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace (2010). This spring Professor Kupchan taught the course Contemporary Debates in International Security, in which students explore questions like, "Is major war obsolete?," "Do institutions matter?," and, "Is there a democratic peace?"...Read More
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New on ForeignAffairs.com Snapshot: China Goes to Wall Street
(04/29/10)
JC de Swaan on Beijing's evolving U.S. investment strategy. Q&A: Robert Kaplan on China
(05/07/10)
Robert D. Kaplan answers questions about china's expanding naval power. Podcast available. Postscript: Babies Onboard
(05/06/10)
Ethan E. Kapstien argues for the strengthening of the international adoption regime.
TEACHING THE AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WARS 
CFR President Richard N. Haass discussed approaches to teaching the Afghanistan and Iraq wars in the classroom in this special conference call for professors. Click here to listen to the discussion. Dr. Haass's book, War of Necessity, War of Choice, is now available in paperback. To access his teaching notes for the book, click here.
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