| December 10, 2010 This Week on ForeignAffairs.com This newsletter is sponsored by World Bank Publications.  Snapshot Siegfried S. HeckerOn a visit to North Korea last month, I was amazed by the scale and sophistication of the country's uranium enrichment program. With tensions rising on the Korean peninsula, it is more urgent than ever that Washington do whatever it can to limit Pyongyang's nuclear abilities. Read  Snapshot Reidar VisserLast month, a supposed power-sharing deal in Iraq ended the country's long political stalemate. But is the victory another case of wishful -- and dangerously naive -- thinking on the part of the United States? Read  Advertisement: World Bank Publications  The Great Recession: Economic Impact and Growth Prospects, just published by the World Bank, explores how the ongoing crisis, the policy responses, and the post-crisis global economy will shape and impact the medium to long-term prospects for growth, poverty reduction, and more broadly the development of the low- and middle-income countries. World Bank Publications provides timely, in-depth analysis of development issues, and allows full open access to our content online. For more information on this title and many others on development issues, please visit publications.worldbank.org.  Review Essay - Nov/Dec 2010 A number of prominent figures -- political scientists, public intellectuals, politicians, historians, journalists, policymakers -- recommend books that shed light on some aspect of the world ahead. Read  Essay - Oct 1973 Monteagle StearnsThe recent publication of purloined State Department cables was a strike against not only American foreign policy, but against diplomacy itself. Monteagle Stearns' 1973 article "Making American Diplomacy Relevant" explained what diplomats actually do and why it matters. Read  Subscribe now to Foreign Affairs for only $32 and you'll save 45% off the newsstand price! |
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