I. Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
Welcome to the Foreign Affairs Discussion Group. This is the place to post your thoughts, questions, and comments on American foreign policy issues. Although the suggested reading lists generally refer to articles in Foreign Affairs magazine, please feel free to suggest or post useful information from any other source.
Rudeness is considered "Off Topic" though frank discussion is encouraged. Personal insights are welcomed, as they will allow us to know each other better. To this end, posters are requested to provide some basic information in their profiles.
II. Suggested Resources
Foreign Affairs Magazine I became a Foreign Affairs subscriber back in April 2001. I have been pleased with the quality and variety of the material I've read. If you are interested in international issues, I recommend you consider a subscription to "FA". foreignaffairs.org
The New York Times Even though I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, I've had a home subscription to the NY Times for several years. I have found it to be an invaluable source of articulate reporting and commentary. Highly recommended. nytimes.com
A Foreign Affairs Special Briefing The Terrorist Attack on America - Introduction and Summaries foreignaffairs.org 1. Pakistan's Jihad Culture, Jessica Stern foreignaffairs.org 2. The New Threat of Mass Destruction, Richard K. Betts foreignaffairs.org 3. Catastrophic Terrorism: Tackling the New Danger Ashton Carter, John Deutch, and Philip Zelikow foreignaffairs.org 4. Keeping America's Military Edge, Ashton B. Carter foreignaffairs.org 5. Beyond Border Control, Stephen E. Flynn foreignaffairs.org 6. The Taliban: Exporting Extremism, Ahmed Rashid foreignaffairs.org 7. License to Kill, Bernard Lewis foreignaffairs.org
Books on Terrorism 1. Terrorism throughout history: Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism 2. A general survey on how to think about counterterrorism policy today: Paul Pillar, Terrorism and American Foreign Policy 3. A primer on the challenges of homeland defense and WMD terrorism: Falkenrath, et al., America's Achilles Heel
Superb overview of the Taiwan Straits issues and Chinese strategic thinking Message 16361704
Other References 1. The Atalantic Online: Coming to Grips with Jihad: theatlantic.com 2. Jihad and McWorld - B. Barber: theatlantic.com |