Past E-Notes

FPRI’s E-Notes are regular bulletins covering topics in the news. Archives of selected E-Notes are available from the links below.

• Free Trade Areas: Legal Aspects and the Politics of U.S., PRC, and Taiwan Participation, Jacques deLisle, 1/2007
• Past the Apogee: America Under Pressure, Charles Krauthammer, 12/2006
• Briefing on Iraq Study Group Report, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 12/8/2006
• Knowing the Enemy, Mary Habeck, 11/17/2006
• A U.S.-Taiwan FTA: the View from Taipei, Albert Liu and Yujie Wang, 11/10/2006
• China’s Trade Relations with ASEAN and the United States, Gregory C. Chow, 11/10/2006
• A New Maritime Strategy: Navigating Uncertain Waters, Frank G. Hoffman, 11/3/2006
• Turkey and the European Union: Keeping a Friendly Distance, Michael Radu, 10/25/2006
• Prospects for Ending North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program, Ralph C. Hassig and Kongdan Oh, 10/17/2006
• Media and Religion in the Arab/Islamic World, S. Abdallah Schleifer, 10/11/2006
• Understanding Democratic Transitions, Adrian A. Basora, 10/4/2006
• Israeli and U.S. Perspectives on Regional Security, Harvey Sicherman, 10/4/2006
• Economic Tools in Counterinsurgency and Postconflict Stabilization: Lessons Learned (and Relearned) in al Anbar, Iraq, 2003–04, Keith W. Mines, 9/28/2006
• Changing Tires on the Fly: The Marines and Postconflict Stability Ops, Frank G. Hoffman, 9/10/2006
• Succeeding in Phase IV: British Perspectives on the U.S. Effort To Stabilize and Reconstruct Iraq, Andrew Garfield, 9/8/2006
• Constitutional Change and Foreign Policy in East Asia: A Conference Report, Jacques deLisle (rapporteur), 9/1/2006
• Lessons from Lebanon: Hezbollah and Hybrid Wars, Frank Hoffman, 8/24/2006
• Culture and Deterrence, Adam Garfinkle, 8/25/2006
• Islam’s Trajectory, David Forte, 9/2006
• Lebanon: The Two-in-One Crisis, Harvey Sicherman, 8/8/2006
• The Rule of Law or Confrontations in Selecting Mexico’s Next President?, George W. Grayson, 7/25/2006
• Shamil Basayev: Death of a Terrorist/a>, Michael Radu, 7/14/2006
• The Darfur Crisis, Harvey Glickman, 7/5/2006
• Prospects for a U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement, Terry Cooke, 6/29/2006
• The Demise of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, Michael Radu, 6/8/2006
• Welcome to the CIA, Garrett Jones, 6/8/2006
• Iraq’s Democratic Prospects, Kanan Makiya, 6/6/2006
• Recapturing the Essentials of Counterinsurgency, Anthony James Joes, 5/30/2006
• Asian and Middle Eastern Islam, Robert W. Hefner, 5/26/2006
• The New Normalcy, Frank G. Hoffman, 5/12/2006
• Defense Strategy in the Post-Saddam Era, Michael O'Hanlon, 5/12/2006
• The Rise of the Indian Economy, John Williamson, 4/2006
• Private Military Companies and the Future of War, Deborah Avant, 4/2006
• East Asian Financial Regionalism and U.S. National Interests, William W. Grimes, 4/2006
• India-Pakistan Relations, Sumit Ganguly, 4/2006
• Democratization, Order, and American Foreign Policy, William Anthony Hay, 4/2006
• Balkan Ghost, Harvey Sicherman, 3/31/2006
• “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy”: A Working Paper That Does Not Work, Harvey Sicherman, 3/28/2006
• Energy Independence Is Not Energy Security, Bernard E. Munk, 3/24/2006
• The Quadrennial Defense Review and U.S. Defense Policy, 2006-2025, Michael P. Noonan, 3/9/2006
• The Economics of Defense Spending, Murray Weidenbaum, 2/14/2006
• This Is Not About Mohammed’s Turban, Michael Radu, 2/6/2006
• The Future of American Military Strategy: A Conference Report, Michael P. Noonan (rapporteur), 2/3/2006
• A Balanced Force Structure to Achieve a Liberal World Order, Mackubin Thomas Owens, 1/20/2006
• Sharon and Israel’s Future, Harvey Sicherman, 1/19/2006
• Complex Irregular Warfare, Frank G. Hoffman, 1/6/2006

• The End of Bolivia? Michael Radu, 12/21/2005
• Taiwan’s Democracy and Lessons from Yet Another Election, Jacques deLisle, 12/16/2005
• The Future of the U.S. Army, Sherwood Goldberg, 12/12/2005
• Torture and the CIA, Garrett Jones, 12/2/2005
• The UN At 60, Stanley Michalak, 10/19/2005
• The End of Cheap Oil, Once Again: Geopolitics or Global Economics?, Bernard E. Munk, 10/10/2005
• China’s Grand Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy, Avery Goldstein, 9/27/2005
• Religion, Identity and Mideast Peace, Rabbi David Rosen, 9/23/2005
• History and Geography: A Meditation on Foreign Policy and FPRI’S 50th Anniversary, James Kurth, 9/16/2005
• Immigration and National Security, Jan C. Ting, 9/9/2005
• Hurricane Katrina and Terrorism, Stephen Gale, 9/8/2005
• Rethinking Nuclear Security Strategy, Rensselaer Lee, 9/2/2005
• It’s a Cultural Thing: Thoughts on a Troubled CIA, Part Two, Garrett Jones, 8/19/2005
• The Push for Democratic Change in the Middle East: Focusing the Strategy, Daniel Kaplow, 8/18/2005
• Terrorism 2005: Overcoming the Failure of Imagination, Stephen Gale, 8/16/2005
• King Fahd’s Saudi Arabia, Harvey Sicherman, 8/12/2005
• The Rise of China, James Kurth, 7/15/2005
• It’s a Cultural Thing: Thoughts on a Troubled CIA, Part One, Garrett Jones, 6/28/2005
• Dealing with the North Korean Nuclear Threat, Don Oberdorfer, 6/8/2005
• Understanding Uzbekistan, Chris Seiple, 6/1/2005
• When Less Is More: the Transformation of American Expeditionary Land Power in Europe, Michael P. Noonan, 5/24/2005
• Party Politics and Foreign Policy in East Asia, Jacques deLisle (rapporteur), 5/16/2005
• George Bush’s Unfinished Asian Agenda, Robert M. Hathaway, 5/13/2005
• The Impact of Arab Satellite Television on the Prospects for Democracy in the Arab World, S. Abdallah Schleifer, 5/12/2005
• Andean Storm Troopers, Michael Radu, 5/4/2005
• Toward a New Conception of the Citizen Soldier, Charles Moskos, 4/7/2005
• The Legacy of John Paul II, Michael Radu, 4/5/2005
• E-Notes: The Question of Bioterrorism Preparedness, Stephen Gale and Gregory Montanaro, 3/31/2005
• Mexico’s Southern Flank: a Crime-Ridden “Third U.S. Border”, George W. Grayson, 3/22/2005
• Planning a Sea-borne Terrorist Attack, Lawrence Husick and Stephen Gale, 3/21/2005
• On Fighting a 16-Division War with a 10-Division Force, Keith W. Mines, 3/8/2005
• Iwo Jima and the Future of the Marine Corps, Mackubin Thomas Owens, 2/23/2005
• Transforming the Middle East, Dov S. Zakheim, 2/17/2005
• The Future of the Guard and Reserve: Roles, Missions and Force Structure, Frank G. Hoffman, 2/8/2005
• Total Force Policy and the Abrams Doctrine: Unfulfilled Promise, Uncertain Future, James Jay Carafano, 2/3/2005
• Photojournalism and Foreign Affairs, David D. Perlmutter, 1/27/2005
• The Future of the Reserves and the National Guard: A Conference Report, Michael P. Noonan (rapporteur), 1/19/2005
• U.S. Policy in the Middle East: On the Brink, Harvey Sicherman, 1/12/2005
• Making Sense of Taiwan’s Legislative Election, Shelley Rigger, 1/4/2005

• Robert Kaplan on the New Middle East, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 12/17/2004
• Understanding Palestinian Politics, Barry Rubin, 11/4/2004
• Understanding Terror Networks, Marc Sageman, 11/1/2004
• China After Jiang: Two Strengths and Five Unresolved Issues, Jacques deLisle, 10/5/2004
• What Makes Alliances Tick? The 7th Annual Robert Strausz-Hupé Lecture, Address by the Hon. Dov S. Zakheim, 10/4/2004
• The Largest Direct Presidential Election in World History: Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Prevails in Indonesia, Theodore Friend, 9/27/2004
• The Five Stages of Anti-Americanism, Judy Colp Rubin, 9/4/2004
• Russia’s Problem: the Chechens or Islamic Terrorists?, Michael Radu. 9/3/2004
• Reform Overdue: the Geopolitics of American Redeployment, Michael P. Noonan, 8/23/2004
• Understanding Anti-Americanism, Barry Rubin, 8/20/2004
• Observations on the “9/11 Commission Report”, Stephen Gale and Lawrence Husick, 8/13/2004
• Democracy, Reform, and Military Suffocation in Indonesia: A Review Essay, Theodore Friend, 7/16/2004
• Democracy’s Prospects in Iraq, Eric Davis, 6/30/2004
• Iraq: the Next Stage, Keith W. Mines, 6/28/2004
• The Aftermath of Taiwan’s Presidential Election: A Symposium Report, Jacquees deLisle, 6/18/2004
• Ronald Reagan Remembered, Harvey Sicherman, 6/10/2004
• Fifteen Years After Tiananmen: Persistence, Memory and Change in China, Jacques deLisle, 6/4/2004
• Democracy and Its Limits in Greater China, Jacques deLisle (rapporteur), 5/27/2004
• American Challenges in Post-Conflict Iraq, Christopher H. Varhola, 5/27/2004
• Terrorism and the Battle for Homeland Security, Seth G. Jones, 5/21/2004
• Saddam Circus Is Coming to Town: the Strange Story of Jacques Verges, Michael Radu, 4/14/2004
• Implications of Terrorism in Uzbekistan, Chris Seiple, 4/12/2004
• Freedom Just Around the Corner: An Excerpt, Walter A. McDougall, 4/5/2004
• A Changed World, George P. Shultz, 3/22/2004
• The News From Spain: Terror Works, Michael Radu, 3/16/2004
• Observations on the War, Harvey Sicherman, 3/12/2004
• Terrorism Is Free Speech, Michael Radu, 2/10/2004
• The Strategic Balance in the Middle East: an Israeli Perspective, Efraim Inbar, 2/6/2004
• Heartland Geopolitics and the Case of Uzbekistan, Chris Seiple, 1/25/2004

• The Ecstasy and the Agony of Our Romance With Flight: A Meditation on the Centennial of the Wright Brothers’ Triumph, Walter A. McDougall, 12/17/2003
• Iraq: We Have Seen This Movie Before, Garrett Jones, 12/15/2003
• Asia’s Shifting Strategic Landscape: Long-Term Trends and the Impact of 9/11, Conference Report by Jacques deLisle, 11/26/2003
• The Promise and Peril of Our Times, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 11/25/2003
• Global Expeditionary Warfare, Michael P. Noonan, 11/21/2003
• Standards of Intelligence Reasoning, Stephen Gale, 11/14/2003
• The North Korean Nuclear Challenge and American Interests: Getting the Priorities Right, Avery Goldstein, 10/31/2003
• Mexico’s Vicente Fox at Midstream, George W. Grayson, 10/27/2003
• Radical Islam and Suicide Bombers, Michael Radu, 10/21/2003
• The Structure of the Second Nuclear Age, Paul Bracken, 9/25/2003
• September 11, 2003: Why America Is Still Asleep, Stephen Gale and Lawrence Husick, 09/11/2003
• New Crisis in the Taiwan Strait?, Shelley Rigger, 09/05/2003
• Hostages, Terrorism, and the West, Michael Radu, 8/27/2003
• Washington’s Summer of Discontent, Harvey Sicherman, 8/19/2003
• The Blackout and the Question of Homeland Security, Stephen Gale & Lawrence A. Husick, 8/18/2003
• Lessons of the Forgotten War, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 8/14/2003
• Robert Kaplan on A Journey into the Future, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 7/31/2003
• China Reconsidered: America’s Changing Perceptions, Jianwei Wang, 7/16/2003
• First Responders— Underfunded; Real Security— Ignored, Lawrence A. Husick and Matthew R. Kerbel, 7/2/2003
• A Korea Peace Initiative, Curt Weldon, 6/26/2003
• The Military Lessons of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Michael P. Noonan, 5/1/2003
• Germany in the Spring, Adam Garfinkle, 4/7/2003
• Illegal? Yes. Lawless? Not So Fast: The United States, International Law, & the War in Iraq, Jacques deLisle, 3/28/2003
• Taking Democracy Seriously in Iraq, Eric Davis, 3/27/2003
• Baghdad Spring, Chris Seiple, 3/24/2003
• War, Harvey Sicherman, 3/20/2003
• Old Europe vs. New, Michael Radu, 3/12/2003
• Europe’s Direction? A Voice from Ireland, Declan Ganley, 3/11/2003
• The Spirit of the New Antiwar Movement, Adam Garfinkle, 2/24/2003
• E-Notes: Cross-Strait Relations: Past, Present, Future, C.J. Chen, 02/21/2003
• A Conversation with Chen Shui-bian, The President of the Republic of China on Taiwan, Harvey Scherman, 1/22/2003
• The Turkish Factor in the Geopolitics of the Post-Soviet Space, Igor Torbakov, 01/10/2003

• Think Tanks and the Transnationalization of Foreign Policy, James McGann, 12/16/2002
• The Turkish Problem— and Hope, Michael Radu, 12/12/2002
• Using Military Force Against the Saddam Hussein Regime: the Moral Issues, James Turner Johnson, 12/4/2002
• Japan’s Relations with the U.S. and Its North Korean Option, Gilberrt Rozman, 12/3/2002
• Iraq: Squall Before the Storm, Harvey Sicherman, 12/2/2002
• Sinical Voters: Elections in Greater China … and the United States, Jacques deLisle, 11/12/2002
• Form, Function, and U.S. Defense Transformation, Michael P. Noonan & Mark R. Lewis, 11/8/2002
• Business and Politics Across the Taiwan Strait, Terry Cooke, 10/24/2002
• The War on Terrorism, Address by R. James Woolsey, 10/10/2002
• Europe’s Native Terrorism, Michael Radu, 10/04/2002
• Vichy Thought Police, Michael Radu, 9/20/2002
• The U.S. Military, the Strategic Quartet, and the Global War on Terrorism, Michael P. Noonan, 9/20/2002
• Everything You Think You Know About the American Way of War Is Wrong, Max Boot, 9/12/2002
• Bless and Keep the SAR … Far Away from Us: Taiwan’s Hong Kong Phobia, Five Years On, Jacques deLisle, 8/16/2002
• Varieties of Sovereignty and China: Challenges and Opportunities in the Cross-Strait Relationship, A Conference Report, Jacques deLisle, 7/1/2002
• Re-Mapping U.S. Defense Policy, Michael Noonan, 6/17/2002
• The Work of Diplomacy, George P. Shultz, 06/11/2002
• Comrade Mugabe’s “State of Disaster”, Michael Radu, 5/17/2002
• Israel’s Military Dilemma, Asaf Romirowsky, 5/10/2002
• The French Election: Earthquake, Fascism, or Wake-up Call?, Michael Radu, 5/3/2002
• China in 2002: A Tale of Two Transitions, June Teufel Dreyer, 4/25/2002
• The Futile Search for “Root Causes” of Terrorism, Michael Radu, 4/23/2002
• Why Taiwan’s Political Paralysis Persists, Shelley Rigger, 4/18/2002
• The Problem of “Londonistan”: Europe, Human Rights, and Terrorists, Michael Radu, 4/12/2002
• The Return of Shining Path, Alberto Bolivar, 4/5/2002
• Applying the Wisdom of the Ages to the Twenty-First Century, Robert Kaplan, 4/4/2002
• The New Protracted Conflict, Robert Strausz-Hupé, 4/2/2002
• Colombia: Lucidity at Last, Michael Radu, 3/1/2002
• The Coming Transformation of the U.S. Military?, Michael P. Noonan and John Hillen, 2/4/2002
• Post-9/11 Non-Proliferation, Henry Sokolski, 1/25/2002
• Terrorism in Colombia, Miguel Posada, 1/21/2002
  
  

• Taiwan Legislative Election, Green Camp Gains in December 1 Polls, Blue Team Changes Hue, Shelley Rigger, 12/28/2001
• How to Unseat Saddam, Michael Eisenstadt, 12/14/2001
• Next Stop, Iraq, Richard Perle, 11/30/2001
• Afghanistan: the Endgame, Michael Radu, 11/15/2001
• September 11, the Shanghai Summit, and the Shift in U.S. China Policy, Avery Goldstein, 11/9/2001
• Geography and the Centers of Taliban Gravity, Michael P. Noonan, 11/5/2001
• Is America’s Afghan War in Trouble?, Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 11/2/2001
• Bin Laden’s Grand Miscalculation, Tom Grant, 10/26/2001
• Afghanistan After the Taliban, Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 10/15/2001
• Why We Fear Afghanistan and Why We Shouldn’t, Michael Radu, 10/12/2001
• America’s War Against Terrorism, Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 10/1/2001
• September 11: Ten Ways To Look at What Happened and What To Expect, Michael Radu, 9/17/2001
• Bleak New World, Harvey Sicherman, 9/13/2001
• Mexico: Guerrillas, Protestors Bedevil President Fox, George W. Grayson, 8/17/2001
• U.S. Policy Toward Taiwan: Sustaining The Status Quo, Jacques deLisle, 7/27/2001
• Does Africa Exist?, Michael Radu, 7/24/2001
• Politics, Law, & Resentment On The China Coast, Jacques deLisle, 7/17/2001
• Bush’s First Foreign Policy Test: It’s Not What You Think, Adam Garfinkle, 6/22/2001
• For a New International Economic Policy, Bernard E. Munk, 6/15/2001
• Taiwan’s Perilous Transition, Shelley Rigger, 6/6/2001
• Colombia: A Trip Report, Michael Radu, 6/1/2001
• The Failure Of The ABM Treaty, Adam Garfinkle, 5/25/2001
• Toward a Resolution of the Taiwan Strait Problem: Chen Shui-Bian’s “Theory of Integration", Lorna Hahn, 5/21/2001
• Taiwan’s Chen Shui-bian, Harvey Sicherman, 5/11/2001
• Nuclear Smuggling From The Former Soviet Union, Rensselaer Lee, 4/27/2001
• A U.S. Policy For Russia, by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, 4/25/2001
• U.S. Policies Toward Latin America, William Perry, 4/19/2001
• U.S. Policies Toward Asia, Avery Goldstein, 4/17/2001
• Power Vacuum In ASEAN: Indonesia, Regional Security, and the USA, Theodore Friend, 4/9/2001
• U.S. Policy Toward China: Judge China By Its Deeds, Not Its Words, June Teufel Dreyer, 4/6/2001
• The Challenges Ahead for U.S. Policy in Asia, Kurt M. Campbell, 3/30/2001
• U.S. Policy Toward China: Try For The Best, Prepare For The Worst, Avery Goldstein, 3/30/2001
• Chaos in the Andes, Michael Radu, 3/20/2001
• From Russia Without Love, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. & Harvey Sicherman, 3/2/2001
• How To Deal With Mexico’s Zapatistas, George W. Grayson, 1/29/2001

• Why Nukes Still Trump: Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century, Avery Goldstein, 11/13/2000
• While America Sleeps, Donald Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan, 11/3/2000
• Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe: Two Tales of Self-Desctruction, Michael Radu, 8/4/2000
• Why Tokyo Will Be a Larger Player in Asia, Michael Green, 7/27/2000
• Foreign Affairs, Federalism, and Well-Meaning Mischief, Jacques deLisle, 7/15/2000
• Flashpoint: The Taiwan Strait, June Teufel Dreyer, 6/30/2000
• Taiwan’s New President: One If and Five Nos, Harvey Sicherman, 6/2/2000
• The American Strategic Position in East Asia, Dov S. Zakheim, 5/12/2000
• Anthrax Vaccination and the Deeper Problems of Leadership, Andrew Bacevich, 3/10/2000
• China’s Three Ifs, Harvey Sicherman, 3/3/2000
• Indonesia: Confronting the Political and Economic Crisis, Theodore Friend, 2/15/2000
• The Feminization Of The American Military, Walter A. McDougall, 2/4/2000
• Yeltsin’s Legacy and Putin’s Plans, Harvey Sicherman, 1/18/2000
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in 1994: A Personal Recollection, Graham Humes, 1/13/2000

• Rubles, Old Socks, and IMF Loans, Stephen S. Moody, 12/20/1999
• The Greater Middle East in 2025, Adam Garfinkle, 12/17/1999
• E-Notes: Trading with China: The Reality, William Wurster, 12/1/1999
• Is the PKK in Turkey on the Ropes?, Michael Radu, 9/28/1999
• NATO’s KLA Problem, Michael Radu, 9/8/1999
• The Taiwan Relations Act: Durable Agreement or Fraying Framework? A Conference Report, Avery Goldstein, 9/8/1999
• The Virtual Monetary Fund and Russia’s Current Industrial Expansion, Stephen S. Moody, 8/20/1999
• Who’s Afraid Of Falun Gong?, Jacques deLisle, 8/5/1999
• A Linguistic Disturbance: the End of the One-China Policy?, Harvey Sicherman, 7/28/1999
• The Taiwan Question, Jacques DeLisle, 7/26/1999
• The Inscrutable Americans, Zhu Rongji, and The Deal That Wasn’t, Harvey Sicherman, 4/30/1999
• NATO and Kosovo: After the 'Victory,' What?, Michael Radu, 4/19/1999
• Don’t Arm the KLA, Michael Radu, 4/6/1999
• Bombs for Peace? Misreading Kosovo, Michael Radu, 3/26/1999
• An Apology Instead of a Policy: U.S. Blunders in Latin America, Michael Radu, 3/19/1999
• How To Deal with Beijing, Avery Goldstein, FPRI E-Note, 3/1/1999
• The PKK Strategy in Europe to Place Turkey on Trial, Michael Radu, 2/26/1999
• After King Hussein, Adam Garfinkle, 02/1999
• The Capture of Abdullah Ocalan and the Future of Counter-Terrorism, Michael Radu, 2/18/1999

• Who is Abdullah Ocalan?, Michael Radu, 11/16/1998
• The Pinochet Case: Anti-Communism on Trial, Michael Radu, 10/30/1998
• Dangerous Incoherence in Kosovo, Michael Radu, 10/21/1998
• Who Wants a Greater Albania?, Michael Radu, 7/10/1998
• Scared Senseless? The South Asian Nuclear Tests, Avery Goldstein, 6/5/1998
• The Asian Panic, Round Two, Harvey Sicherman, 5/22/1998
• Some Observations on Herzl’s Geopolitics, Robert Strausz-Hupé, 3/5/1998

• Theodor Herzl: An Appreciation, Harvey Sicherman, 8/28/1997

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