BACK TO THE SUICIDE BOMBERS
Jerusalem went six weeks in relative peace. It was too good to last. (BBC, Tuesday July 30, 2002)

HOW DO YOU STOP A PALESTINIAN H- BOMB?
Gal Luft, a former lieutenant colonel in the Israeli Defense Force, argues that continued dependence on escalating violence against Arabs by the IDF will not stop the suicide bombings. It makes more sense to steer the Palestinians towards other options. By Gal Luft (Foreign Affairs, July-August 2002)

DID ARAFAT EVER REALLY WANT PEACE?
"I doubt it," says Dennis Ross, the former top U.S. negotiator in the region. Now head of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Ross analyzes recent Mideast developments. By Dennis Ross in Foreign Policy Magazine's July-August issue.

POWELL'S DILEMMA
Colin Powell's trip through Asia might have more impact if the preponderant source of influence in shaping U.S. policy hadn't shifted to the Pentagon. Powell's dilemma is that the more he does, the more he strengthens the factions trying to steal power away from Foggy Bottom. By John Gershman (Foreign Policy in Focus, July 26, 2002)
Powell's Press Briefing enroute to Asia
(State Dept. 07/30/02)

GETTING THE REST OF THE WORLD TO SIGN OFF ON AN AMERICAN VISION
Richard Haas, Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the State Department, notes: "In the twenty-first century, the principal aim of American foreign policy is to integrate other countries and organizations into arrangements that will sustain a world consistent with U.S. interests and values, and thereby promote peace, prosperity, and justice as widely as possible." Not everyone agrees. By Christopher Sands (Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 2002).

Richard Haas's speech in April 2002 to the Foreign Policy Association.

REVIVING THE YELLOW PERIL?
China and the U.S. share an interest in fighting terrorism, but Washington's so-called "Blue Team" of policy advocates seems more concerned about competition than collaboration. ByJim Lobe and Tom Barry (Foreign policy in Focus, July 12, 2002)

UNITED NATIONS SUSPENDS OPERATIONS IN CHECHNYA AFTER KIDNAPPING
Despite Moscow's claims to have brought the breakaway republic of Chechnya under control, the violence there is escalating. The U.N. has suspended its aid operations following the recent kidnapping of Nina Davydovich, 56, the manager of Druzhba, an NGO financed by the Salvation Army. Davydovich was specifically targeted and kidnapped in a Russian controlled zone of chechnya where Chechen rebels have never been active. NGOs in the area see the attack as an effort by the Russians to get foreign observers to leave the region so that they can eliminate the remaining chechen resistance without international interference. (Moscow Times, July 30, 2002)

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS GIVE UP ON DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIANS OVER CHECHNYA
Human rights groups have suspended meetings with the Russian military to discuss protection for Chechen civilians, saying there is no point in continuing. Staff members of one human rights group returned to their offices in Grozny recently to find Russian troops had broken down the front door and were trashing the reception area. By Timur Aliev in Nazran, Ingushetia (Institute for War & Peace Reporting, 26 July, 2002)

EGYPT JAILS SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR SAAD IBRAHIM AGAIN
After a brief taste of freedom, Saadeddin Ibrahim, a political sociologist who is one of the stars at the American University in Cairo, has been sentenced again to seven years in prison. Ibrahim's crime, officially, was to have received $280,000 in grant money from the European Union to fund a program to increase voter awareness. By Khaled Dawoud
(Al Ahram 25-31 July 2002)

IS THIS THE TIME TO SELL AN ANTI- BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEM TO INDIA?
India and Pakistan have their own version of a small scale MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) stand-off. That precarious balance may end if Israel goes ahead with a plan to sell its Arrow theater anti-ballistic missile system to India. The deal needs approval from Washington since Israel employed American technology. (Council for a Livable World, July 26, 2002)

SHORT TERM OUTLOOK LEAVES AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE IN DOUBT
The recent Loya Jirga was successful as far as it went, but it may not have gone far enough. A comprehensive report by the International Crisis Group points out that the transitional government still faces serious dangers, and a more serious investment will be required from the West. (ICG, July 30, 2002)

THE ALCYONEUS STRATEGY AGAINST AL QAEDA
The best place to find a coherent strategy against a distributed transnational terrorist network may be found in the ancient Greek myths. Heracles' battle against Antaeus is just one example. His struggle against Alcyoneus is another.
(Project on Defense Alternatives, June 25, 2002)

NUCLEAR NEAR MISS IN OHIO
When the David-Besse Pressure-Water nuclear reactor went offline for routine maintenance last February, no one expected to find anything amiss. Luckily inspectors looked a bit further this time. They found that leaking boric acid had carved a 4x7-inch hole through the 6-inch carbon steel in the reactor's head containment vessel. 35 to 40 lbs of steel had been eaten away. A thin sheet of stainless steel cladding--the only protective shield remaining--had already begun to bulge under pressure from the radioactive coolant. What has the experts particularly worried is that the corrosion developed over a period of several years, but still went undetected by regular inspections carried out by the plant's operator, FirstEnergy Corp. By Catherine Auer (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, July-August 2002)

IS THE DEVELOPING WORLD ACTUALLY DEVELOPING?
Many third world economies are regressing. Take Uganda, Malawi or Ethiopia, where life expectancy is now under 45, or India where more than half the children are undernourished. Benjamin M. Friedman reviews Joseph Stiglitz' "Globalization and its Discontents" (New York Review of Books, August 15, 2002)

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