The December Surprise
February 1993
“Doing God’s Work” in Somalia
March 1993
And so to every sailor, soldier, airman, and marine who is involved in this mission, let me say you’re doing God’s work.
—President George Bush
December 1992
Hands Off the Serbs!
June 1993
Where Intervene Next?
September 1993
I t must be fun being an interventionist these days. The world is his oyster, and it presents a cornucopia of riches on where to intervene next. So many tempting opportunities to “cure starvation” or impose “democracy,” to kill “warlords” and other bad guys, to bomb and strafe and feed and occupy.
Korean War Redux?
January 1994
Invade the World
September 1994
When Communism and the Soviet Union collapsed several years ago, it seemed evident that a massive reevaluation of American foreign policy had to get under way. For the duration of the Cold War, U.S. foreign policy was simply a bipartisan interventionist crusade against the Soviet Union, and the only differences were precisely how far the global intervention should go.
4. The Nationalities Question
The Nationalities Question
August 1990
Upon the collapse of centralizing totalitarian Communism in Eastern Europe and even the Soviet Union, long suppressed ethnic and nationality questions and conflicts have come rapidly to the fore. The crack-up of central control has revealed the hidden but still vibrant “deep structures” of ethnicity and nationality.
Yugoslavian Breakup
June 1991
Welcome, Slovenia!
September 1991
