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Is Pinochet the Model?

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The "Pinochet model," a potent mixture of authoritarianism and liberal economic reform, is sold as the elixir to nearly any country ailing under socialist transition. But the years of improvisation by Chile's reformers actually leave scant recipe to follow. The secret of Chile's turnabout, if any can be found, was simply the inspiration to shrink the state. Any country can do it, without a caudillo in charge.
Foreign Affairs Jan 11, 2023

The United States and Brazil: The Case of the Missing Relationship

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Brazil is not much in the news these days. Of course, no news is good news to a Reagan Administration beleaguered by internal dissension in the formulation of foreign policy and problems elsewhere in the world that are less tractable than campaign slogans suggested. It seems to confirm the prevailing view in Washington that the U.S.-Brazil relationship is back on course again after the trying Carter years when human-rights concerns and resistance to nuclear proliferation seemed to cause it to go awry.
Foreign Affairs Jan 11, 2023

Indonesia's Modernizing Military

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) is the country’s first directly elected leader who does not have significant ties to the old authoritarian regime of Suharto, who ruled for over three decades until his fall in 1998. But Jokowi has had a rough first year: He was unable to jumpstart the country’s sluggish economy and was politically paralyzed by the entrenched oligarchs within his own party coalition. It is no surprise that he has disappointed his electorate. But the loudest cries against Jokowi center on his new alliances with the Indonesian military and how the military appears to have expanded its reach under his watch.
Foreign Affairs Jan 11, 2023

Cambodia's Children

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Cambodia’s unexpected success in dramatically reducing the supply of and demand for trafficked children through a professional law enforcement strategy and in collaboration with citizens and civil society is a model that can and should be supported, studied, and replicated.
Foreign Affairs Jan 11, 2023

Is Indonesia Bound for the BRICs?

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As Indonesia hosts a number of high-level summits this year, it looks set to take its place among the world’s economic superstars. But celebrations are premature: although the country has made great strides, its gains are reversible. For the country to continue to prosper, Jakarta must address rampant corruption and poor governance.
Foreign Affairs Jan 11, 2023

Facing Armageddon in South Asia

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The year 2015 was a tense one for the relationship between India and Pakistan. The two countries shot at and shelled each other across their border, canceled bilateral talks, and suffered multiple terror attacks. Though Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised hopes for improved ties with a surprise visit to Lahore in December, the risk of more bloodshed between India and Pakistan remains frighteningly high.
Foreign Affairs Jan 11, 2023

Letter to the Editor: A Stable China Is Good for the World

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The article “The World According to Xi Jinping,” by Kevin Rudd (November/December 2022), is based on a skin-deep understanding of China’s political system, development path, and governing philosophy, and contains a number of misinterpretations and distortions. The political system of socialism with Chinese characteristics is rooted in the soil of Chinese society. The country’s history makes clear that copying other countries’ political systems would not work and would even ruin China’s future. By integrating Marxism with China’s actual conditions and traditional Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people in achieving national independence and liberation; the country has finally found the right path to prosperity.
Foreign Affairs Jan 11, 2023

The Weaponization of Humanitarian Aid

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Today, the UN Security Council is set to renew a resolution that allows humanitarian aid to be delivered to millions of Syrians without the permission of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In the weeks leading up to the vote, diplomats, aid workers, and millions of Syrians worried that Russia would use its veto in the Security Council to block the cross-border aid. They had good reason to be concerned. Moscow, one of Assad’s closest backers, has long argued that the humanitarian mission violates Syria’s sovereignty, and it has previously vetoed the use of other crossing points for aid delivery into Syria. It appears that this time, the crisis will be averted, at least for the next six months.
Foreign Affairs Jan 10, 2023

The Long War in Ukraine

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Whenever the United States faces a foreign policy crisis, critics claim that the U.S. government is doing either too much or not enough. So it is with Ukraine. Many fault the Biden administration for failing to provide Ukrainian forces with the heavy weapons—mainly tanks, long-range missiles, and combat aircraft—that they say are needed to expel Russian troops from Ukrainian soil. Others, worried about Western staying power and the rising human and economic costs of the war, urge the administration to pressure Kyiv into negotiating a deal with Russia—even if that means giving up some of its territory.
Foreign Affairs Jan 10, 2023

The Collapse of Venezuela

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ThisForeign Affairscollectionexamines the failed policies that drove Venezuela to disaster and the forces that have kept it in a state of emergency.
Foreign Affairs Jan 09, 2023

Iran's Protesters Want Regime Change - Foreign Affairs Magazine

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On September 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian, died in police custody after being detained for ostensibly wearing a hijab improperly. Amini was not the first woman to be arrested nor was she the first person killed by the police. Her death, however, ignited a protest movement that gave voice to public anger and frustration that had been building for months. Farmers had been complaining about the lack of water, students about the lack of freedom, teachers about the lack of pay, and retirees about the lack of benefits. In 2020, we argued in Foreign Affairs that Iran’s Islamic Republic was weaker than many Western analysts and policymakers thought.
Foreign Affairs Jan 07, 2023

How Moscow Has Partly Recovered From Its Military Setbacks

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“All the dumb Russians are dead.” So said Ukrainian officials in July 2022 as they sought to explain why the Russian army had abandoned the overambitious strategy and amateurish tactics that defined its conduct in the early weeks of the war. It was probably too early to make this quip. The Russians continued to do many dumb things and indeed still do. But broadly speaking, the Ukrainians’ intuition in the summer now appears correct: when it comes to overall military strategy, Moscow seems to have gotten smarter.
Foreign Affairs Jan 07, 2023

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