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The global war on terror is a dubious template for the security challenges faced by the United States because it distorts the focus of policy and exaggerates the effectiveness of military power. A grand strategy cannot rest solely on the idea of 'taking out' specific sets of bad guys and fighting the spread of weapons of mass destruction. It is essential, as the Iran case demonstrates, to get at intractable political tensions and frozen geopolitical divisions that foster dangerous security conditions in much of the globe. Strategic debate should focus less on unilateral versus multilateral approaches or hard power versus soft power, and recognise the real missing ingredient in recent policy-smart statecraft using leverage in all its forms for engaging the world's zones of turbulence. (Survival / SWP)

Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker discusses the US interest in keeping Africa's economies & governments from collapsing. He describes how America's international policies & aid to African countries have been inadequate, given the important role the continent could play in the international marketplace. He explains why American interests should protect those regions in Africa that are not yet corrupted & attempt to strengthen current governments, instead of trying to destroy bad ones. E. Miller

Crocker reviews 'Angola Unravels' by Alex Vines.

Examines how scholarly insights can be used to devise more effective US policies; argues for development of strategic traction on the ground and economic sanctions against individuals rather than countries. Implications for NATO and the UN Security Council.