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The View from Abroad

December 2003

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BIRD'S EYE
New Friends for Old
By Karl Zinsmeister
Our traditional allies are increasingly at odds with the U.S. New poll evidence suggests that Iraqis could become new friends and allies.

SIDELIGHTS
News Scraps
By Brandon Bosworth
Moses and other shoplifters. BBC spots capitalist imperialist.

SCAN
Short News and Commentary
They remember 9/11. Bohemians betrayed in Iraq. California's earthquake. Can we afford Iraq?

INDICATORS
Numbers, etc.
Edited by Karl Zinsmeister, Eli Lehrer
Spending on the war. Spending on politics. Spending on politics. U.S. vs. foreign stock markets.

"LIVE" WITH TAE
Thomas Barnett
A warfighting specialist argues that globalization is not just a cure for Third World poverty but also the best antidote against terrorism.

IN REAL LIFE
Embracing Harriet
By Christine Parsons
But what do at-home mothers actually do?

ENTERPRISING
Sell Globally, Tax Locally
By Michael S. Greve
The long debate over whether and how to tax sales made over the Internet is lurching toward a poor solution. Here's a fresh, and much more constructive, proposal.

POLITICO
Alabamans Protect the GOP Brand
By Grover Norquist
Alabamans just made sure that the GOP will remain the low-tax party.

FORWARD OBSERVER
The U.S. Needs More Effort on P.R.
By James K. Glassman
America needs to be more active in telling its story to the rest of the world.

FLASHBACK
King: Queen or Tyrant?
By Bill Kauffman
The politically correct can't decide whether Vice President William Rufus King should be crowned or condemned.

NOW PLAYING
Clint Eastwood's Second Life
By Josh Larsen
By all accounts, Clint Eastwood should have long since ridden into the sunset, but Eastwood refuses to become a Hollywood dinosaur.

BOOK TALK
New and Classic Books
By Brendan Conway, John Attarian, Steven Vincent
Reviewed this month are books by Matthew Miller, Peter Brimelow, and Ram Swarup.

BEAT THE PRESS
Hype Makes Fight
By Ralph Reiland
Hype hurts, and sometimes even kills.

DIGEST
Summaries of New Research
Edited by Eli Lehrer
Peaceniks profiled. Neo whats? Missile defense heads for prime time. Clean air. Cool air. Autocratic Arabia.

OPINION PULSE
The Latest Survey Data
By Karlyn Bowman
Establishing the peace in Iraq. How Americans see themselves in world affairs. Democracy abroad?

THE MAIL
Reader Feedback

LAST GASP
Cartoon Humor

Feature articles

Europe's Anti-American Obsession
By Jean-Francois Revel
One of France's most distinguished intellectuals walks us through the twisted picture of America that has been etched into the brains of many Europeans. The same irrational resentments are observed by prominent Arabist Fouad Ajami. Both conclude that today's anti-Americanism is a psychological reflex by overseas elites who would like to make the U.S. the villain responsible for their own failures.

Inside the Minds of Ordinary Iraqis
A graphical presentation of results from the first scientific poll of Iraqi public opinion. A TAE exclusive.

How the U.S. Should Help Iraq
By Thomas Donnelly, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Newt Gingrich, Danielle Pletka, Ben J. Wattenberg, Karl Zinsmeister, John Zogby, Lawrence Kaplan, Nimrod Raphaeli, Meyrav Wurmser
Armed with TAE's fresh information on what Iraqis want, a group of experts offer suggestions on how America should respond.

Only U.S. Strength Can Defeat Islamism
By David Gutmann
Radical Islamism will be defeated only if its practitioners fear the U.S.

Goodbye to the U.N.
By Mark Falcoff, Fred Gedrich, Alan Dowd
Frederich Gedrich describes the U.N.'s miserable record at fending off war and rebuilding nations. Alan Dowd sketches how the United Nations has made itself irrelevant. Mark Falcoff recounts the charade of a U.N. human rights conclave.