Return to the audio archives for other publications.
Publication: Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs is an American journal of international relations published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a private sector group established in New York City in 1921 with the goal of keeping the United States involved in world affairs.
Foreign Affairs is available online and is published monthly.
A TALE OF TWO SECRETARIES
The dilemmas of U.S. defense policy today reflect more than individual foibles and the difficulty of transforming a giant, often dysfunctional bureaucracy.
- Topic
- Politics and Public Issues
- Play
- in
MP3
- Author
- Eliot A. Cohen
- Publication
- 2002 Foreign Affairs
- Read by
- Richard Wilson
- Length
- 33 minutes
TAKING ARABS SERIOUSLY
The Bush administration's tone-deaf approach to the Middle East reflects a dangerous misreading of the nature and sources of Arab public opinion. Independent, transnational media outlets have transformed the region, and the administration needs to engage the new Arab public sphere that has emerged.
- Topic
- World Issues
- Play
- in
MP3
- Author
- Marc Lynch
- Publication
- 2003 Foreign Affairs
- Read by
- Steve Easter
- Length
- 36 minutes
THE WORLD BANK'S MISSION CREEP
Critics regularly fault the World Bank for overlooking issues such as the environment and the role of civil society as it pursues its development agenda. In fact, the bank has been adding tasks to its mandate for years.
- Topic
- Politics and Public Issues
- Play
- in
MP3
- Author
- Jessica Einhorn
- Publication
- 2001 Foreign Affairs
- Read by
- Richard Wilson
- Length
- 33 minutes