Averting Global War: Regional Challenges, Overextension, and Options for American Strategy

Introduction: Crying Wolf Once Again? Triptych of Terrorism The Un-Coordinated NATO-EU Double Enlargement: Toward the Isolation of Russia? Iraq: Sinking Deeper into Mesopotamian Quicksand Iran: Nuclear High Tension and Holocaust Polemics: A _New Diplomatic Offensive_ or _Cruise Missile Diplomacy_? Israel and Palestine: Toward Intra-Palestinian Strife, a Third Intifada, Or Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation? An Ever Widening Zone of Conflict: From Central Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa North Korea: Beyond _Backdoor_ Multilateralism China and Blue Water Dreams: Toward a Sino-Russian Alliance? Three Dimensions of _Montezuma_s Revenge_: Hugo Chávez_s Bolivarian Vision, _War on Drugs,_ _Illegal_ Immigration American Hypertrophy and Strategic Options: Toward a Geostrategy for Global Peace