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Can democracy survive in Pakistan? Should U.S. companies in China push for human-rights reforms? Is a two-state solution still a viable path to peace in the Middle East? Is the U.S. response to Mexico’s drug crisis adequate?Issues for Debate in American Foreign Policy, a new addition to CQ Press’s proven series of readers based on selections from the CQ Researcher, takes up these and other compelling questions. Covering sixteen hot topics, each selection explores who the key players are, what’s at stake, and explains why recognizing past and current developments is so crucial to the future. Each article skillfully covers the range of opinion surrounding an issue, preparing students to engage in the debate. Essays include a pro/con box, chronology, bibliography, photos, charts, graphs, and maps.
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The CQ Researcher, founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, is a weekly policy brief publication that seeks to explain difficult concepts and provide balanced coverage of competing perspectives relevant to American political issues to high school and college students. This volume collects materials from the CQ Researcher exploring current issues in American foreign policy. The 16 chapters address the Afghanistan war, counterinsurgency warfare, nuclear disarmament, the Guantanamo Bay internment camp, homeland security, reform and the financial crisis, the "border fence" on the US-Mexican border, the international politics of the dollar, the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, the global food crisis, human rights in China, political crisis in Pakistan, Middle East peace prospects, policy towards the Horn of Africa, US-Russian relations, and the drug war in Mexico. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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