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June 2007 (v18, no6)


Cover art by John Ritter. Download Issue PDF By The American Prospect Staff Features A Conversation with Zbigniew Brzezinski Robert Kuttner After the failure of adventures based on fantasies, it's time for a big dose of reality in America's Mideast policy. America's most notable foreign policy realist speaks with the Prospect. And the Land Was Troubled for 40 Years Gershom Gorenberg As the Six Day War ended, Israeli leaders said that the occupation of Palestine was colonial and dangerous. Europe and the Middle East Chris Patten While Bush has done nothing to solve the Israeli-Palestinian impasse, Europe has stood idly by. It's time for the continent to assert itself. Guns on the Brain Drew Westen When it comes to guns, Democrats fall silent, unable to figure out how to reach people's emotions. What does this mean for the success of gun control? Past Failures, Future Possibilities Shlomo Ben-Ami A lasting peace between Israel and Palestine cannot be achieved by Israelis and Palestinians. It requires the strong engagement of the U.S. and the international community. Riyadh Revisions Steven Simon Administration policy on Saudi Arabia has lurched from an excessive embrace of the regime to an ill-informed democracy campaign. How can the U.S. and the Saudis play a more constructive role? Ten Commandments for Mideast Peace Daniel Levy Three former peace negotiators for Israel, the U.S., and Palestine lay out a common plan that could provide the basis for an Israeli-Palestinian final settlement. All that's required is some political courage and leadership. The Apprentice Anthony David From our June print issue: Scooter Libby was a nice liberal boy until he met Paul Wolfowitz -- who'd been a nice liberal boy till he met Albert Wohlstetter. A brief history of apocalyptic neoconservatism. The Iran Puzzle Ray Takeyh The most troublesome Mideast state has signaled its desire to deal with us. How should America respond to Iran? The Shia Fellas Robert Dreyfuss How the Bush Administration and the Neocons got into bed with Iran's agents in Iraq. To the Incoming President: On Iraq Flynt Leverett It's January, 2009. A Democrat has just become president and confronts one mean conundrum: What's the best way to leave Iraq?	Columns American Jews and the Mideast Jo-Ann Mort Attention, Democratic candidates: Most American Jews aren't hardliners on Israel. Tax and Spend Robert Kuttner Restored growth, distributed more equitably, is the cure for past debt. That requires public investments. The Fiscal Guillotine Robert B. Reich Bill Clinton's public investment program was put on hold in 1993, and public investment remained on hold -- well, it's been 14 years now. Whose Big Government? Mark Schmitt Conservatives grew government in order to guarantee private profits. Culture & Books Faster and Fairer Ann Crittenden Two new books offer some thoughtful insights on the future of the American economy. Hollywood Values Save America! Garance Franke-Ruta From Mel Gibson to Ann Coulter to Don Imus, the backlash against celebrity bigots has rolled eastward. Overheating: The Sequel David Greenberg Is the growing corporate dominance of radio and TV stations, newspapers, and other media organs really that bad for society? The Sunlight Solution Paul Starr Increasingly, the law lets the public know what's in the clothes it wears, the air it breathes, and the water it drinks. The Urban Future That Failed Hilary Ballon The failure of modernism as public architecture and as urbanism. What We All Escaped Ezra Klein Two new books look back at Nazism and conclude that it failed because it ran up against the limits of what it could conquer, not because people rose up against evil. Departments Letters Our Readers Up Front The Editors Who needs the White House Correspondents Dinner? Plus, stationing in (not on the shore of, in) the Persian Gulf; and The Question. Online Extras The Way Out Flynt Leverett A roundtable discussion of our options for exiting Iraq.

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