August 27, 2007 Issue

One-Child Foreign Policy
By James Kurth
Declining birth rates will result in smaller armies, but fewer wars won’t necessarily mean a safer world. 

What Hillary Hides
By Nicholas von Hoffman
The former first lady may offer more of the same: a penchant for secrecy and good-and-evil politics.

Zealous for Zion
by Michael Brendan Dougherty
Jerusalem’s most pious defenders aren’t Israeli—they’re not even Jewish.

Let’s Not Go Dutch
By Paul Belien
How the Netherlands lost a national hero and got amnesty in return

The Chips Are Down
By Claude Salhani
China takes warfare to the final frontier.

Ex-President McCain
By David Weigel
McCain’s bid to succeed Bush stalls the Straight Talk Express.

Nothing Doing
By Brent Kallmer
Don’t work at leisure.

Democracy Delusion
By Andrew A. Michta
Values didn’t win the Cold War.