What Kind of War for Colombia? Colombia has just inaugurated a hard-line president, Alvaro Uribe, who has promised to crack down on the country's left-wing insurgents and right-wing paramilitaries. Meanwhile, U.S. aid is flooding in, and since September u, American efforts have shifted from fighting drugs to battling subversives. Peace will not come, however, until Bogotá rebuilds neglected state institutions and starts providing real security

The Future of Conservation Wild nature is in deep distress, and the international institutions charged with Earth's care are not managing it with an eye on sustainability. The conservation community must step forward to promote what governments will not: science-based conservation along with poverty alleviation at the fragile ecological frontier

Calling the Shots Lawrence In Supreme Command, Eliot Cohen shoots down the myth that politicians should not meddle with the military during wartime Focusing on four great civilian leaders, he shows that the opposite is true: disasters can result when politicians are not involved enough