ORBIS
A Journal of World Affairs

Orbis, FPRI’s quarterly journal of world affairs, was founded in 1957 Visit Elsevier for a free sample issue of Orbis as a forum for policymakers, scholars, and the informed public who sought an engaging, thought-provoking debate beyond the predictable, conventional journals of that time. Nearly half a century later, Orbis continues to offer informative, insightful, and lively discourse on the full range of topics relating to American foreign policy and national security, as well as in-depth analysis on important international developments. Orbis readers always know the stories behind the headlines.

Orbis is edited by Mackubin (Mac) Owens, Associate Dean of Academics for Electives and Directed Research and Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. A prolific writer on military affairs, Dr. Owens is a long-time associate of FPRI, where he is a Senior Fellow in the Program on National Security. From 1990–97, he was Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly defense journal Strategic Review and Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Boston University. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a Colonel in 1994. Dr. Owens earned his Ph.D. from the University of Dallas, his M.A. in economics from Oklahoma University and his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His articles on national security have appeared in numerous publications.

Past editors of Orbis include James Kurth (2005–7), David Eisenhower (2001–04), and Walter McDougall (1995–2001).

Current Issue

Orbis Summer 2008, Volume 52, Number 3

Strategy, Statesmen, Soldiers and the Long War
Editor’s Corner Mackubin T. Owens
Middleman in the Middle East: America’s Flawed Approach to the ‘Peace Process’ Marian Leighton
Comte’s Caveat: How We Misunderstand Terrorism Adam Garfinkle
Nuclear Abolition: A Dangerous Illusion Elbridge Colby
Why Nuclear Smuggling Matters (11 pages, 91K PDF) Rens Lee
False Friends and Unnecessary Enemies? American Liberals, Conservatives & European Integration Ronald J. Granieri
Empire by Devolution: What Today’s EU Can learn from Franz Josef I’s Empire A. Wess Mitchell
Euroskepticism: Pathology or Reason? (14 pages, 91K PDF) Jeremy Black
From Commitment to Independence:Greek Foreign Policy and the Western Alliance Christos Kassimeris
Review Essays
‘By the Finger and Thumb’: India’s Partition and the Great Game in Postwar Asia Peter John Brobst
The Bolivarian Revolution According to Hugo Chavez Catherine E. Wilson