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From Foreign Affairs, John Edwards on Reengaging with the World. Rudy, the Anti-Statesman: Fred Kaplan on Giuliani's loopy foreign-policy essay. Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer's The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is not even in bookstores, but already anxieties have surfaced about the backlash it is stirring. The introduction to Blind Oracles: Intellectuals and War from Kennan to Kissinger by Bruce Kuklick. A review of Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power by Marcus Mabry.

The New Myth About Climate Change: Corrupt, tyrannical governments—not changes in the Earth’s climate—will be to blame for the coming resource wars. Water wars, myths and realities: To what degree are fears of geopolitical chaos over water scarcity justified? (and part 2). The new dirty energy: It's big, it's growing — and it's bad for the environment. Inside the other alternative-energy movement. Here's an article on biofuels—and all you need to know for a bar discussion. Sins of Omission: As the FAA seeks to expand air travel, is it giving concerns about aviation’s effects on climate change the attention they deserve?

Richard Delgado (Pittsburgh): You Are Living in a Gold Rush. Surviving the markets: The new financial order is undergoing its harshest test. It will not be pretty, but it is necessary. A review of Pandemonium: How Globalization and Trade Are Putting the World at Risk by Andrew Nikiforuk. The introduction to The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom by Yochai Benkler. Given the tremendous run-up of debt in recent years, there's a good chance that today's credit crunch will turn out to be more than just a wisp of cloud in an otherwise blue sky. Debt again: The mortgage crisis has surprising roots that go back decades. Why we need to rethink how we buy our homes. You've heard about the home-loan bust, but do you know your derivatives from your tranches? Read Salon's easy guide to understanding the current market freakout (and a response: Andrew Leonard is "uncritically Heideggerian" and of "reiterating the strategic misunderstanding of the reformist left").