Customer Reviews:
  Rival to Foreign Affairs and just as good February 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Current History is a journal on foreign affairs and international policy. Like Foreign Affairs journal, which is considered the establishment and a leading publication on foreign affairs, Current History is objective, balanced and non-partisan. It covers foreign affairs in a very scholarly and serious way. Each article's analysis is nuanced, realistic and doesn't jump to premature conclusions.
Pros:
- No advertisements within articles
- The style of writing is accessible to generally educated audience, is very forward and clear. Format is standard.
- Articles are of reasonable length (shorter than Foreign Affairs)
- A timelined section about international current affairs
Cons:
- Articles generally don't provide sufficient background about the subject written about. It relies on readers' knowledge instead
- Lacks extensive book review section and no letters to the editor section (which provides an interesting forum for discussion usually)
- Each issue concentrates on a region of the world (such as Russia, Latin America, Middle East, etc.) instead of case by case as needed
Overall, despite some of its shortcomings, Current History provides a serious and nuanced look at foreign affairs with disregard to partisanship and deserves the same attention and praise as Foreign Affairs.
I am a subscriber to both Current History and Foreign Affairs and it gives me a diverse perspective on international events. I highly recommend Current History (and Foreign Affairs for that matter) to anyone interested in learning about foreign policy and global affairs in a serious and nuanced way. Perfect for research, reference and substantive understanding of the affairs of the state.
 Anatol Lieven review February 29, 2004
20 out of 52 found this review helpful
Lieven's article, "In the Mirror of Europe: The Perils of American Nationalism";is succinct, cogent, and in my opinion frighteningly accurate. My experience as a professor convinces me that we are in the midst of a nationalistic arrogance, whipped by endlessly reptetiive mantras including 9/11, war on terrorism and god, which the majority of my students now accept as truth. I have one suggestion, I think Mr. Lieven is overly optimistic when he comments that the neoconservative empire-builders are not yet the majority in positions of power. I feel their reach inlcudes the legislative and executive branch, much of the leadership of coporate America, an increasing number of Jewish and Christian denominations, much of the media-particularly AM talk radio, higher education, the military, and with another four years of the current administration, federal courts at all levels. I will bring up this article in many of my discussion groups. I think the article was well-written and important, my congratulations to the author.
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