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90 Foreign Aff. [i] (2011)

handle is hein.journals/fora90 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREIGN AFFAIRS JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2011 VOLUME 90, NUMBER 1 Comments Culture Matters OscarArias 2 Latin Americans must look in the mirror and confront the reality that many of our problems lie not in our stars but in ourselves. Only then will the region finally attain the development it has so long sought. Less Than Zero Joseffoffe andJames W Davis 7 All previous attempts at total nuclear disarmament have failed, as strategic logic and state interest have prevailed over wishful thinking. A similar fate awaits Global Zero, the newest disarmament movement, for similar reasons. Enforcing the Peace HowardM Sachar 14 The Israelis and the Palestinians will never find peace if they are left to negotiate on their own. As has been the case throughout history, great-power leadership is the missing ingredient.Washington must lead the way in enforcing a final-status settlement. Sudan's Secession Crisis Andrew S. Natsios and MichaelAbramowitz 19 Depending on how locals and outsiders react to events in Sudan, the secession referendum scheduled for January could trigger either the country's partition or a new explosion of violence. Essays The Political Power of Social Media Clay Shirky 28 Discussion of the political impact of social media has focused on the power of mass protests to topple governments. In fact, social media's real potential lies in supporting civil society and the public sphere-which will produce change over years and decades, notweeks or months. The U.S. government should maintain Internet freedom as a general goal, not as a tool for achieving immediate policy aims in specific countries.