December 2008










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International Affairs
After NATO Accession,What’s Next for Croatia?
by Larry Luxner
Croatia hopes its pending entry into NATO will be a prelude to an even more important achievement: eventual admission into the European Union.

Medical
Pharmacotherapy or Psychotherapy?
It Doesn’t Have to Be Either-Or

by Gina Shaw
Despite all the attention received by psychiatric drugs, psychotherapy — or “talk therapy” — is alive and well in America.


Luxury Living Special Section
Four times a year, The Washington Diplomat publishes a special section focusing on living in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. This month’s section homeowners who have become landlords and the Indian population has changed the face of local immigration.

Cover Profile
Disarming Presence: U.S. Envoy Negotiates Fine Line With North Korea
by Larry Luxner
Christopher Hill is a veteran diplomat whose official title is assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, but to the world, he’s simply known as the U.S. point man on North Korea.

People of World Influence

Senior Goldman Sachs Banker Warns You Pay for the Government You Get
by John Shaw
Robert Hormats of Goldman Sachs says the country needs to relearn some basic economics — namely, spending increases and tax cuts in wartime don’t make fiscal sense.

Diplomacy
Reformers in U.S. Call For Fewer Ambassador Daddy Warbucks
by Mark Hilpert
The race for the White House is finally over, but now another race begins: the jockeying for plum ambassadorial appointments overseas.

International Affairs
Optimism, Debate Heat Up Over Obama’s Commitment to Fight Global Warming
by Seth McLaughlin
President Bush, in the eyes of the world, botched an opportunity to show global leadership on climate change, and now all eyes are on Barack Obama to see if he can fill the void.

Also See: Q&A with Polish Ambassador Robert Kupiecki on the global climate change conference in Poznan, Poland.






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