Volume 123 · Number 2 · Summer 2008

DAVID R. MAYHEW examines U.S. presidential elections from 1788 through 2004. He highlights the importance of incumbency advantage. He concludes that in-office parties have kept the White House two-thirds of the time when they have run incumbent candidates, but they have fared only 50-50 in open-seat elections.

ETHAN B. KAPSTEIN argues that in recent years a growing number of activists, scholars, and policymakers have claimed that the global economy and, specifically, the current international trade regime have been ‘‘unfair’’ to the developing countries. He concludes that, while the trading system can hardly be considered a level playing field for each and every state, fairness considerations do appear to play a role in shaping trade agreements.

JOHN A. GENTRY discusses the nature of U.S. intelligence ‘‘failures.’’ He argues that excessive expectations for the performance of intelligence agencies mean that many charges of intelligence failure are misplaced and many reform proposals are misdirected. He concludes that policymakers and policy-implementing agencies often cause intelligence-related failures.

BRIAN C. RATHBUN looks at whether we can speak meaningfully of an ideological ‘‘right’’ in foreign policy. Through a brief historical review and an analysis of a survey of American political elites, he argues that there are in fact three ideological rights, bound together by an egoistic pursuit of the national interest but utilizing very different strategies.

BYONG-KUEN JHEE analyzes Korean public attitudes toward the United States and whether and how voters’ anti-American perceptions affect their electoral choices. He concludes that the surge of anti-Americanism in Korea may have a marginal impact on the country’s existing favorable relationship with the United States.

Book reviews

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

Reviewed by Mia Bloom

Reviewed by Louis Fisher

Reviewed by Andrew Scobell

Reviewed by Matthew Gerke

Reviewed by Douglas Lemke

Reviewed by Michael L. Gross

Reviewed by James A. Morone

Reviewed by Magnus T. Bernhardsson

Reviewed by Peter A. Furia

Reviewed by Peter Trubowitz

Reviewed by Nicole Mellow

Reviewed by Clyde Wilcox

Reviewed by Philip Abbott

Reviewed by Brandon Rottinghaus

Reviewed by Scott McClurg

Reviewed by Ray Taras

Reviewed by Carter Snead

Reviewed by Sarah Elise Wiliarty

Reviewed by Simon Stow

Reviewed by Georgia Duerst-Lahti

Reviewed by Burdett Loomis

Reviewed by Ellen Ann Andersen

Reviewed by Nancy Gallagher

Reviewed by Andrew Wedeman

Reviewed by Thomas Alan Schwartz

Reviewed by C. Cora True-Frost

Reviewed by Andrew Schrank

Reviewed by Peter Rutland

Reviewed by Achim Hurrelmann