FOREIGN AFFAIRS

journal of international relations, published in New York City five times a year, one of the most prestigious periodicals of its kind in the world. It is the organ of the Council on Foreign Relations, by which it was founded in 1922, and is, informally, the voice of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment. It has a world reputation for its careful and probing analyses of political, economic, and social developments in the world scene. The contributors of these authoritative and scholarly articles are among the nation's most distinguished journalists, scholars, and statesmen. Ideas put forward tentatively in this journal often, if well received by the Foreign Affairs community, appear later as U.S. government policy or legislation; prospective policies that fail this test usually disappear.