Commentary -- A Prudent Decision on Missile Defence /Mark Fitzpatrick -- Three Iraq Intelligence Failures Reconsidered /David Hannay -- Climate Change and Copenhagen: Many Paths Forward /Paula J. Dobriansky and Vaughan C. Turekian -- Great-Power Relations in Asia: A Japanese Perspective /Yukio Okamoto -- Noteworthy -- Broken Trust -- The Unravelling of the Cold War Settlement Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry -- NATO, Missile Defence and Extended Deterrence /Oliver Thrainert -- Designing Security -- South America: Framing Regional Security /John Chipman and James Lockhart Smith -- Structuring Middle East Security /Peter Jones -- China and the United States: Between Cold and Warm Peace /Rosemary Foot -- Mekong Dams and the Perils of Peace /Richard Cronin -- Pakistan's War Within /C. Christine Fair and Seth G. Jones -- Progress, Dissent and Counter-Insurgency: An Exchange /Gian P. Gentile, Thomas Rid, Philipp Rotmann, David John and Jaron Wharton -- Review Essays -- Secrets of a Chinese Patriot /Dennis C. Wilder -- Learning from Europe on Climate Change /Andrew Holland -- Book Reviews -- United States /John L. Harper -- Europe /Hanns W. Maull -- Counter-terrorism /Jonathan Stevenson -- Brief Notices -- Closing Argument -- Beijing Calling /Adam Ward.