Jonathan Stevenson is the editor of "Strategic Survey, " an annual review of international affairs, and a research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. His journalistic writing has appeared in, among other places, "The New York Times, The New Republic, Newsweek, " and "The Wall Street Journal." His last book, ""We Wrecked the Place": Contemplating an End to the Northern Irish Troubles" (Free Press, 1996), was widely hailed as one of the best books ever written on its subject.