From the Editor . . . Launching a Journal: The Editor's Gratitude In This Issue: Some Serious Stuff Articles: Democratization, Failed states, and Peace Operations: THE CHALLENGE OF UNGOVERNABILITY by Robert H. Dorff Jimmy Carter and SALT II: THE PATH TO FRUSTRATION by Matthew M. Oyos Public Opinion on Human Rights in American Foreign Policy (Part II) by Ole R. Holsti Commentary on Current Issues: Ronald D.F. Palmer on Southeast Asia in 1996 Carl Fritz on wartime service in Vietnam Life in the Foreign Service: Francis Underhill on learning French (with a few tears) Stuart Kennedy on the Foreign Affairs Oral History program