Articles. Great[er] expectations: the double-edged sword of deracialization / David C. Wilson and Khalilah L. Brown-Dean -- Foreign policy public opinion racial gap in the Obama era: exploring the impact of political context / Michael L. Clemons -- United Nations and the African American presence: from Ralph Bunche to Susan Rice / Lorenzo Morris -- Shirkers and drug runners: the limits of US-bilateral counter-narcotics cooperation in the Caribbean Basin / Horace A. Bartilow and Kihong Eom -- Works in progress. Fragmented Rainbow Project / Michael C. Dawson -- My research approach / Andra Gillespie -- Book Reviews.