Fox and EZLN: the Zapatista rebellion in
Mexico.(Americas)(Zapatista National Liberation Army)
Since Vincente Fox was elected president of Mexico in July 2000,
the Zapatista rebellion in the Mexican state of Chiapas has received
little attention from the international media. The tension . . .
The final frontier: new space for US-China relations.(Asia
Pacific)
On October 15, 2003, at 9:00 AM Beijing time, the People's
Republic of China became the third nation in history to send a human
into orbit. The "taikonaut," Lt. Col. Yang Liwei, landed . . .
A kiwi plan: tourism in New Zealand.(Asia Pacific)
In the melee of global politics, cultural tourism has seldom
received attention. Yet tourism has developed into a significant
industry for economies around the globe. Within tourism, ecological . . .
Czech minus: grading the republic's economy.(Europe)
The Czech Republic seems to have worked its way out of the
Soviet-imposed misery that lasted through the 1980s; the state appears
to have shed its dreary image of concrete housing blocks and . . .
Down the road: Serbia's path to
reconstruction.(Europe)
He came, he saw, and he conquered. When late Serbian Prime Minister
Zoran Djindjic was elected to office in 2000, he inherited a struggling
country and an economy rife with corruption and crime. . . .
The three players.(Correspondence)
I would like to complement James Hsiung's article ("The
Strategic Triangle," Spring 2004) by exploring the
"not-so-strategic" triangle and thinking about the future of
the relations between the . . .
Calibrated openness.(Correspondence)(transparency is a vital
aspect of democracy)
Ann Florini's article ("Behind Closed Doors," Spring
2004) is certainly right that transparency is a vital aspect of
democracy. But we must also recognize the unintended irony of
Florini's recourse . . .
Globalization: passing fad or permanent
revolution?(Endpaper)
Globalization is now often dismissed as another over-hyped fad of
the 1990s. Like Internet companies or market reforms in poor countries,
globalization promised much and delivered little. After . . .
Benign colonialism? The Iraq War: Hidden Agendas and Babylonian
Intrigue.(Review Essays)(Book Review)
The Iraq War: Hidden Agendas and Babylonian Intrigue
In the wake of nonstop coverage by the broadcast media and
"embedded" journalists, a tidal wave of books on Operation
Iraqi Freedom is now . . .
Free trade's pressure cooker; Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars
on the US/Mexican Border.(Review Essays)(Book Review)
Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the US/Mexican Border
David Bacon's Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the US/Mexican
Border offers a wide view of labor issues on both sides of the
US-Mexican . . .
A CIVIC project: helping Innocent Victims of war in Iraq and
Afghanistan.(An Interview with Marla Ruzicka)(Campaign for Innocent
After witnessing the effects of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, you
founded the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC). What is
CIVIC's current mission, and does it have long-term . . .
Love thy neighbor: regional intervention in Sudan's civil
war.(Interventionism)
The historic peace agreement currently being completed between the
government of Sudan and the country's main rebel group, the Sudan
People's Liberation Army (SPLA), will mark the end of a long . . .
Humanitarian hazard: revisiting doctrines of
intervention.(Interventionism)
No foreign policy seems more inherently benign than humanitarian
military intervention. It is rooted in the altruistic desire to protect
innocents from violent death. It appears feasible, given the . . .
Setting the standard: justifying humanitarian
intervention.(Interventionism)
Humanitarian intervention was supposed to have gone the way of the
1990s. The use of military force across borders to stop mass killing was
seen as a luxury of an era in which national security . . .
Barely borders: issues of international
law.(Interventionism)
Was the US-led attack on Iraq justified? The question comes from
all corners of the globe, and answers are varied. Our collective
response should be to cooperate in thoughtfully examining the . . .
Doctrinal divisions: the politics of US military
interventions.(Interventionism)
In recent times, the United States has entered a particularly
active phase in its use of military force. Since 1989, the United States
has intervened in Panama, Kuwait, northern Iraq, Somalia, . . .
Legality to legitimacy: the revival of the just war
framework.(Interventionism)
As the modern state system evolved during the centuries before the
seminal event of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, international law
gradually displaced just war doctrine in providing guidelines . . .
Words of war: challenges to the just war
theory.(Interventionism)
What standards should be met for an intervention to be for
"self determination"? Would Kosovo fit under this category?
Intervention in secessionist or national liberation struggles is
not at all . . .
Stepping in.(Interventionism)
Diplomacy may be the art of statesmanship, but intervention is
rarely artful. Whereas diplomacy happens comfortably behind tables,
intervention often unfolds dangerously on the ground. Surely one . . .
Qualifying Kyoto: a warming climate and a heated debate.(World in
Review)
Earth is warming, but the international community is getting
colder. Political heat is scorching and countries are baring their cold
shoulders. As pressure rises and fissures widen, the Kyoto . . .
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