A new climate treaty: US leadership after
Kyoto.(ENDPAPER)
For years, despite a steady accumulation of science showing the
clear and present dangers of global climate change, efforts toward an
effective international response have been at a virtual . . .
Proclaiming sovereignty; Glenda Sluga reviews The Declaration of
Independence: A Global History.(Book review)
The most recent states to emerge on the world scene appeared just
over a decade ago. Almost all of them, over 30 in total, were the
practical and political consequences of the end of the Cold War . . .
Rebuilding justice: Douglas Rutzen reviews Can Might Make Rights?
Building the Rule of Law After Military Interventions.(Book
re
In Plato's Apology, Chaerephon approached the Oracle at Delphi
and asked whether anyone was wiser than Socrates. The Pythian priestess
replied that there was no one wiser. Socrates was perplexed. . . .
Searching for a solution: Israel in a time of terror.(AN
INTERVIEW WITH c)(Interview)
ALAN DERSHOWITZ is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at
Harvard Law School.
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Imagine a Middle East with a HAMAS-led Palestinian government, a
Hezbollah-led Lebanese . . .
Terrorist rivals: beyond the state-centric model.(United States
defense spending trends)
By any standard measure, the United States is currently the most
powerful country in the history of the world. Its defense budget of
US$440 billion in 2007 (US$560 billion if one includes the . . .
Dark power: globalization, inequality, and conflict.
The question of whether another state would rise to challenge US
hegemony became relevant in the 1990s after the implosion of the Soviet
Union left the United States with seemingly unprecedented . . .
China's rise: an unlikely pillar of US hegemony.(who will
rise? A TILTED BALANCE)
The rise of China is perhaps one of the most discussed topics in
current scholarship on international politics. In many ways, it is
actually an over-analyzed concept. Within Chinese political . . .
Precipitate decline: the advent of multipolarity.(who will rise?
A TILTED BALANCE)
As recently as 2003, it was considered absurd to talk of the
decline of the United States. Now, however, such a belief has become
common currency among theorists, policymakers, and the media. . . .
Unipolar stability: the rules of power analysis.(who will rise? A
TILTED BALANCE)
The potential for the rise of a multipolar world order certainly
seems far more plausible now than it did several years ago. In 2003,
pundits considered the term "unipolar" to be too modest; . . .
Balance of power revisited: predicting the next world order.(who
will rise? A TILTED BALANCE)
On November 9,1989 the government of East Berlin announced that it
would begin dismantling the Berlin Wall, which for 28 years had stood as
a concrete symbol of the global divide between Eastern . . .
Writing the rules: the need for standardized regulation of
Islamic finance.(WORLD IN REVIEW)
Islamic finance has been one of the fastest-growing areas of the
global financial services industry over the last decade. This growth,
estimated at 15 percent annually over the last three years, . . .
Spinning the color wheel: constitutional reform in the
Ukraine.(WORLD IN REVIEW)
Over the last two years, Ukraine, the second-largest country in
Europe, has fallen off the radar of international news and events. For
most of its post-Soviet history, Ukraine struggled to adapt to . . .
Falling behind HIV: The need for prevention.(WORLD IN
REVIEW)
Since scientists isolated the first known case of AIDS in 1959, the
highly resistant HIV has mutated, showing great resilience in the face
of various treatments. In 2005 alone, 38.6 million cases . . .
Europe as a global player: a parliamentary
perspective.(PERSPECTIVES)
In the 28 years since the European Parliament was first elected, it
has developed from a largely advisory forum into a full-fledged branch
of Europe's legislature. Since the Single European Act of . . .
The politics of a health crisis: why AIDS is not threatening
African governance.(PERSPECTIVES)
Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic has engendered many nasty
surprises. In the 15 years after the continent's first AIDS cases
were reported on the shores of Lake Victoria in the early 1980s, the
virus . . .
Rebuilding a nation: myths, realities, and solutions in
Iraq.(PERSPECTIVES)
A failure to understand Iraq's history risks catastrophic
blundering, likely to result in an exponential rise in the region's
entropy, as US policymakers and Iraqis ponder how to deal with . . .
Dwindling oasis: Egypt's water politics.(MIDDLE
EAST)
There isn't much to drink in the desert. Military conflict
over water in the Middle East has long been the rule rather than the
exception, and control of the resource was a major flashpoint during . . .
Neglect's costs: Turkish integration in
Germany.(EUROPE)
The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 exacerbated a labor
shortage in West Germany. In response, the Federal Republic decided to
include Turkey in its foreign worker recruitment program. In . . .
A rivalry revived: confrontation in the Caucasus.(EUROPE)
Russian president Vladimir Putin recently announced his
country's interest in normalizing relations with former satellite
state Georgia. That statement, coupled with the restoration of
Russia's . . .
The New Right: political winds in South Korea.(ASIA
PACIFIC)
Progressive politicians have dominated South Korean politics for
the past half decade. This environment has fostered a more participatory
democracy, manifested by the strengthened voice of . . .
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