International Organization articles from June 1995

International Organization archives from June 1995

Rationalist explanations for war.
June 22, 1995... The central puzzle about war, and also the main reason we study it, is that wars are costly but nonetheless wars recur. Scholars have attempted to resolve the puzzle with three types of argument. First, one can argue that people (and state...

Beyond the enemy image and spiral model: cognitive-strategic research after the cold war.
June 22, 1995... Hans Morgenthau made a powerful argument against studying motivation in international relations theory.(1) He then spent the better part of his most famous book discussing the difference between imperialist and status quo powers and the...

Norms reconstituting interests: global racial equality and U.S. sanctions against South Africa.
June 22, 1995... Transnational anti-apartheid activists' extraordinary success in generating great power sanctions against South Africa offers ample evidence that norms, independent of material considerations, are an important factor in determining states'...

Sovereignty, nationalism, and regional order in the Arab states system.
June 22, 1995... In the first address to the French Parliament by a U.S. President since Woodrow Wilson, in June 1994 President Bill Clinton spoke of the growing challenge posed by nationalism to international order. In decided contrast to Wilson, who came to...

Democratic states and international disputes.
June 22, 1995... As a replacement for the U.S. cold war strategy of containment, the Clinton administration has adopted a foreign-policy strategy of "enlargement." According to Anthony Lake, assistant to the President for national security affairs, the...

From domestic to international justice: the welfare state and foreign aid.
June 22, 1995... This article examines the relationship between foreign aid and welfare policies among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Parallels between these two types of governmental intervention have been...

Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization.
June 22, 1995... Alice Amsden. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. The publication of books by both Alice Amsden and Robert Wade provide an opportune moment to reflect on the study of East Asian development.(1) After an initial surge of interest beginning...

Offspring of Empire: The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945.
June 22, 1995... Carter Eckert. Colonial Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991. The publication of books by both Alice Amsden and Robert Wade provide an opportune moment to reflect on the study of East Asian development.(1) After an initial surge of...

Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of Government in East Asian Industrialization.
June 22, 1995... Robert Wade. Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1990. The publication of books by both Alice Amsden and Robert Wade provide an opportune moment to reflect on the study of East Asian development.(1) After an initial surge of...