International Organization articles from June 1997

International Organization archives from June 1997

The critical barrier to civil war settlement.
June 22, 1997... Introduction Unlike interstate wars, civil wars rarely end in negotiated settlements. Between 1940 and 1990 55 percent of interstate wars were resolved at the bargaining table, whereas only 20 percent of civil wars reached similar...

Chasing phantoms: the political economy of USTR. (US Trade Representative)
June 22, 1997... Introduction Trade barriers, though usually considered welfare-reducing, are globally ubiquitous. In light of the enormous clash between what is and what ought to be, researchers have begun addressing the question of why countries so...

Entrenching the Yoshida defense doctrine: three techniques for institutionalization. (Japanese Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru)
June 22, 1997... Japan's level of defense expenditure relative to the size of its economy has long been uniquely low among the major industrialized countries. As of 1995, Japan's expenditures stood at 0.96 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).(1) Even adding...

Agricultural policy reform and the Uruguay Round: synergistic linkage in a two-level game?
June 22, 1997... Explaining Agricultural Policy Reform Domestic agricultural subsidy policies in the United States and in the European Union (EU) underwent substantial liberal reforms between 1990 and 1996. In the United States in 1990, Congress reduced acreage...

Dueling realisms. (realism in international relations)
June 22, 1997... International relations scholars have tended to focus on realism's common features rather than exploring potential differences.(1) Realists do share certain assumptions and are often treated as a group, but such a broad grouping obscures...