International Organization articles from September 2000

International Organization archives from September 2000

Institutional Assets and Adaptability: NATO After the Cold War.
September 22, 2000... What happens to alliances when their precipitating threats disappear? Understood in realist terms, alliances should not outlive the threats they were created to address. As coalitions of states aggregating their capabilities to cope with...

Room to Move: International Financial Markets and National Welfare States.
September 22, 2000... A central research question in international and comparative political economy concerns the influence of international financial markets on government policy outcomes. To what extent does international capital mobility limit government policy...

Trade Blocs, Trade Flows, and International Conflict.
September 22, 2000... The relationship between foreign trade and political conflict has been a persistent source of controversy among scholars of international relations. For centuries, commercial liberals have claimed that open trade inhibits hostilities. For...

Trust and Cooperation Through Agent-specific Punishments.
September 22, 2000... We have no quarrel with the people of Yugoslavia.... Our actions are directed against the repressive policy of the Yugoslav leadership. President William Clinton, 24 March 1999 The language of Realpolitik focuses on the pronoun them,...

Divided Government and U.S. Trade Policy: Much Ado About Nothing?
September 22, 2000... As scholars have turned to domestic politics to explain international outcomes, new puzzles have emerged. One persistent question concerns the role of "divided government" in the United States. Is liberalization of U.S. trade policy impeded...

Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Paul Brass. 1997. Theft of an Idol. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Francis M. Deng. 1995. War of Visions: Conflict of Identities in the Sudan. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Bruce Kapferer. 1988. Legends of...

In Memoriam.
September 22, 2000... ALEXANDER DALLIN (1924-2000) Leading scholar in Soviet and East European studies and eminent historian. Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History, Emeritus, Stanford University. Author of numerous important works...