Policy Review articles from February 2004

Policy Review archives from February 2004

Power and population in Asia.
February 1, 2004... FEW WOULD CONTEST the general proposition that the population factor bears directly on the course of the friendly--and sometimes unfriendly--competition between states in the world arena today. Problems arise, however, when we try to move from...

A lawless global court: how the ICC undermines the U.N. system.
February 1, 2004... THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S opposition to the recently inaugurated International Criminal Court (ICC) has provoked expressions of outrage and disappointment from human rights advocates worldwide and especially shrill condemnations from European...

Burgers, fries, and lawyers.
February 1, 2004... A scene: The overweight baseball fan jumps to his feet in the bleachers of Wrigley Field, screaming for the Chicago Cubs to hold onto their 3-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning. He squeezes a Cubs pennant in his left hand while shoving a...

Intelligence failures; the wrong model for the war on terror.
February 1, 2004... THE CONTROVERSY surrounding the American pre-war intelligence assessment of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs dominates the airwaves and print media. Behind-the-scenes investigations spawned by the Iraq performance as well as the...

Power, war, and public opinion: looking behind the transatlantic divide.
February 1, 2004... IN RECENT YEARS, the transatlantic relationship has witnessed some of the greatest debates and differences recorded in U.S.-European relations, most recently concerning the war in Iraq. Not surprisingly, this turbulence has also generated a...

The absolute intellectual.
February 1, 2004... BERNARD-HENRI LEVY. Sartre: The Philosopher of the Twentieth Century. POLITY PRESS. 536 PAGES. $29.95 BACK IN the 1960s, or even early seventies, if you asked the average intelligent person to name a philosopher, the answer would as likely...