Harvard International Review articles from January 2005

Harvard International Review archives from January 2005

Protecting patents.(CORRESPONDENCE)
January 1, 2005... In a recent article, ("Does One Size Fit All?: The International Patent Regime," Summer 2004) Graham Dutfield criticized international patent standard-setting efforts, contending that developing countries should be free to design individualized...

Remotely Russian.(Russia and Europe)
January 1, 2005... Nikolai Zlobin's article ("Together But Separate: Russia and Europe in the New Century," Fall 2004) asks how Russia's relationship with Europe is likely to change in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse. Historically, geopolitics has been the...

In the Fall 2004 issue, Richard Morningstar and Coit Blacker were incorrectly titled.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2005... In the Fall 2004 issue, Richard Morningstar and Coit Blacker were incorrectly titled. Richard Morningstar is an Adjunct Lecturer of Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Coit Blacker is Director of the Stanford Institute...

Angola's agony: tenuous times post-civil war.(AFRICA)
January 1, 2005... More than two years after the end of decades of armed conflict in Angola, many citizens--particularly in rural areas--in this oil-rich country are still waiting to reap the benefits of peace. During the conflict, Angola's largest opposition...

Clash of class: populism in Chavez's Venezuela.(AMERICAS)(Hugo Chavez)
January 1, 2005... In August 2004, President Hugo Chavez won a recall referendum allowing him to retain the presidency of Venezuela, an office he has held since 1998. Ironically, however, his popularity has caused tremendous conflict in Venezuela, and Chavez...

No sweat (shop): labor reforms in Cambodia.(ASIA PACIFIC)
January 1, 2005... Some US politicians have called for trade agreements to be linked to labor and environmental standards. Few realize, however, that one such trade deal already exists. In January 1999, Cambodia and the United States signed an agreement that...

Troubling travels: funding Myanmar's junta.(ASIA PACIFIC)(tourism stable source of income)
January 1, 2005... Ever since General Ne Win's coup d'etat in 1962, Myanmar's military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has maintained an iron-fisted political doctrine while sending mixed signals about its economic agenda. Although...

In name only: Norway's ceded sovereignty.(Norwegians are aware of consequences of not joing EU)
January 1, 2005... With the admission of ten additional countries to the European Union in May 2004, the consequences of being a non-member European state are growing. Though Norway has rejected referendums that propose EU entry several times, Norwegians are...

Red blues: strife in post-Soviet Georgia.(EUROPE)
January 1, 2005... Toward the end of November 2003, Georgians rejoiced at the revolution that removed president and semi-despot, Eduard Shevardnadze, from power. Periodicals and news networks around the world lauded this seemingly bloodless transfer of power,...

On the edge: threats to Jordanian reform.(MIDDLE EAST)
January 1, 2005... On many levels, Jordan continues to stand among Arab-Muslim countries as the best hope for facilitating peace and genuine democratic reform in the Middle East. Ten years ago, Jordan's King Hussein and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed...

US economic power: waxing or waning?(military power is stronger than economic power which may fall further)
January 1, 2005... Since the invasion of Iraq, anti-Americanism in Europe has spilled over from foreign policy seminars into economic debates. Both advanced and emerging market countries are challenging the US economic model as the paradigm to be emulated. This...

Phenomena of faith: religious dimensions of conflicts and peace.(PERSPECTIVES)(Interview)
January 1, 2005... Is religious conflict on the rise, or are we just beginning to focus on a phenomenon that has been going on for a long time? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I think the latter, but let us consider ethnopolitical conflict in general, without...

The nuclear conundrum: reconciling nuclear energy and nonproliferation.(PERSPECTIVES)
January 1, 2005... More than a half-century into the nuclear age, the world continues to grapple with the challenge of peacefully developing nuclear energy while preventing states from using their nuclear knowledge, technology, and assets to acquire nuclear...

Rewriting the textbooks: education policy in post-Hussein Iraq.(WORLD IN REVIEW)
January 1, 2005... British Liberal Henry Peter Brougham said in the 19th century, "Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave." For decades, Saddam Hussein perverted this philosophy and exploited...

Thanks, but no thanks: the other face of international humanitarian aid.(WORLD IN REVIEW)
January 1, 2005... Part of every well-intentioned dollar you send to a war-torn, underdeveloped country is funding the sport utility vehicle of a recent college graduate and the rest is perpetuating an ethnic war that is at the source of the famine you want to...

The hidden conflict: false optimism and silent strategy in Kashmir.(WORLD IN REVIEW)
January 1, 2005... In the aftermath of the October 2004 meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at the United Nations, the longest unresolved conflict on the agenda of the UN Security Council seems primed to...

Powering the globe.(fuel for thought: ENERGY)
January 1, 2005... It is one of the main questions confronting experts in both government and academia: "What drives foreign policy?" Theorists provide many answers--geopolitical concerns, security issues, domestic public opinion, or institutional constraints....

Forced to fuel: Iran's nuclear energy program.(fuel for thought: ENERGY)
January 1, 2005... On February 9, 2003, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami announced Iran's program for producing enriched uranium, the fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants (NPPs). Since then, experts and inspectors of the International Atomic...

Rising sun: technology transfer in China.(fuel for thought: ENERGY)
January 1, 2005... China's rapid economic growth has monopolized the news in recent months. The annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates of around ten percent that were common in the 1990s have continued in the early years of the 21st century. China's...

Fueling concern: the role of oil in Venezuela.(fuel for thought: ENERGY)
January 1, 2005... Since the 1921 discovery of the Barroso No. 2 well, Venezuela and oil have become inextricably linked. The reaction of diverse population groups to the discovery of the well proved to be a harbinger of the intricate social dynamics that the oil...

Business as usual: the Saudi-US relationship.(fuel for thought: ENERGY)
January 1, 2005... The Saudi-US relationship has consistently been described as an exchange of oil for security. However, since 1944, when US President Franklin Roosevelt and King Abdel Aziz met in Egypt, Saudi Arabia has used more US goods, management systems,...

Burning up: energy usage and the environment.(fuel for thought: ENERGY)
January 1, 2005... The use of energy by humankind has been an essential element in both the development of organized society and in the supply of food and physical comfort. Energy requirements were relatively modest for most of human existance, generally limited...

The perfect storm: OPEC and the world oil market.(fuel for thought: ENERGY)
January 1, 2005... Oil continues to be the world's most important fuel, contributing 39 percent of the global energy supply. It will remain the leading fuel in the near future, driven primarily by demand from the rapidly growing transportation sector. Crude oil...

Achieving international justice: human rights promotion and the law.(AN INTERVIEW WITH BERTRAND RAMCHARAN)(Interview)
January 1, 2005... Do universal human rights exist, and if so is it necessary to justify them philosophically? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are, without a doubt, universal human rights. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights represents a broad...

A less dangerous place; Munis D. Faruqui reviews Alive and Well in Pakistan: A Human Journey in a Dangerous Time.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Curiously, the story of Alive and Well in Pakistan does not begin in Pakistan. Its starting point is mid-1990s Kashmir and an attempt by the author to retrace V.S. Naipaul's steps in the same region (during the early 1960s and late 1980s). It...

Seeing the world scientifically: Ewan Harrison reviews The Power of International Theory.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Since its rise in prominence after the First World War, the discipline of international relations theory has sought to use scientific analysis to enlighten foreign policy. This aspiration has been the focus of considerable criticism over the...

Averting nuclear catastrophe: contemplating extreme responses to US vulnerability.(ENDPAPER)
January 1, 2005... The United States dominates the international scene like no other state. Indeed, the modern state system has never seen a comparable global power. Despite its enormous economic, political, and military strength, however, the United States...