Harvard International Review articles from June 2001

Harvard International Review archives from June 2001

The Future of War Technology, Conflict, and Change.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Our conception of war has never been constant, and its evolving nature has animated philosophical and strategic debate for centuries. This past century has been no exception. The increasing military strength of the major powers has...

LETTERS to the Editor.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... "A Blank Check": Going to War over Kosovo The decision by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to go to war over Kosovo was not a spur-of-the-moment mistake but the tragic outcome of faulty Western policy ("'Madeleine's War' and...

Brain Strain.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... India's IT Crisis Having lost many of its most highly skilled workers to the West in the past half century, India struggles today to fill posts in its own burgeoning information technology (IT) sector. India, unique among developing...

Illegal Tender.
June 22, 2001... Counterfeit Dollars and Colombian Crime Though infamous for its thriving narcotics industry, Colombia is also the world's leading producer of counterfeit US currency. Evidence shows that the two industries are converging, with drug...

Democracy Derailed?
June 22, 2001... Fujimori's Legacy in Peru After a decade leading Peru's fragile democracy, Alberto Fujimori left the presidency on November 20, 2000, amid a political maelstrom that engulfed his administration and the country's governmental institutions....

Irreligious Police.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia's system of criminal justice has had a history of arbitrary neglect and violation of women's human rights that goes far beyond simple discrimination. Despite the government's notorious...

Young Blood.
June 22, 2001... New Leaders in the Middle East Biding a Harley-Davidson, watching the American television sitcom "Dharma & Greg," holding a medical degree-none of these are customarily associated with a Middle East leader, but that stereotype is changing....

A More Perfect Union.
June 22, 2001... Europe in Search of its Future Visions about the "finality" of the European Union, as articulated by German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer at Berlin's Humboldt University in May 2000, could mark a turning point in the path toward a...

Failure of the Fund.
June 22, 2001... Rethinking the IMF Response The world is just emerging from the Asian financial crisis, perhaps the most cat event to affect global capitalism since the Great Depression. While the United States emerged from this event unscathed--some...

Universalism and the West.
June 22, 2001... An Agenda for Understanding On August 20,1998, the United States attacked the Al-Shifa (Health,) Company, a pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, Sudan. The nighttime strike completely destroyed the factory, killing the night watchman and...

The Postmodern Military.
June 22, 2001... The Irony of "Strengthening" Defense The tortuous elevation of George W. Bush to the presidency was the first clearly postmodern presidential election--less because of its debt to surrealism than because of the supreme irony that has...

Central Asia's Balancing Act.
June 22, 2001... Between Terrorism and interventionism Somewhere deep in the mountains of Tajikistan, several hundred Islamic militants are hiding, eager to continue their campaign against the secular governments of Central Asia. Although they believe they...

The Business of Cooperation.
June 22, 2001... Peace and Profit through Joint Ventures The idea of using trade to create political stability is not a new one. It took the form of imperialism into the late 19th century, when colonies helped the governments of industrializing countries...

The German Question Resolved.
June 22, 2001... Making Sense of Schroeder's Foreign Policy Henry Kissinger once described the Federal Republic of Germany as "economically a giant, but politically a dwarf." While the first part of the description is still fairly accurate, the latter seems...

Coming Conflicts.
June 22, 2001... Interstate War in the New Millennium Is interstate war becoming obsolete? Many thoughtful observers, including political scientists, now believe so. Six key arguments--not to mention the modest number of interstate wars in recent...

A Disarming Proposition.(sustainable disarmament)
June 22, 2001... Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Disarmament The risks of catastrophic wars are directly related to the motivations and capabilities of states, including the types of weapons that are available to conduct such wars. Disarmament,...

The Struggle for Peace.(Brahimi Report)
June 22, 2001... Rethinking Intervention According to recent reports from the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, and the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, the world is a less...

Forward to the Past.
June 22, 2001... Insurgency in Our Midst With the end of the Cold War and its concomitant ideological competition, it is clear that the patterns of military activity have changed. Moreover, increasing globalization and the economic and political links that...

Optional Lethality.
June 22, 2001... Evolving Attitudes Toward Nonlethal Weaponry There exists a common misperception that war is about killing the enemy. In fact, conflict is about the imposition of will, which may or may not involve lethal consequences. History is replete...

Cyberwarriors.(hacktivism, electrohippies)
June 22, 2001... Activists and Terrorists Turn to Cyberspace As Palestinian rioters clashed with Israeli forces in the fall of 2000, Arab and Israeli hackers took to cyberspace to participate in the action. According to the Middle Last Intelligence...

All That's Fit to Print.(Interview)
June 22, 2001... Journalism in a Globalized World For over two decades, Bill Emmott has been a fixture at The Economist, a publication whose reputation for incisive commentary on and reportage of business, economic, and political affairs has long been...

Asia's Thirst for Fuel.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... Cooperation and Energy Geopolitics From Daniel Yergin's famous book The Prize to Kent Calder's less notable but still influential Asia's Deadly Triangle, authors who have tackled the difficult subject of energy have tended to emphasize the...

Contagious Fears; Infectious Disease and National Security.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... Infectious Disease and National Security In an increasingly interdependent world, the United States faces an array of new global challenges that transcend the traditional definition of national security. One important example is the...

Development without Borders.(globalization)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Globalization in the 21st Century What is globalization? More than ever before, groups and individuals are interacting directly across borders without involving the state. This happens partly due to new technology and partly because states...