Harvard International Review articles from March 1996

Harvard International Review archives from March 1996

Pacific insecurity: emerging threats to stability in East Asia.
March 22, 1996... EAST ASIA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S primary arenas of international competition and collaboration in the post-Cold War era. Over the past century and a half, the region has experienced recurrent great power rivalries, military intervention,...

Warring states: theoretical models of Asia Pacific security.
March 22, 1996... IN THE EARLY DECADES OF THE TWENTY-FIRST century, relations among the nations of East Asia may be characterized by high and rising levels of economic interdependence, expanding cooperation in a lengthening list of international institutions,...

Reinventing East Asia: multilateral cooperation and regional order.
March 22, 1996... THE CHANCES OF DIRECT MILITARY CONFLICT between the major powers in East Asia are lower now than at any time this century, largely because economic forces have created positive incentives for cooperative international behavior. China in...

Wealth and power: the economic transformation of security.
March 22, 1996... THE NATIONS OF EAST ASIA are engaged in an arms buildup on a scale unseen elsewhere in the world, despite the lack of armed conflict in the region or immediate threats to peace. While there has not yet been a full-fledged regional arms race, an...

No way out: North Korea's impending collapse.
March 22, 1996... FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A HUNDRED YEARS, all the major powers in Northeast Asia, including the United States, are at peace with one another. With the end of the Cold War, the century of turmoil that began with a war between China and Japan in...

Giant awakes: the Chinese challenge to East Asia.
March 22, 1996... THE RISE OF CHINA UNDENIABLY poses a problem for East Asian security. Those who suggest that there is not a problem are either strategically myopic or have prematurely capitulated to the notion of a Sinified East Asia. The real question is how...

Paper tiger: a skeptical appraisal of China's military might.
March 22, 1996... OF ALL OF THE UNCERTAINTIES of the Asian security environment, none is more compelling than that surrounding the future role and status of the People's Republic of China (PRC). To some observers, the combination of rapid economic growth and...

Beyond stability: new directions for Sino-Japanese relations.
March 22, 1996... THE FUTURE OF THE SINO-JAPANESE relationship will have broad implications for regional and global security. In the past, Japan's policy toward China has been aimed at building up politically stable relations and expanding economic ties. While...

Uncertain future: revitalizing the US-Japan alliance.
March 22, 1996... AT THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Asia is entering a new era. The sudden, unexpected end of the Cold War, the rise of Japan as a regional and global economic superpower, the long delayed emergence of China into the global system, and the...

Passing milestones: political and economic renewal in Haiti.
March 22, 1996... IN OCTOBER 1994, democracy returned to Haiti and our nation moved from death to life. As the guns were silenced and the rule of law restored, Haitians poured into the streets to celebrate freedom and their renewed opportunity to participate in...

Cities in crisis: the internationalization of urban problems.
March 22, 1996... THE TWENTIETH CENTURY has earned many designations, among them the "Century of Total Warfare," the "American Century," and, of course, the "Atomic Age." The most fitting title of all, however, may be the "Century of the City," named for the...

Unique perspective: economic trends in today's world: an interview with John Kenneth Galbraith.
March 22, 1996... FEW ECONOMISTS HAVE enjoyed as long or as distinguished a career as John Kenneth Galbraith, professor of economics at Harvard since 1948. An early Keynesian, Dr. Galbraith entered the public arena as the chief price controller for Franklin D....

Killings in Kashmir: the prospects for India's rebellion.
March 22, 1996... ON MAY 11, 1995, THE BITTER CONflict raging throughout the Kashmir Valley claimed new victims. The shrine of Sheik Nooruddin Wali and the town surrounding it, Charar-i-Sharief, were burned to the ground. The five hundre-year-old shrine of...

Global partners: narrowing the focus of US foreign policy.
March 22, 1996... AT HIS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS IN 1993, US Secretary of State Warren Christopher made a resolute pledge: "I want to assure the American people that we will not turn their blood and treasure into an open account for use by the rest of the world."...

Coming of age: the emergence of the yen bloc.
March 22, 1996... DRAMATIC MONETARY FLUCTUAtions have, in recent years, markedly reduced international confidence in the dollar, especially in the Asia-Pacific region where the dollar has served for years as a foundation for local currencies and international...

Going for broke: bankruptcies of multinational corporations.
March 22, 1996... RECENT MOVEMENTS TOWARD bankruptcy law reform in the United States, Germany, France, and many other countries were intensified by the poor economic conditions of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the 1987 crash of numerous stock markets...

Spreading the word: the prevention of emerging pandemics.
March 22, 1996... ON DECEMBER 14, 1994, A US GOVernment interagency working group was established under the jurisdiction of the Committee of International Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy (CISET), under the auspices of of President Clinton's National...

Seeds of change: the implications of biotechnology patents.
March 22, 1996... EECONOMIC GROWTH IS STRONGLY influenced by new inventions, and invention is encouraged by patent laws. The ablishment of intellectual property rights is therefore a crucial issue throughout much of the world. In the case of new, technologically...

Balkan tragedy: chaos and dissolution after the Cold War.
March 22, 1996... RESEARCH AND WRITING ON THE terrible conflicts in former Yugoslavia should be seen as more than academic exercises. Given the complexity of the issues, the bewildering sequence of developments in the region, and the intense discussion of the...

Sources of Russian foreign policy after the Cold War.
March 22, 1996... Celeste A. Wallander, associate professor of government and faculty associate at the Center for International Affairs and the Russian Research Center at Harvard University, edits this collection of works from scholars of international relations...

Intimate enemies: Jews and Arabs in a shared land.
March 22, 1996... In Intimate Enemies, Meron Benvenisti examines the ethnic conflict in Israel in an insightful and original light. Trained at Harvard, Benvenisti is a political scientist who was formerly mayor of Jerusalem and is currently an Israeli...

Unintended consequences: illegal drugs & drug policies in nine countries.
March 22, 1996... Unintended Consequences analyzes the illegal drug industry in a broad range of political contexts, and attempts to draw conclusions about its political and socioeconomic impact in different regions. Tullis' argument focuses on the indirect...

No way out: North Korea's impending collapse.
March 22, 1996... FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A HUNDRED YEARS, all the major powers in Northeast Asia, including the United States, are at peace with one another. With the end of the Cold War, the century of turmoil that began with a war between China and Japan in...

Reluctant guardian: the United States in East Asia.
March 22, 1996... SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR, only the Asia Pacific region has seemed at peace and relatively free of change. The collapse of multiethnic states and empires has rocked Europe, Eurasia, and Africa. Anarchy and ethnic or religious strife have...