Harvard International Review articles from March 2009

Harvard International Review archives from March 2009

Letter from the editors.(Editorial)
March 22, 2009... What does "modern war" entail? The end of the Cold War signalled a shift--at least temporarily--away from territorial conflicts between large states and towards smaller, messier forms of warfare. US counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan...

Politics, please.(CORRESPONDENCE)
March 22, 2009... Nicolas de Torrente and Fabrice Weissman ("A War Without Limits," Winter 2008) insightfully document international complicity in Somalia's recent suffering. The piece leaves the reader incensed at our collective failure but uncomfortably bereft...

Seeds of discontent: politics and Argentine agriculture.(AMERICAS)
March 22, 2009... Soybeans grown by the ton in Argentina's expansive farmland represent a substantial part of that nation's export market. Herds of cattle bred and fed in the vast pampas make the country famous for its high-quality beef. But for President...

Failing the state: recognizing Somaliland.(AFRICA)
March 22, 2009... As nations across Africa struggle to maintain law and order, the international community has forsaken one of Africa's most promising states. Somaliland announced its independence from Somalia in 1991, seizing its opportunity during a power...

Pressing for change: journalistic freedom in Russia.(EUROPE)
March 22, 2009... Following his decisive electoral victory in March 2008, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev vigorously affirmed his intent to protect freedom of the press in the Russian Federation, arguing that independent media provided a crucial channel of...

Womb for rent: India's commercial surrogacy.(ASIA)
March 22, 2009... As one of the world's leading outsourcing destinations, India capitalizes on its comparative advantages to play host to a variety of foreign service sectors. Bu t in addition to attracting commonplace jobs such as information technology (IT)...

A tightrope act: Jordan's turmoil after Gaza.(MIDDLE EAST)
March 22, 2009... In December 2008, as televisions worldwide lit up with footage from the Israeli assault on Gaza, protestors next door in Amman, Jordan shouted their support for Hamas, their opposition to Fatah, and their frustration with conciliatory Arab...

Winning the fight: eradicating slavery in the modern age.(PERSPECTIVES)
March 22, 2009... The money in Ghana has always been down on the coast. Poor religious and tribal minorities live in the North, where Ibrahim was born. Orphaned at the age of nine, Ibrahim set off with his uncle in search of work. They followed rumors to the...

The EU Reflection Group: learning from the past.(Viewpoint essay)
March 22, 2009... The rapidly changing, globalized world never ceases to both surprise and catch us unawares. The world economical crisis that started out as a financial crisis in the United States, however, has done more than that. As it continues worsening...

South Africa's ANC split: end of an era?(WORLD IN REVIEWrsouth africa)(African National Congress)(Congress of the People)
March 22, 2009... Is South Africa leaving the era of Nelson Mandela? After the country's 14 years of de facto single party rule under the African National Congress (ANC), the party of Mandela and of liberation has experienced serious internal divisions over...

Unity under siege: the European Single Market after the financial crisis.(WORLD IN REVIEW)
March 22, 2009... As Europe's leaders respond to the financial crisis, concerns of economic protectionism are leading to greater questions over the fundamental unity of the European Union. At risk is the European Single Market, which, though less prominent than...

US nuclear policy: the open window for transformation.(FEATURES)
March 22, 2009... It is often said that the world is at a nuclear tipping point. By this, analysts mean that the policy choices we make over the next few years may determine if we tip over into nuclear catastrophe or pull back from the various brinks on which we...

NATO'S future: facing old divisions and new threats.(FEATURES)(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
March 22, 2009... NATO has much to celebrate in the year of its 60th anniversary. In the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, NATO has incorporated much of Central and Eastern Europe into its membership. It responded to the threat...

Counterinsurgency: lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan.(FEATURES)
March 22, 2009... Before the US interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the subsequent outbreak of insurgencies in those countries, counterinsurgency was a badly neglected part of the US defense establishment's security repertoire. During the 1990s, civilian...

On liberty: detention in new forms of armed conflict.(FEATURES)
March 22, 2009... On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda operatives attacked civilian and military targets on US territory, causing thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in economic loss. On September 12, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted...

Freedom house presents ... civil society under threat bureaucratic strategies of the new authoritarians.(SPOTLIGHT)
March 22, 2009... After several decades of consistent progress, the state of global freedom has entered a period of stagnation and possibly even decline. The reasons for recent setbacks to liberty are numerous and complex. However, to a significant degree, the...

Duke university presents ... an outflow of talent: nativism and the US reverse brain drain.(SPOTLIGHT)
March 22, 2009... As the world hurtles headlong into the deepest global recession since the Great Depression, the controversial cultural and economic tensions that have always existed around the sensitive topics of immigration and immigration policy are again...

A renewed approach: finding stability in US-Pakistan relations.(INTERVIEW)(Interview)
March 22, 2009... You have extensive experience in Pakistani diplomacy and have served Pakistan as Ambassador for two terms. What do you think were the main diplomatic issues facing Pakistan during your ambassadorship and how, if at all, do you think the issues...

An eye for an eye: Counterterrorism, reciprocity, and human rights.
March 22, 2009... Mark Osiel's provocative new book, The End of Reciprocity: Terror, Torture and the Law of War, provides detailed discussions of a number of important moral and legal issues arising for the United States in its ongoing response to the threats...