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Sean M. Lynn-Jones

Sean M. Lynn-Jones

Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security

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Telephone: (617) 495-1463
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Email: sean_lynn-jones@harvard.edu

 

 

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1995

March 1995

The Perils of Anarchy

International Security Reader

By Michael E. Brown, Editorial Board Member and Former Co-Editor, Quarterly Journal: International Security, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security and Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

Current debates about the nature of international politics have centered on the clash between supporters and critics of realism. The Perils of Anarchy brings together a number of recent essays written in the realist tradition. It includes realist interpretations of the collapse of the Cold War order and of the emerging order that has replaced it, the sources of alignment and aggression, and the causes of peace. A final section provides a counterpoint by raising criticisms of and alternatives to the realist approach.

 

 

March 1995

Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security

International Security Reader

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security and Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

The essays collected in Global Dangers provide both conceptual analysis and empirical assessment of the environment, migration, and nationalism as sources of conflict.

 

1993

July 1993

The Cold War and After: Prospects for Peace

International Security Reader

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security and Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

The Cold War and After presents a collection of well-reasoned arguments selected from the journal International Security on the causes of the Cold War and the effect of its aftermath on the peaceful coexistence of European states. This new edition includes all of the material from the first edition, plus four new articles.

 

1992

October 1992

America's Strategy in a Changing World

International Security Reader

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security and Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

At a time when events are overtaking many publications, these articles selected from International Security provide up-to-date and comprehensive analyses of American national security strategy in the post–Cold War world.

Addressing future U.S. relations with its Cold War allies as well as with its former foes, contributions take up such major issues as overall strategic options, security in the new Europe, relations with the former Soviet Union, U.S.-Japan relations, and threats in the Third World, particularly proliferation.

 

1991

March 1991

The Cold War and After: Prospects for Peace

International Security Reader

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security

This timely collection of articles from the journal International Security focuses on the future of Europe; however, the analysis can be applied to any continent. The first four essays look at the sources of the post-1945 peace and consider whether the threat of nuclear weapons or other factors have acted as a deterrent to war. The next three essays debate whether the new Europe will see war or peace and offer different prescriptions for preventing a return to chaos.

 

1990

September 1990

Nuclear Diplomacy and Crisis Management

International Security Reader

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security, Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom and Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

These essays from the journal International Security examine the effects of the nuclear revolution on the international system and the role nuclear threats have played in international crises.

 

1989

August 1989

Conventional Forces and American Defense Policy

International Security Reader

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security and Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

These fourteen essays analyze several major areas of American conventional defense: the new administration's defense policy the state of the NATO Warsaw Pact conventional balance, the effectiveness of NATO's conventional strategy and problems associated with projecting military power in the Third World.

 

 

August 1989

Soviet Military Policy

International Security Reader

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security, Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom and Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

Soviet military policy has been one of the most important and perplexing issues confronting the United States since 1945. Mikhail Gorbachev's foreign policy innovations have focused renewed attention on these vital questions.

 

No Date

"International Security Studies After the Cold War: An Agenda for the Future"

Discussion Paper

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security

 

 

Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security

Book

By Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom and Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security

 

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