BELFER CENTER STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Fall 2008
"Correspondence: ASEAN, Regional Integration, and State Sovereignty"
International Security, issue 2, volume 33
By Hiro Katsumata, David Martin Jones and Michael L.R. Smith
Hiro Katsumata responds to David Martin Jones and Michael L.R. Smith's Summer 2007 International Security article, "Making Process, Not Progress: ASEAN and the Evolving East Asian Regional Order."
2007
"Exploring the Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms Behind Subjective Assessments of Travel Amounts"
Environment and Behavior, issue 4, volume 39
By David T. Ory, Patricia L. Mokhtarian and Gustavo Collantes, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Enviroment and Natural Resources Program, 2007-2008
oTravel demand models focus on explaining how much individuals actually travel but offer no insight into how much individuals think they travel.
October, 2003
The Roots of Africa's Leadership Defecit
Compass: A Journal of Leadership, issue 1, volume 1
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Leadership in Africa is typified more by disfiguring examples --
the Idi Amins and Robert Mugabes -- than by positive role models
such as Nelson Mandela and Seretse Khama.
Spring 2002
"Sources of Humanitarian Intervention: Beliefs, Information, and Advocacy in the U.S. Decisions on Somalia and Bosnia"
International Security, issue 4, volume 26
By Jon Western
nstead, increasing concern that the success of presidential candidate Bill Clinton and his liberal humanitarian advisers in portraying the Bush administration as uncaring and the assessment that Somalia would be a less difficult operation than Bosnia drove U.S. decisionmaking.
Spring 2002
"Russians' Rights Imperiled: Has Anybody Noticed?"
International Security, issue 4, volume 26
By Sarah Mendelson, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
The author holds that “even when conditions that scholars have identified as necessary and sufficient for the spread of international norms are present, significant external and internal barriers can slow or otherwise impede their diffusion.”
Spring 2002
"Limited National and Allied Missile Defense"
International Security, issue 4, volume 26
By James M. Lindsay, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, Spring 1986 and Michael O'Hanlon
The authors claim that in arguing that the costs of a national missile defense outweigh the benefits, Charles Glaser and Steve Fetter underestimate or ignore three possible scenarios that support the development of a limited NMD system.
Spring 2002
"Tragedy or Choice in Vietnam? Learning to Think Outside the Archival Box: A Review Essay"
International Security, issue 4, volume 26
By John Garofano, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2000-2002
The author examines the contributions of each volume to the debate over what compelled the national leadership to increase U.S. military involvement in Vietnam in the mid-1960s.
Spring 2002
"Power, Ideas, and New Evidence on the Cold War's End: A Reply to Brooks and Wohlforth"
International Security, issue 4, volume 26
The author critiques Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth’s recent article, “Power, Globalization, and the End of the Cold War.” He faults the authors for privileging materialist explanations for the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the exclusion of other possible causes—in particular, the influence of “new thinkers” led by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Spring 2002
"Limited National and Allied Missile Defense"
International Security, issue 4, volume 26
By Steve Fetter, Former Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and Charles Glaser, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1982-1985; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
In an exchange of letters, James Lindsay and Michael O’Hanlon claim that in arguing that the costs of a national missile defense outweigh the benefits, the authors underestimate or ignore three possible scenarios that support the development of a limited NMD system. The authors respond.
Spring 2002
"The Need for Praxis: Bringing Policy Relevance Back In"
International Security, issue 4, volume 26
The author asks where political scientists and international relations scholars should turn to find answers to a variety of questions emerging from the attacks.
