BOOKS
August 2007
Human Rights and Wrongs: Slavery, Terror, Genocide
By Helen Fein, Associate, International Security Program
Human Rights and Wrongs explains the persistence of crimes against humanity since the Holocaust...
July 4, 2007
Power to People: The Inside Story of AES and the Globalization of Electricity
By Peter Grose, Associate, International Security Program
Power to People is the story of electricity privatization, expanding global markets, and the transformation of an industry. It is also proof of the electrifying combination of innovation and good citizenship.
2007
Global Perspectives on Oil and Security
This book was born out of a seminar organized by the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies in January 2006, where members of the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University presented papers on topics related to oil and security.
2007
The New Silk Roads: Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia
This book, with contributions by eminent scholars from sixteen countries, reviews the state of the links of transport and trade that are bringing about this fundamental change on the world’s largest continent.
May 2007
The End of Government . . . As We Know It: Making Public Policy Work
By Elaine Kamarck, Lecturer in Public Policy
In the last decades of the twentieth century, many political leaders declared that government was, in the words of Ronald Reagan, "the problem, not the solution." But on closer inspection, argues Elaine Kamarck, the revolt against government was and is a revolt against bureaucracy—a revolt that has taken place in first world, developing, and avowedly communist countries alike.
To some, this looks like the end of government. Kamarck, however, counters that what we are seeing is the replacement of the traditional bureaucratic approach with new models more in keeping with the information age economy.
May 2007
The Essence of Longing: General Erez Gerstein and the War in Lebanon
By Ehud Eiran, Research Fellow, International Security Program
The Essence of Longing goes beyond Gerstein's biography and a detailing of the operations he led: It is also the story of Israel's counter insurgency wars in Lebanon in the 1980s and 1990s and the tale of the generation that fought there and leads the Israel Defense forces today.
May 2007
Population Resettlement in International Conflicts: A Comparative Study
By Arie M. Kacowicz and Pawel Lutomski
"A persuasive set of comparative essays that move us beyond the inaccurate sui generis claims routinely applied to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict."—Prof. Thomas G. Weiss, Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate Center
May, 2007
Integrating Science and Technology into Development Policies: An International Perspective
April 2007
J.D. Bernal: The Sage of Science
By Andrew Brown, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
J.D. Bernal, known as "Sage," was an extraordinary man and multifaceted character. A scientist of dazzling intellectual ability and a leading figure in the development of X-ray crystallography, he was a polymath, a fervent Marxist, and much admired worldwide.
Read "A Flawed Genius" — Sebastian Faulks' review for The Spectator.
April 2007
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism
By Russell D. Howard and James J.F. Forest
In Terrorism And Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Disruption, Brigadier General (Retired) Russell Howard and Dr. James Forest have collected original and previously published seminal articles and essays by scientists, academics, government officials, and members of the nation's security and intelligence communities. The editors and several of the authors write from practical field experience in nonproliferation and counterterrorism efforts. Others have had significant responsibility for developing government policies to address the threat of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. The contributors include a majority of the significant names in the field including Bruce Hoffman, Brian Jenkins, Jonathan Tucker, Rohan Gunaratna, David Franz, Richard Betts, William Rosenau, and David Albright.
