JOURNAL ARTICLES
April 1, 2009
"Taking a Walk on the Supply Side: The Determinants of Civilian Nuclear Cooperation"
Journal of Conflict Resolution, issue 2, volume 53
By Matthew Fuhrmann, Affiliate, Project on Managing the Atom
Matthew Fuhrmann's article "Taking a Walk on the Supply Side: The Determinants of Civilian Nuclear Cooperation," argues that countries provide civil nuclear assistance for three strategic reasons: to strengthen their allies and alliances, to strengthen their relationship with enemies of enemies, and to strengthen existing democracies and bilateral relationships with these countries. The hypotheses are tested using a new data set on more than 2,000 bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation agreements signed between 1950 and 2000.
Spring/Summer 2009
"Governance and Leadership in Africa: Measures, Methods, and Results"
International Affairs
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Governance is performance-the delivery of high quality political goods to citizens by governments of all kinds. In Africa, as everywhere else, those political goods are security and safety, rule of law, participation and human rights, sustainable economic opportunity and human development. The Ibrahim Index of African Governance, created at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, evaluates forty-eight sub-Saharan African countries according to fifty-seven variables.
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January-March 2009
"Is It Love or The Lobby? Explaining America's Special Relationship with Israel"
Security Studies, issue 1, volume 18
By John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
"In The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, we argued that the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel is due largely to the influence of a domestic interest group—comprised of Jews as well as non-Jews—and that this unusual situation is harmful to both the United States and Israel....[P]ublic opinion in the United States does not explain why the United States gives Israel such extensive and nearly unconditional backing. Although most Americans have a favorable image of Israel, surveys show that they also favor a more even-handed Middle East policy and a more normal relationship with Israel. Thus, the special relationship is due primarily to the lobby's influence, and not to the American people's enduring identification with the Jewish state."
March 23, 2009
"Saudi Arabia, UAE promote energy from sun and wind"
Oil & Gas Journal
By Justin Dargin, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"The UAE, particularly Abu Dhabi, leads the race to strategically develop sustainable renewable energy sources -- with Saudi Arabia close behind."
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March 2, 2009
"Sleeping With Your Friends' Enemies: An Explanation of Sanctions-Busting Trade"
International Studies Quarterly, issue 1, volume 53
By Bryan Early, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
From the abstract:
"Drawing on the realist and liberal paradigms, this piece develops two competing theories to account for third-party sanctions-busting...The results offer strong support for the liberal theory of sanctions-busting and less support for the realist theory. In particular, the analysis reveals a counter-intuitive finding that a sender's close allies are more likely to sanctions-bust on the target's behalf than are other states."
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Winter 2008/2009
"The Art of Mediating Regional Conflict in Asia"
Asian Affairs, volume 29
By Jason Qian and Xiaohui (Anne) Wu, Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Mediating regional conflict in Asia is a delicate art. It requires acute understanding of the unique mediation culture in the region. China’s largely successful mediation in the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula reveals key elements of this art and offers useful lessons.
Winter 2008/09
"Correspondence: Costs and Difficulties of Blocking the Strait of Hormuz"
International Security, issue 3, volume 33
By William D. O'Neil and Caitlin Talmadge
William O'Neil replies to Caitlin Talmadge's Summer 2008 International Security article, "Closing Time: Assessing the Iranian Threat to the Strait of Hormuz."
Winter 2008/09
"Correspondence: Misunderstanding Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area?"
International Security, issue 3, volume 33
By Kimberly Marten, Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason
Kimberly Marten replies to Johnson and Mason's Spring 2008 International Security article, "No Sign until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier."
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February 12, 2009
"Securing the Peace: The Battle over Ethnicity and Energy in Modern Iraq"
Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence
By Justin Dargin, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
From the introduction: "This article examines the legal and political impediments to the Kurdish Regional Government's exploration and production contracts, which the central government in Baghdad has refused to recognize. The newly established Iraqi national constitution significantly opened as many petroleum-control questions as it resolved.
Negotiated in 2005, the constitution not only separated branches of government, but established Federalism as its lodestar. However, faced with unresolved issues over regional and national control over petroleum resources, international oil companies function in an ambiguous legal environment that fails to clearly distinguish between federal and regional powers"
February 2009
"Exporting the Bomb: Why States Provide Sensitive Nuclear Assistance"
American Political Science Review, issue 1, volume 103
By Matthew Kroenig, Affiliate, Project on Managing the Atom
Why do states provide sensitive nuclear assistance to nonnuclear weapon states, contributing to the international spread of nuclear weapons? Using a new dataset on sensitive nuclear transfers, this paper analyzes the determinants of sensitive nuclear assistance. Dr. Kroenig first describes a simple logic of the differential effects of nuclear proliferation, which is used to generate hypotheses about the conditions under which states provide sensitive nuclear assistance. He then shows that the strategic characteristics of the potential nuclear suppliers are the most important determinants of sensitive nuclear assistance. Explanations that emphasize the importance of economic motivations do not find support in the data. This paper presents a new approach to the study of the spread of nuclear weapons, focusing on the supply side of nuclear proliferation.
