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Spring 2002

"Sources of Humanitarian Intervention: Beliefs, Information, and Advocacy in the U.S. Decisions on Somalia and Bosnia"

Journal Article, 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.

Winter 2001/02

"Beyond bin Laden: Reshaping U.S. Foreign Policy"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 26

By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

"The terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon triggered the most rapid and dramatic change in the history of U.S. foreign policy."

Summer 2000

"The Banality of "Ethnic Conflict""

Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 25

By John Mueller

The author considers some of the implications that the mischaracterization of much internal conflict as ethnic violence could have on future peacekeeping missions.

Spring 2000

"The War for Kosovo: Serbia's Political-Military Strategy"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 4, volume 24

By Barry Posen, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1979-1981; Former Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1995-2000

Questions continue to swirl around Slobodan Milosevic's decision to pit Serb troops against NATO forces in the 1999 battle over Kosovo. Given NATO's overwhelming military superiority, what motivated the Serb leader to reject the Rambouillet accords and to fight a war that, at least on the surface, Serbia stood no chance of winning? Moreover, why did Milosevic agree to negotiate an end to the war when he did? The author addresses both questions through the "lens of strategy."

Spring 2000

Kosovo and the Great Air Power Debate

Journal Article, International Security, issue 4, volume 24

Winter 1999/2000

"Diaspora Politics: Ethnic Linkages, Foreign Policy, and Security in Eurasia"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 24

By Charles King and Neil J. Melvin

The authors assess the influence of "diasporas"—"ethnic communities divided by state frontiers"—on the international relations of three Soviet successor states: Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.

Winter 1999/2000

"Provisional Stabilities: The Politics of Indentities in Post-Soviet Eurasia"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 24

By Ronald Grigor Suny

The author seeks to dispel the notion that ethnicity is "essentialist, holistic, and homogeneous." Using a constructivist approach to the study of ethnic and national conflicts, the author holds that it is fallacious to assume that nations and states possess a single identity that drives their domestic and foreign policies.

April 25, 1999

Could the US and Russia Wind up at War?

Op-Ed, Boston Globe

By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School

Could NATO's current bombing campaign against Serbia lead to deadly conflict between the United States and Russian military forces? Until last week, my answer was a categorical no. But then I went to Moscow

1999

Defining NATO's Purpose

Book Chapter

By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and Hilary D. Driscoll

March 1999

Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy for America

Book

By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project

"The most important book by any ex-Clinton official."

-Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times (April 16, 1999)