MIDDLE EAST
2007
"How to Lose a War on Terror: A Comparative Analysis of a Counterinsurgency Success and Failure"
Book Chapter
By Ivan Arreguin-Toft, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002-2009
"If it is true that every strategy has an ideal counterstrategy, then understanding how to counter terrorism demands some understanding of terrorism as a strategy."
February 2007
"Learning from the Cases"
Book Chapter
By Philip D. Zelikow, Former Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program and Ernest R. May, Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
"...these cases were designed for and used in executive program classes for senior managers in the U.S. intelligence community...."
February 2007
"Introduction: Seven Tenets"
Book Chapter
By Philip D. Zelikow, Former Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program and Ernest R. May, Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
"Almost from the beginning, a central theme of U.S. foreign policy has
been support for democracy against dictatorship...."
February 2007
"Iraq, 1988-1990: Unexpectedly Heading toward War"
Book Chapter
By Philip D. Zelikow, Former Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program and Ernest R. May, Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
"In mid-1989, President George H.W. Bush attended a meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the final draft of National Security Directive 26 (NSD-26), which defined U.S. policy toward the Persian Gulf...."
January 2007
"Universal Basic and Secondary Education"
Book Chapter
By Joel E. Cohen, David E. Bloom, Martin B. Malin, Executive Director, Project on Managing the Atom and Helen Anne Curry
This chapter reviews the current status of efforts to provide high quality schooling to all children between the ages of approximately 6 and 16. It examines rationales for undertaking such an effort, describes the challenges and obstacles these efforts face, suggests means of improving education delivery, and reviews varying estimates of the costs of achieving universal basic and secondary education.
September, 2006
Averting Nuclear Catastrophe: Contemplating Extreme Responses to U.S. Vulnerability
Book Chapter
August 31, 2006
"Who Will Be Independent?"
Book Chapter
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations
"International history has witnessed trends toward and away from the amalgamation of disparate political units—in Europe and elsewhere...."
August 31, 2006
"Globalization and its Effects: Introduction and Overview"
Book Chapter
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations, Etel Solingen, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security and Arthur A. Stein
"Globalization has the effect of incapacitating states as autonomous units."
August 31, 2006
"Globalization, Terrorism, and the U.S. Relationship with Russia"
Book Chapter
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
"Following the September 11 attacks on America, the great power relationship between the United States and Russia changed significantly...."
August 31, 2006
"Mired in Mesopotamia? The Iraq War and American Interests"
Book Chapter
By Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
"It is now incontrovertibly clear that the Bush Administration seriously miscalculated the costs and benefts associated with its invasion of Iraq...."
