MIDDLE EAST
November 26, 2008
"In the Name of Peace, Israelis and Palestinians Should Become European"
Op-Ed, Christian Science Monitor
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations and Ehud Eiran, Former Associate, International Security Program, 2010–2011; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005–2010
"...The dual identity of a supranational entity comprised of peaceful national states holds the answer for both sides' most profound concerns. For Israelis, EU membership offers physical security and permanent legitimacy. For Palestinians, membership means a territorial settlement, including a return, of sorts, of their lands through the new joint European source of security and authority over them."
July/August 2008
"Separatism's Final Country"
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs, issue 4, volume 87
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations and Arthur A. Stein
"Muller argues that ethnonationalism is the wave of the future and will result in more and more independent states, but this is not likely. One of the most destabilizing ideas throughout human history has been that every separately defined cultural unit should have its own state. Endless disruption and political introversion would follow an attempt to realize such a goal. Woodrow Wilson gave an impetus to further state creation when he argued for "national self-determination" as a means of preventing more nationalist conflict, which he believed was a cause of World War I...."
February 15, 2007
"When Terrorism Succeeds -- and Fails"
Op-Ed, Christian Science Monitor
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations
Dissidents undermine their legitimacy by resorting to mass killings and extortion.
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
No More States? Globalization, National Self-Determination, and Terrorism
Book
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations and Arthur A. Stein
This provocative and compelling book explores the impact of globalization and terrorism on this trend, arguing convincingly that the era of national self-determination has finally come to an end.
July 6, 2006
"Confronting Iran: A US Security Guarantee for Israel?"
Op-Ed, BitterLemons-International.org -- Middle East Roundtable, issue 25, volume 4
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations and Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
"A treaty would also serve as a long term foundation for US-Israel relations and ensure Israel's standing in the US in the future, at a time when the pro-Israel community may be less influential and the administration and Congress less friendly than they are at present."
April 22, 2006
Jews and Israel: More Voices
Op-Ed, New York Times, Letter to the Editor
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations
June 2005
"Evolution or Revolution?"
Journal Article, The Journal of Strategic Studies, issue 3, volume 28
By Michael Horowitz, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2007 and Stephen P. Rosen
This essay appeared in a roundtable review and discussion of Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle by Stephen Biddle (Princeton University Press, 2004).
July 24, 2009
"What Maliki’s Power Means for US"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
"The continuing headache that this Iraqi prime minister gave to President Bush may indeed carry over into this administration, despite Maliki's non-endorsing "endorsement'' of Obama during the US presidential campaign. Nevertheless, given the drawdown of US troops in Iraq, having a strong man in Baghdad - whatever his ethnic or confessional background - is not the worst of all outcomes."
