ECONOMIC POLICY
October 14, 2001
Graham Allison: Bombing Afghanistan with Food
Press Release
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
President Bush has taken an important first step in recognizing that the war on terrorism must involve not only destroying Osama bin Laden''s terrorism network, but also supporting Afghanistan''s civilian population through what is becoming an extreme humanitarian crisis. The president''s pledge of $320 million of food and medical aid for Afghanistan''s people and the dropping of 37,000 meals during the first American bombing raids should be commended.
Winter 2000/01
"Imperial Wreckage: Property Rights, Sovereignty, and Security in the Post-Soviet Space"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 25
The author explores the efforts of Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union to address the region's "residual assets" problem in the wake of the Cold War through the development of a series of “unconventional governance structures” in the form of bilateral agreements.
October 4, 2000
John Reppert on Russia's Changing Business Climate
Press Release
By John Reppert, Former Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Russian President Vladimir Putin has identified foreign investment as crucial to Russia's economic recovery. The Russian Duma has taken important strides in addressing economic transformation and major tax reform. But in the wake of Russia's economic collapse in August 1998, is it enough to attract businesses to Russia?
Fall 1998
"Correspondence: Evaluating Economic Sanctions"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 2, volume 23
By David A. Baldwin and Robert Pape
David Baldwin of Columbia University takes issue with Robert Pape’s findings in his Fall 1997 article that economic sanctions “do not work.” Pape replies.
August 31, 1998
Why Russia's Meltdown Matters
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
For Americans watching the deepening economic crisis in Russia, the most important question is why it matters to us. Given modest levels of U.S. investment and trade and muffled impacts on American markets, Russia's crisis would be important, but no more so than earlier crises in Korea and Indonesia. But Russia is not Indonesia. The reason why Russia's meltdown matters for Americans is much more specific and potentially catastrophic. As an economic crisis accelerates the disintegration of authority in Russia, history has left a superpower arsenal.
August 31, 1998
Why Russia's Meltdown Matters
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
For Americans watching the deepening economic crisis in Russia, the most important question is why it matters to us. Given modest levels of U.S. investment and trade and muffled impacts on American markets, Russia's crisis would be important, but no more so than earlier crises in Korea and Indonesia.
Summer 1998
"The Sanctions Glass: Half Full or Completely Empty?"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 23
The author argues here that Robert Pape mischaracterizes the principal objective of the work, which, according to the author, was to determine if and how economic sanctions contributed to desired foreign policy outcomes—not, as Pape contends, whether they caused them.
Summer 1998
"Why Economic Sanctions Still Do Not Work"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 23
By Robert Pape
The author responds with a vigorous defense of his original findings from “Why Economic Sanctions Do Not Work,” a highly regarded and influential study that offered qualified optimism about the effectiveness of economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool, which was published in the fall 1997 issue of International Security.
Spring 1992
Aid to Russia: Uses of History
Journal Article, Harvard Journal of World Affairs
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
A look at the United States history of aid to countries, and using those models of aid focusing on Russia.
January 3, 1992
Nuclear Objectives
Op-Ed, Financial Times (London)
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Can the west seize the present moment of opportunity to secure and disable nuclear weapons on the territories of those former Soviet republics that wish to be nuclear free? The answer is yes - but only with a strategy that marshalls all western instruments of influence and exercises them with a sense for priorities.
