INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
July 2003
"Iran's Role in the South Caucasus and Caspian Region: Diverging Views of the U.S. and Europe"
Book Chapter
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1999–2007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 2000–2005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 2005–2007
This paper is part of a larger project that examined how different stances on regional issues can impact bilateral U.S.-European relations.
Since the Soviet breakup and the subsequent independence of the states of the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia), Europe and the United States have conducted very different policies toward the new states in the greater Caspian region. Moreover, Europe and the United States view Iran's policies and the desired role that Tehran should play in the region in diverging ways.
July 2003
An American Security Policy: Challenge, Opportunity, Commitment
Paper
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, Samuel R. Berger, Louis Caldera, General Wesley K. Clark, Former Senior Advisor, 2001-2009, Preventive Defense Project, General (ret.) John M. Shalikashvili, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project, Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project, Alfonso E. Lenhardt and John D. Podesta
A paper by the National Security Advisory Group
Summer 2003
"Command of the Commons: The Military Foundation of U.S. Hegemony"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 28
By Barry Posen, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1979-1981; Former Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1995-2000; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Barry Posen maintains that U.S. military command of the commons--land, sea, air, and space--has enabled the Bush administration to pursue a strategy of "primacy."
Summer 2003
"Collateral Damage: Humanitarian Assistance as a Cause of Conflict"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 28
By Sarah Kenyon Lischer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002-2003
Can international humanitarian assistance organizations that provide refugee relief truly claim to be impartial? What happens when such agencies--knowingly or not--offer succor to militants dispersed among refugee populations receiving humanitarian aid, becoming in effect "tools of conflict"?
Summer 2003
"Gender Differences in Public Attitudes toward the Use of Force by the United States, 1990-2003"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 28
Richard Eichenberg examines the role of gender in shaping attitudes toward the U.S. use of military force. Eichenberg suggests that two factors explain why men and women have different opinions about military action: the reasons given for the use of force and the likely consequences of such action.
July, 2003
Comrades No More: The Seeds of Change in Eastern Europe
Book
By Renee de Nevers, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1995-1998
In 1989, Soviet control over Eastern Europe ended when the communist regimes of the Warsaw Pact collapsed. These momentous and largely bloodless events set the stage for the end of the Cold War and ushered in a new era in international politics. Why did communism collapse relatively peacefully in Eastern Europe? Why did these changes occur in 1989, after more than four decades of communist rule? Why did this upheaval happen almost simultaneously in most of the Warsaw Pact?
June 30, 2003
A Chinese Roadmap For Korea
Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal Asia
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
