INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
January 7, 2003
One Expert's Opinion: North Korea is a More Serious Nuclear Threat Than Iraq
Press Release
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Winter 2002/03
"Never Say Never Again: Nuclear Reversal Revisited"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 27
By Ariel Levite
Ariel Levite explains why the “nightmare proliferation scenarios” of the 1960s, which predicted the emergence of dozens of nuclear weapons states, have failed to materialize.
Winter 2002/03
"Two Dismal Sciences Are Better Than One— Economics and the Study of National Security: A Review Essay"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 27
Ethan Kapstein reviews The Dark Side of the Force: Economic Foundations of Conflict Theory, by Jack Hirshleifer.
Winter 2002/03
"Behind the Curve: Globalization and International Terrorism"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 27
Audrey Kurth Cronin traces the current terrorist backlash to the unintended negative consequences of globalization, “inherent weaknesses” in the Arab region, and the failure of the United States to address both.
Winter 2002/03
"Market Civilization and Its Clash with Terror"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 27
By Michael Mousseau, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2006
Michael Mousseau begins with a cautionary note: The United States and its friends and allies cannot rely exclusively on a military strategy to defeat terrorists. A political strategy is also necessary—one that must begin with an understanding of the social origins of terrorist support.
Winter 2002/03
"Dreaded Risks and the Control of Biological Weapons"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 27
By Jessica Stern, Former Lecturer in Public Policy; Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
Sensing an urgent need to take action in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States government passed the U.S.A. Patriot Act, which according to Jessica Stern, “precluded careful balancing of competing interests."
January, 2003
State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror
Book
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Nasrin Dadmehr, Former Research Fellow, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 2000-2001 and Erin Jenne, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program and Intrastate Conflict Program, 2000-2002
The threat of terror has given the problem of failed states an unprecedented immediacy and importance. In the past, failure had a primarily humanitarian dimension, with fewer implications for peace and security. Now nation-states that fail, or may do so, pose dangers to themselves, to their neighbors, and to people around the globe. The contributors to this volume develop an innovative theory of state failure that classifies and categorizes states along a continuum from weak to failed to collapsed.
December 13, 2002
9/11 One Year Later: Kennedy School Experts Reflect on Anniversary of Terrorist Attacks
Press Release
