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Article Review 16 on “Confronting Soviet Power: U.S. Policy during the Early Cold War.”

October 30, 2012September 28, 2015 By ISSF editor

My old tennis partner, Ernie May, liked to say that political scientists had a habit of making historians feel like waiters at a feast – providing the eternal backdrop for theorists’ experiments.[1] I certainly knew how he felt. I had seen this many, many times. But I certainly don’t have that feeling with the article…

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Roundtable 4-4 on How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace

October 25, 2012September 28, 2015 By ISSF editor

Charles A. Kupchan has written an important book that poses fundamental questions for international relations scholars and policy makers: First, how do enemies in world politics become friends? Specifically, through what pathways can pairs or groups of states succeed in setting aside their geopolitical competition and construct enduring relationships that preclude the possibility of armed…

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Article Review 15 on “Does Decapitation Work?” and “Targeting Top Terrorists”

October 24, 2012October 5, 2015 By ISSF editor

Leadership targeting has become the cornerstone of American counterterrorism policy. Since 2004, the number of strikes carried out by unmanned aerial vehicles has increased dramatically. In 2010 alone the United States carried out 118 drones strikes, 70 in 2011, and 24 in the first six months of 2012.[1] In the past two months, the U.S….

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Roundtable 4-3 on Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics

October 15, 2012September 28, 2015 By ISSF editor

Yuan-kang Wang’s Harmony and War challenges claims of   Chinese exceptionalism and Confucian pacifism. Kirk Larsen, Peter Perdue, Morris Rossabi, and John Wills – all of whom are prominent historians of China – agree with Wang’s refutation of Chinese pacifism, though they dispute his championing of structural realism.        

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Roundtable 4-2 on A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism

October 10, 2012September 28, 2015 By ISSF editor

Daniel Byman’s A High Price straddles two literatures: that on Israeli military and security history, and that on the burgeoning field of counterterrorism studies. On the whole, one should say, it draws on the former to inform the latter, which explains some of the reviewers’ reaction to it. It is of interest that counterinsurgency, as…

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Reply to Author’s Response to Essay 11 on Explaining the Iraq War

October 2, 2012February 2, 2017 By Richard Ned Lebow

Let me start by reiterating my enthusiasm from Prof. Harvey’s book and the skillful way in which he uses counterfactuals to expose and challenge the political assumptions that guide most liberal studies of the Iraq War. He does an effective job of demolishing the “neocon” thesis by demonstrating that there was wider opposition to Saddam…

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Author’s Response to Essay 11 on Explaining the Iraq War

September 28, 2012February 2, 2017 By Frank P. Harvey

Richard Ned Lebow admits, in his very insightful review of my book on the Iraq war, that his initial reaction was to scoff at my counterfactual about an Al Gore presidency taking the same path to war, “until (he) read the book.” I suspect anyone who takes the time to read the book will recognize…

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Review Essay 12 on Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity

September 20, 2012February 2, 2017 By Stuart J. Kaufman

Fanar Haddad has written a valuable book on the controversial issue of sectarianism in Iraq. Haddad’s main concern is to combat two opposing oversimplifications that too often dominate discussions of the subject. On the one hand, those promoting Iraqi nationalism promote the myth that ‘we are all brothers’—in other words, that sectarianism is not really…

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Review Essay 9 on The Clash of Ideas in World Politics

July 27, 2012February 2, 2017 By Mark L. Haas

The Clash of Ideas in World Politics is an excellent book. It possesses a persuasive, detailed argument and compelling case study evidence that spans 500 years of diplomatic history. It will be of enduring interest to analysts of international relations. The book has numerous strengths, though three in particular stand out. First, the book reveals…

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Roundtable 3-18 on China, the United States, and Global Order

July 25, 2012September 28, 2015 By ISSF editor

In this new book, British scholars Rosemary Foot and Andrew Walter attempt to identify the factors that shape Chinese and American behavioral consistency (or lack thereof) with global governance norms and structures. They compare U.S. and Chinese compliance with five sets of norms: the non-use of force except in self-defense and the responsibility to protect,…

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