Publications

WCFIA Publications

The Weatherhead Center has developed a presence on the Internet that, to a growing readership, is playing a significant role in the projection of Harvard scholarship on international affairs. The site includes: faculty research available through categorical fields of inquiry; searches by author, subject, title or date of publication; Working Papers selected for online distribution based on their relevance to contemporary issues in international affairs; In the News links to op-ed and other pieces written by or about the Center’s faculty associates; and recent books by faculty associates, including editorial summaries. The Center is always adding to the hundreds of academic articles available on its site and responding to the interests of Center faculty and other users in making the site an indispensable scholarly tool.

Below are a selection of our most recently uploaded publications.


The Fable of the Keiretsu: Urban Legends of the Japanese Economy
by Ramseyer, J. Mark; Miwa, Yoshiro
For Western economists and journalists, the most distinctive facet of the post-war Japanese business world has been the keiretsu, or the insular business alliances among powerful corporations....
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: July 2006 More

As Athens's Woes Grow, Neo-Nazis Gain Clout
by Bouras, Stelios; Mylonas, Harris
Publisher: Wall Street Journal
Publication Type: Op-ed
The Wall Street Journal asks Harris Mylonas to comment on the rise of fringe parties in Greece. After two years of government cutbacks brought on by Greece's debt crisis, the signs of social decay...
Published Date: May 2012 More
Political Science, in His Marrow
by Ziblatt, Daniel
Publisher: Harvard Gazette
Publication Type: In the News
Daniel Ziblatt may have been born with political science in his DNA. Even if he wasn’t, his fate was sealed to enter the field during a year abroad and a memorable night with a glass of bubbly. ...
Published Date: April 2012 More
Pharmaceutical Reform: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity
by Reich, Michael R.; Roberts, Marc J.
This book applies an established analytical framework for health sector reform (Getting Health Reform Right, Oxford, 2004) to the performance problems of the pharmaceutical sector. The book is...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: September 2011 More

Granting People Their Dignity
by DelRosario, John S.; Hicks, Donna
Publisher: Saipan Tribune
Publication Type: Op-ed
My work has brought me up close to leaders of all sorts. There's one thing they share: highly developed technical and intellectual capacities, most of whom are educated in colleges and universities...
Published Date: April 2012 More
The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
by Rodrik, Dani
Surveying three centuries of economic history, a Harvard professor argues for a leaner global system that puts national democracies front and center.
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: February 2011 More

Amphoteroglossia: A Poetics of the Twelfth-Century Medieval Greek Novel
by Roilos, Panagiotis
This work offers the first systematic and interdisciplinary study of the poetics of the twelfth-century medieval Greek novel. This book investigates the complex ways in which rhetorical theory and...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: February 2006 More

The Economics of Metonymy
by Roilos, Panagiotis
Konstantinos P. Kavafis—known to the English-reading world as C. P. Cavafy—has been internationally recognized as an important poet and attracted the admiration of eminent literary figures such...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: December 2009 More

Why Nations Fail
by Friedman, Thomas L.; Robinson, James A.; Acemoglu, Daron
Publisher: New York Times
Publication Type: Op-ed
I’m reading a fascinating new book called Why Nations Fail. The more you read it, the more you appreciate what a fool’s errand we’re on in Afghanistan and how much we need to totally revamp...
Published Date: March 2012 More
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
by Sandel, Michael
“For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport,” The Nation’s reviewer of Justice remarked. In his acclaimed book—based on his legendary Harvard course—Sandel offers a rare education...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: September 2009 More

What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
by Sandel, Michael
Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: April 2012 More

Leading With Dignity in the Workplace
by Hicks, Donna
Publisher: FOX News
Publication Type: Op-ed
My work has brought me up close to leaders of all kinds. There is one thing they share: highly developed technical and intellectual capacities, many of them graduates of some of the world’s most...
Published Date: March 2012 More
Cases about Redefining Global Strategy
by Siegel, Jordan I.; Ghemawat, Pankaj
In Cases about Redefining Global Strategy Pankaj Ghemawat and Jordan Siegel have assembled 26 full-length case studies as a resource for active learning about the nature of cross-border differences...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: October 2011 More

The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life
by Owen, E. Roger
The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely—until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. The...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: May 2012 More

Five Myths About Syria
by Owen, E. Roger
Publisher: The Washington Post
Publication Type: Op-ed
Syria’s uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, which began peacefully in Damascus a year ago, has become increasingly brutal and splintered. As the death toll nears 9,000, calls for...
Published Date: March 2012 More