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 collection of published journal 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.


Genealogies of STS
by Jasanoff, Sheila
Human societies fashion themselves through rites of memory, gilding and illuminating some pages of the past while consigning others to forgetfulness. Official memories reinforce dominant cultural...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: June 2012 More
The Twenty-First Century Will Not Be a Post-American World
by Nye, Joseph S., Jr.
One of the refreshing aspects of Christopher Layne’s work over the years has been his willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. But now, he is in the awkward position of being part of a new...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: March 2012 More
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Understanding Human Security
by Norris, Pippa
Since the end of the Cold War, security studies have broadened to take into account a wide range of non-military threats ranging from poverty to environmental concerns rather than just national...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: March 2012 More
Muslim Integration into Western Cultures: Between Origins and Destinations
by Norris, Pippa; Inglehart, Ronald
To what extent do migrants carry their culture with them, and to what extent do they acquire the culture of their new home? The answer not only has important political implications; it also helps us...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: June 2012 More
God and Ceasar in America
by Putnam, Robert D.; Campbell, David E.
Publisher: Foreign Affairs
Publication Type: Op-ed
A Feb. 29 update to the print story from the March/April issue: In the wake of the Great Recession it would seem natural that the 2012 election would be fought over economic issues. Yet so far in...
Published Date: March 2012 More
The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl: Short- and Long-Run Adjustments to Environmental Catastrophe
by Hornbeck, Richard
The 1930s American Dust Bowl was an environmental catastrophe that greatly eroded sections of the Plains. The Dust Bowl is estimated to have immediately, substantially, and persistently reduced...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: June 2012 More
Saving Money or Just Saving Lives? Improving the Productivity of US Health Care Spending
by Chandra, Amitabh; Baicker, Katherine; Skinner, Jonathan S.
There is growing concern over the rising share of the US economy devoted to health care spending. Fueled in part by demographic transitions, unchecked increases in entitlement spending will...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: July 2012 More
The Health Care Jobs Fallacy
by Chandra, Amitabh; Baicker, Katherine
The United States is in the throes of the most serious recession in post-war history. Despite improving employment numbers, the official unemployment rate still exceeded 8% in March 2012. Amidst this...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: June 2012 More
A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options, for Commodity Exporters in Latin America
by Frankel, Jeffrey
Seven possible nominal variables are considered as candidates to be the anchor or target for monetary policy. The context is countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which tend to be price...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: November 2011 More
Can Leading Indicators Assess Country Vulnerability? Evidence from the 2008–2009 Global Financial Crisis
by Frankel, Jeffrey; Saravelos, George
We investigate whether leading indicators can help explain the cross-country incidence of the 2008–2009 financial crisis. Rather than looking for indicators with specific relevance to the recent...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: July 2012 More
Religion and Politics, Now
by Hehir, J. Bryan
Publisher: The Harvard Gazette
Publication Type: Magazine Article
More than half a century after John F. Kennedy dismissed the role that his Catholic faith would play when he was elected president, today’s candidates for the nation’s highest executive office...
Published Date: October 2012 More
Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite: "No Longer I"
by Stang, Charles
This book examines the writings of an early sixth-century Christian mystical theologian who wrote under the name of a convert of the apostle Paul, Dionysius the Areopagite. This 'Pseudo'-Dionysius...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: April 2012 More

Global Political Philosophy
by Risse, Mathias
This book focuses on normative questions that arise about globalization. Much social science research is devoted to exploring the political, legal, social and economic changes that occur all around...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: October 2012 More

The Myth of German Hegemony
by Schwarzer, Daniela; Lang, Kai-Olaf
Publisher: Foreign Affairs
Publication Type: Magazine Article
In 2010 and 2011, the first two years of Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, Germany seemed to emerge as the continent’s dominant power, possessing an unrivaled ability to shape its neighbors’...
Published Date: October 2012 More
US-Israel Ties
by Martin, Lenore G.; Avnon, Dan
Publisher: CRI English
Publication Type: Interview
Lenore G. Martin and Dan Avnon participated in an interview with CGI English to discuss US Israel ties:
Published Date: September 2012 More