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.


Wither Nation-Building?
by Mylonas, Harris
Publisher: e-International Relations
Publication Type: Op-ed
In my book, The Politics of Nation-Building, I explore the reasons behind a state’s choice to assimilate, accommodate, or exclude ethnic groups within its territory. I develop a theory that...
Published Date: May 2013 More
Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era
by Nye, Joseph S., Jr.
This book examines the foreign policy decisions of the presidents who presided over the most critical phases of America's rise to world primacy in the twentieth century, and assesses the...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: May 2013 More

Ethiopia: Brics Without Mortar
by Nye, Joseph S.
Publisher: All Africa
Publication Type: Op-ed
Last month, China's new president, Xi Jinping, chose Moscow for his first foreign visit. He and Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a number of agreements and then traveled to Durban, South...
Published Date: April 2013 More
The Supreme Court Decides to See No Evil Abroad
by Feldman, Noah
Publisher: Bloomberg
Publication Type: Op-ed
Can US courts sit in judgment of foreigners who commit genocide or torture against foreigners abroad? From 1980 until now, the answer was yes, provided the human-rights violator set foot on US soil...
Published Date: April 2013 More
China’s New Leader Follows Katy Perry’s Tune
by Feldman, Noah
Publisher: Bloomberg
Publication Type: Op-ed
Katy Perry may have been banned from China’s music websites, but her “Teenage Dream” now has its Asian counterpart. Newly confirmed in office, President Xi Jinping, has chosen “Chinese...
Published Date: April 2013 More
The Boston Question
by Varshney, Ashutosh
Publisher: The Indian Express
Publication Type: Op-ed
How could terror breed in the heart of a city so inclusive?
Published Date: April 2013 More
The 2012 Legislative Elections in Senegal
by Kelly, Catherine
On July 1, 2012, Senegal held legislative elections to select all 150 members of the twelfth National Assembly, the lower chamber—and the only fully elected one—in this West African country of...
Publication Type: Published Work
Published Date: June 2013 More
Why the U.S. Military Should Care About African Opposition Parties
by Kelly, Catherine; Warner, Jason
Sub-Saharan Africa is an increasingly important theater of operation for the U.S. military. From al-Shabaab, the Lord’s Resistance Army, and Ansar Dine, the Department of Defense is recognizing...
Publication Type: Blog Entry
Published Date: March 2013 More
Don't Risk Auschwitz Trials Ending in Fiasco
by Weber, Thomas
Publisher: HAARTEZ
Publication Type: Op-ed
In spite of Hans L.’s tenure as a guard at Auschwitz, the former SS man still enjoys a life of freedom. Despite prosecutors' decades-long efforts to bring the perpetrators of the Holocaust to...
Published Date: April 2013 More
From Abortion to Islam: The Changing Function of Law in Europe's Cultural Debates
by Liviatan, Ofrit
The Article rethinks law’s role in present-day European debates over Islam in light of its calming effects on the once fiercely-fought abortion reforms across Western Europe. Using examples from...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: January 2013 More
Trouble in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: The Coming Dash for Gas
by Zhukov, Yuri
Publisher: Foreign Affairs
Publication Type: In the News
In recent years, resource disputes in the South China Sea have made headlines across the world. But another body of water—the Mediterranean—is rapidly becoming as volatile as its eastern cousin....
Published Date: March 2013 More
Declare Dignity: Donna Hicks at TEDxStormont
by Hicks, Donna
Publisher: Ted Talks
Publication Type: In the News
Donna Hicks is an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. She has been involved in numerous unofficial diplomatic conflict resolution efforts.
Published Date: April 2013 More
In History Departments, It’s Up With Capitalism
by Beckert, Sven
Publisher: New York Times
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
After decades of “history from below,” focusing on women, minorities and other marginalized people seizing their destiny, a new generation of scholars is increasingly turning to what,...
Published Date: April 2013 More
The Iraq Coalition of the Willing and (Politically) Able: Party Systems, the Press, and Public Influence on Foreign Policy
by Baum, Matthew
Media outlets in multiparty electoral systems tend to report on a wider range of policy issues than media in two-party systems. They thus make more competing policy frames available to citizens....
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: April 2013 More
Cool War: The Future of Global Competition
by Feldman, Noah R.
The Cold War seemingly ended in a decisive victory for the West. But now, Noah Feldman argues, we are entering an era of renewed global struggle: the era of Cool War. Just as the Cold War matched...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: May 2013 More