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: 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.


Which Globalization Will Survive?
by Nye, Joseph S., Jr.
Publisher: Korea Times
Publication Type: Op-ed
The world economy will shrink this year for the first time since 1945, and some economists worry that the current crisis could spell the beginning of the end of globalization. Hard economic times...
Published Date: April 2009 More
Cover of The Ascent of MoneyThe Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
by Ferguson, Niall
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance.
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: November 18, 2008 More

India returns to the Grand Old Party
by Varshney, Ashutosh
Publisher: Financial Times
Publication Type: Op-ed
It is impossible to deny that all of us underestimated the resurgence of India’s Congress party. It is also equally clear that undaunted by soaring heat and a long and exhausting campaign, roughly...
Published Date: May 2009 More
The Way We Live Now: Diminished Returns
by Ferguson, Niall
Publisher: New York Times Magazine
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
If financial crises were distributed along a bell curve—like traffic accidents or people’s heights—really big ones wouldn’t happen very often. When the hedge fund Long-Term Capital...
Published Date: May 2009 More
An IMF We Can Love?
by Rodrik, Dani
Publisher: Business Standard
Publication Type: Op-ed
What a difference the crisis has made for the International Monetary Fund. It was just a few months ago that this important but unloved institution, a landmark of post-war global economic...
Published Date: April 2009 More
Eighteen faculty, affiliates named to 2009 class of AAAS Fellows
Publisher: Harvard University Gazette
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) today (April 20) announced the election of leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector....
Published Date: April 2009 More
Looking at the world through a comparative lens
by Walsh, Colleen
Publisher: Harvard University Gazette
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
When Steven Levitsky talks politics, a boyish enthusiasm takes over. It’s hardly surprising. He fell in love with the topic at the age of 5. The New York native’s passion for the workings of...
Published Date: February 2009 More
"What Just Happened? What’s Next?" An interdisciplinary examination of the current economic crisis
by Walker, Ruth
Publisher: Harvard University Gazette
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
You might think of the little bits of good news that came out last week as the macroeconomic equivalent of the first crocuses of spring. There was the heartening word that initial jobless claims are...
Published Date: April 2009 More
Cover of Midnight's DiasporaMidnight's Diaspora: Critical Encounters with Salman Rushdie
by Varshney, Ashutosh; Herwitz, Daniel
Almost twenty years after the Ayatollah Khomeini declared a fatwa against him, Salman Rushdie remains the most controversial and perhaps the most famous living novelist. Far more than an acclaimed...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: November 2008 More

Cover of Mobilizing for Human RightsMobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics
by Simmons, Beth A.
This volume argues that international human rights law has made a positive contribution to the realization of human rights in much of the world. Although governments sometimes ratify human rights...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: Forthcoming, December 2009 More

Diversity in diversity
by Varshney, Ashutosh
Publisher: Hindustan Times
Publication Type: Op-ed
Two points about the current elections ought to be noted. First, a rather large number of parties, campaigning for votes, may give the appearance of chaos on the surface, but there is a dominant...
Published Date: April 2009 More
The Human Cost of Economic Crises
by Alexander, Marcus; Harding, Matthew C.; Lamarche, Carlos
Policy makers rely on a mix of government spending and tax cuts to address the imbalances in the economy during an economic crisis, by promoting price stability and renewed economic growth. However,...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: April 22, 2009 More
The Estimated Trade Effects of the Euro: Why Are They Below Those From Historical Monetary Unions Among Smaller Countries?
by Frankel, Jeffrey
Andy Rose (2000), followed by many others, has used the gravity model of bilateral trade on a large data set to estimate the trade effects of monetary unions among small countries. The finding has...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: April 13, 2009 More
Addressing the Leakage/Competitiveness Issue in Climate Change Policy Proposals
by Frankel, Jeffrey
We will likely see increasing efforts to minimize leakage of carbon to non-participating countries and to address concerns on behalf of the competitiveness of carbon-intensive industry....
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: April 2009 More
Who Gets Bought? Vote Buying, Turnout Buying, and Other Strategies
by Gans-Morse, Jordan; Mazzuca, Sebastián; Nichter, Simeon
During elections in many countries, political parties distribute particularistic benefits to individuals. The existing literature reveals that parties choose from at least five distinct strategies...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: April 2009 More