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.


Institutionalizing Cooperation: Public Goods Experiments in the Aftermath of Civil War
by Alexander, Marcus; Christia, Fotini
Fostering cooperation is one of the main tasks of state building in the aftermath of civil wars, yet little is known about the effects of institutions of integration in increasing...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: March 2009 More
Europe needs a stronger France inside Nato
by Kaiser, Karl; Moïsi, Dominique
Publisher: Financial Times
Publication Type: Op-ed
The debate on whether to return to Nato’s permanent command structure that has recently been unleashed in France—43 years after Charles de Gaulle pulled his country out—has impassioned...
Published Date: February 2009 More
Samuel Huntington, 1927-2008
by Editorial
Publisher: Foreign Policy
Publication Type: Magazine Article
When Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel cofounded Foreign Policy in 1970, their explicit goal was to attack entrenched orthodoxies in the Washington debate. They promised a journal that...
Published Date: March 2009 More
The Axis of Upheaval
by Ferguson, Niall
Publisher: Foreign Policy
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Seven years ago, in his State of the Union address on Jan. 29, 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush warned of an "axis of evil" that was engaged in assisting terrorists, acquiring weapons...
Published Date: March 2009 More
Cover of The Unstable GulfThe Unstable Gulf: Threats from Within
by Martin, Lenore G.
While the debates over U.S. foreign policy in the Gulf rage inconclusively, Lenore Martin addresses the fundamental questions. How unstable is the Gulf? What are the long-term challenges to the...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: 1984 More

Cover of New Frontiers in Middle East SecurityNew Frontiers in Middle East Security
by Martin, Lenore G.
This book creates a comprehensive understanding of the status of national security in the Middle East. The essays break new ground by integrating five variables into a new national security paradigm:...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: May 2001 More

A Stimulus Package for Reviving the Peace Process
by Martin, Lenore G.
Publisher: Israel Policy Forum
Publication Type: Op-ed
The recently enacted stimulus package for reviving the worst U.S. economic recession in decades should serve as a model for reviving the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. The peace process has...
Published Date: February 2009 More
Gaza sours Israel-Turkey relations
by Martin, Lenore G.
Publisher: Al Jazeera English
Publication Type: Interview
Inside Story: Gaza sours Israel-Turkey relations
Published Date: February 2009 More
An alternative to NATO membership
by Kaiser, Karl
Publisher: International Herald Tribune
Publication Type: Op-ed
NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine is not a realistic possibility, no matter what the Atlantic alliance may say about their potential in principle, as it did at the last two summit meetings....
Published Date: February 2009 More
Orphan Drug Legislation: Lessons for Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Reich, Michael R.; Villa, Stefano; Compagni, Amelia
In the last 20 years, orphan drug legislation (ODL) has been adopted in several countries around the world (USA, Japan, Australia, and the European Union) and has successfully promoted R&D...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: April 2008 More
Medicines in Mexico, 1990-2004: Systematic Review of Research on Access and Use
by Reich, Michael R.; Wirtz, Veronika J.; Leyva Flores, René; Dreser, Anahí
Objective. To review original research studies published between 1990 and 2004 on the access and use of medicines in Mexico to assess the knowledge base for reforming Mexico’s pharmaceutical...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: April 2008 More
G8 and Strengthening of Health Systems: Follow-up to the Toyako Summit
by Reich, Michael R.; Takemi, Keizo
The 2008 G8 summit in Toyako, Japan, produced a strong commitment for collective action to strengthen health systems in developing countries, indicating Japan’s leadership on, and the G8’s...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: January 2009 More
Global Action on Health Systems: A Proposal for the Toyako G8 Summit
by Reich, Michael R.; Takemi, Keizo; Roberts, Marc J.; Hsiao, William
The G8 summit in Toyako offers Japan, as the host government, a special opportunity to influence collective action on global health. At the last G8 summit held in Japan, the Japanese government...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: March 2008 More
Cover of How Do Good Health Technologies Get to Poor People in Poor Countries?How Do Good Health Technologies Get to Poor People in Poor Countries?
by Reich, Michael R.; Frost, Laura J.
Many people in developing countries lack access to health technologies, even basic ones. Why do these problems in access persist? What can be done to improve access to good health technologies,...
Publication Type: Book
Published Date: March 2009 More

Social Capital and Migration: How Do Similar Resources Lead to Divergent Outcomes?
by Garip, Filiz
This article investigates how migrant social capital differentially influences individuals’ migration and cumulatively generates divergent outcomes for communities. To combine the fragmented...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: August 2008 More