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.


Power, Personified
by Owen, E. Roger
Publisher: Harvard Gazette
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Long before the Arab republics in the Middle East and North Africa grabbed the world’s attention with inspiring democratic protests, they shared another curious political reality: leaders who,...
Published Date: May 2012 More
The Crisis of European Democracy
by Sen, Amartya
Publisher: The New York Times
Publication Type: Op-ed
If proof were needed of the maxim that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the economic crisis in Europe provides it. The worthy but narrow intentions of the European Union’s policy...
Published Date: May 2012 More
Greek Left Embarks On Coalition Talks But No End Seen In Political Deadlock
by Mylonas, Harris
Publisher: The Wall Street Journal
Publication Type: Op-ed
Greece continued to be gripped by political turmoil Tuesday amid diminishing hopes that leading political parties can form a coalition government after Sunday's splintered election result,...
Published Date: May 2012 More
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

Unpacking the Black Box of Causality: Learning about Causal Mechanisms from Experimental and Observational Studies
by Tingley, Dustin; Imai, Kosuke; Keele, Luke
Identifying causal mechanisms is a fundamental goal of social science. Researchers seek to study not only whether one variable affects another but also how such a causal relationship arises. Yet...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: November 2011 More
The Dark Side of the Future: An Experimental Test of Commitment Problems in Bargaining
by Tingley, Dustin
While most existing theoretical and experimental literatures focus on how a high probability of repeated play can lead to more socially efficient outcomes (for instance, using the result that...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: September 2011 More
Causal Mediation Analysis
by Tingley, Dustin; Hicks, Raymond
Estimating the mechanisms that connect explanatory variables with the explained variable, also known as “mediation analysis,” is central to a variety of social-science fields, especially...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: October 2011 More
Dead Certain: Confidence and Conservatism Predict Aggression in Simulated International Crisis Decision-Making
by Tingley, Dustin; McDermott, Rose; Johnson, Dominic
Evolutionary psychologists have suggested that confidence and conservatism promoted aggression in our ancestral past, and that this may have been an adaptive strategy given the prevailing costs and...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: March 2012 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: Magazine Article
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
Fifty Years of Pursuing a Healthy Society in Japan
by Reich, Michael R.; Takemi, Keizo; Ikegami, Naoki
In this Series in The Lancet, we review the past 50 years of Japan’s universal health coverage, identify the major challenges of today, and propose paths for the future, within the context of...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: September 2011 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