The Conduct of Foreign Policy in the Information Age
The Royal Institute of International Affairs June 21, 1994 by Walter R. Roberts It is a great pleasure to be here today and to share with you some thoughts on how the conduct of foreign affairs has changed in the … Read more
Helsinki and Human Rights
by Yale Richmond The participating States… Make it their aim to facilitate freer movement and contacts, individually and collectively, whether privately or officially, among persons, institutions and organizations of the participating States, and to contribute to the solution of the … Read more
Syria’s Turmoil: What’s Next for the U.S.?
by Aaron Brown
Women in Diplomacy
An Assessment of British Female Ambassadors in Overcoming Gender Heirarchy, 1990-2010
by Talyn Rahman
Hanged as a Sheep
by David T. Jones American inconsistency in our approach to other countries’ human rights violations has again been illustrated, according to this essay, by the Obama administration’s reaction to the Iranian election. – Ed. The dramatic aftermath of the 12 … Read more
Assessing Idealistic Interventions, and Elements of a Successful Intervention Strategy
by Tony Blair
The Future of International Humanitarian Action
A conference on “Humanitarian Action, Security and the Military,” the Ninth Annual Humanitarian Conference sponsored by Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland, took place at the International Conference Center of Geneva, 22-23 April 2004. The authors of this detailed report present a … Read more
An Agency ‘Guest’ of the Ayatollah
An Agency “Guest” of the Ayatollah Review by John D. Stempel In the Shadow of the Ayatollah: A CIA Hostage in Iran. By William J. Daugherty. (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2001. Pp. xix, 288. $29.95 cloth.) “Daugherty’s first-hand account of … Read more
The Problem of Londonistan
Europe, Human Rights, and Terrorists
by Michael Radu
Internal Security and Human Rights: Militarism and Diplomacy
by Earl Lubensky
The 1947 Partition: Drawing the Indo-Pakistani Boundary
by Lucy Chester
Rules of Conduct During Operations Other than War
by W. Hays Parks
The Question of Humanitarian Intervention: A Conference Report
by Michael P. Noonan
Rules of Conduct During Humanitarian Interventions
by Ivan Shearer
Humanitarian Intervention
Special Report on Two Scholarly Conferences
by Henry E. Mattox
The Future of Humanitarian Intervention
by Scott L. Silliman
The Case Against Pinochet
By J. Craig Barker The author addresses, in the Chilean context, human rights questions and international law bearing on heads of state. Given the current conflict in the Balkans, clearly the topic could come to have have wider interest on … Read more
Testing American Foreign Policy: Use Moral Example Instead of ‘Spine’
Use Moral Example Instead of ‘Spine’ by Nancy Mitchell Nancy Mitchell is assistant professor of history at North Carolina State University. Her study “The Danger of Dreams: German and American Imperialism in Latin American, 1895-1914” is forthcoming from the University … Read more
Testing American Foreign Policy: Indecision is our fatal flaw
Indecision Is Our Fatal Flaw by Richard H. Kohn Richard Kohn, a member of the Editorial Board of American Diplomacy, is professor of history and director of the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense at the University of North Carolina … Read more
Bombs for Peace: Misreading Kosovo
Bombs for Peace? MISREADING KOSOVO A Senior Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute, Dr. Radu has written extensively on Balkan questions. See also his “Terrorism in Latin America: Learning from Lima” in Volume II, Number 2, 4th of July 1997,of … Read more