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Author:: Eugene Rogan
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The National Interest
Institution:: Center for the National Interest
Abstract:: Contrary to so much conventional wisdom, the struggle for democracy in the Middle East is not new. The events of 2011 have deep roots in the nineteenth century. Islamic culture and self-governance are not mutually exclusive.
Topic:: Islam
Political Geography:: Middle East and Arabia

Author:: Rajan Menon
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The National Interest
Institution:: Center for the National Interest
Abstract:: One fact is certain: foreign interventions end badly. Think the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan. Libya will be no different.
Topic:: Humanitarian Aid
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East, Libya, and Balkans

Author:: Christian Caryl
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The National Interest
Institution:: Center for the National Interest
Abstract:: According to cyberutopians like Clay Shirky, everything from Wikileaks to Twitter is making us better, kinder, gentler human beings. But technology is a tool that can be manipulated by both peaceful protesters and repressive governments.
Topic:: Foreign Policy
Political Geography:: United States

Author:: Thomas de Waal
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The National Interest
Institution:: Center for the National Interest
Abstract:: The typical vision of Chechnya: a violence-filled land of terrorists fighting for independence from the Kremlin's iron grip. The reality is a land torn between nationalism and a Russian civic identity.
Topic:: Nationalism and War
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, Russia, and Chechnya

Author:: Margaret MacMillan
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The National Interest
Institution:: Center for the National Interest
Abstract:: Our risk-averse culture regards the Great War with pity and horror. Adam Hochschild too adopts this war-is-hell view. But nationalism, patriotism and camaraderie motivated Europe's citizens to take up arms.
Topic:: War
Political Geography:: Russia and Europe

Author:: Richard K. Betts
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The National Interest
Institution:: Center for the National Interest
Abstract:: John Ikenberry's latest—Liberal Leviathan—offers a relentless mantra on the merits of the global liberal order while painting over the inherent tension between U.S. power and multilateral cooperation.
Topic:: NATO and United Nations
Political Geography:: Russia, United States, and China

Author:: Amy B. Zegart
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Political Science Quarterly
Institution:: Academy of Political Science
Abstract:: AMY B. ZEGART examines the roots of weak congressional intelligence oversight and challenges the view that ineffectual oversight stems from executive branch secrecy. Instead, she finds that Congress has tied its own hands by failing to consolidate its budgetary power or to develop robust expertise in intelligence.
Topic:: Politics

Author:: Gary C. Jacobson
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Political Science Quarterly
Institution:: Academy of Political Science
Abstract:: The 2010 midterm elections produced a stunning reversal of partisan fortunes. Back-to-back surges in 2006 and 2008 had raised the Democrats ʼ share of seats in the House of Representatives from 202 to 257 and in the Senate from 45 to 59.1 The 2010 election erased all of their House gains and more, with Republicans gaining a net 64 seats to win a 242-193 majority, their best showing since 1946 (Table 1). Republicans also picked up 6 Senate seats, leaving them with 47 and within striking distance of a majority in 2012, when 23 of the 33 seats at stake will be defended by Democrats. The election was also a major setback for President Barack Obama and his administration. The Republican ascendancy in Congress not only promises to block progress on his remaining agenda but also puts his signal legislative achievements, notably health care reform and financial regulation, at risk. The election also virtually guarantees bitter partisan trench warfare and record levels of polarization during the remaining two years of Obamaʼs term.

Author:: Richard Weitz
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Political Science Quarterly
Institution:: Academy of Political Science
Abstract:: RICHARD WEITZ looks at the international politics of nuclear forensics—a scientific technique that employs various investigatory methods to reveal the source and history of nuclear material. He worries that many governments and analysts underestimate the difficulties in constructing an effective nuclear forensics regime that can pinpoint those responsible for a nuclear incident and thus weakens the ability to deter by threatening nuclear retaliation.

Author:: Benjamin H. Friedman
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Political Science Quarterly
Institution:: Academy of Political Science
Abstract:: BENJAMIN H. FRIEDMAN argues that the United States has spent excessively on homeland security since September 11. He outlines psychological and political explanations for this overreaction and concludes that these factors make some overreaction to terrorism unavoidable but offers four strategies to mitigate it.
Topic:: Security and Terrorism
Political Geography:: United States

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