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  • Fall 2007
  • Letter from the Editor
  • Is the European Union a Threat to the US?
  • The Mahalla
  • Causes and Consequences of the Maoist Rebellion in Nepal
  • Regional Spotlight: Central & Eastern Europe
  • Russia Consolidation of Power and Economic Integration
  • The Battle of Bohemia: Roma relations in a new Czech Republic
  • Running in Circles: Soviet-Era Sex Education
  • Development in the Post-Soviet World: An Historical Perspective
  • The Rebuilding: Russia and its Ex-Empire
  • Front Matter
    • Fall 2007
    • Letter from the Editor
  • Forum
    • Is the European Union a Threat to the US?
    • The Mahalla
    • Causes and Consequences of the Maoist Rebellion in Nepal
  • Spotlight
    • The Rebuilding: Russia and its Ex-Empire
    • Development in the Post-Soviet World: An Historical Perspective
    • Regional Spotlight: Central & Eastern Europe
    • Russia Consolidation of Power and Economic Integration
    • The Battle of Bohemia: Roma relations in a new Czech Republic
    • Running in Circles: Soviet-Era Sex Education
  • Archive
    • Volume 3, Issue 3: Spring 2007
      • Ethnicity and Economics: Looking at Uganda
      • How much more Mugabe can the world take?
    • Volume 3, Issue 1: Fall 2006
      • Fall 2006
    • Volume 2, Issue 3: Spring 2006
      • Spring 2006
      • Letter from the Editor
      • France’s “Racial” Crisis: One Elite University’s Response
      • Capitalism and Democracy: An Examination of the Discourse of Development
      • Changing America's Image: Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
      • The Threat of Avian Influenza in Indonesia
      • The Political Psychology of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
      • Sex as Work
      • The Challenge of Sustaining Ireland’s Economic Success
      • Soul Mates or Strange Bedfellows?
      • Regional Spotlight: Latin America
      • Fighting for Life and Land in Rural Brazil
      • Dairy Communities in Rural Mexico: Survival Challenged by Neo-liberal Development
      • Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America and Guatemala
      • Latin America and Populism: An Interview with Peter Hakim, President of the Inter-Ame
      • The Consequences of Charismatic Political Leadership in Venzuela: An Interview with UC Davis Politic
      • Interning in DC
      • 2006 Davis Survey
    • Volume 2, Issue 2: Winter 2006
      • Winter 2006
      • Letter from the Editor
      • Chinese Women in Transition
      • The Institutional Consequences of Bilateral Investment Treaties
      • Power Sharing
      • Neo-Conservatives as Wilsonians?
      • Commercial Use of Outer Space
      • Regional Spotlight: Middle East
      • Democracy in Jordan
      • The Cedar Revolution
      • Public Opinion and Likud Party Politics
      • As Tourism Fuels Terrorism
      • Interview with Shaul Bakhash
      • Israel's Apartheid Wall
      • Israel’s Security Fence
    • Volume 2, Issue 1: Fall 2005
      • Fall 2005
      • Letter from the Editor
      • Identity Crisis: Russia’s Muslims in the debate over Russian Identity vis-à-vis Europe
      • The Need for Prevention Strategies in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
      • Enforcement of International Laws
      • Dirty Little Secrets
      • Male and Female Circumcision
      • A Continent in Crisis
      • The Eritrea-Ethiopia Border Dispute
      • Ghana and Its Relationship to Maternal and Child Welfare
      • Uganda's Economic Journey
      • Community-Based Wildlife Management in Botswana: Challenges and Outcomes
      • Delayed U.S. Intervention in Rwanda
      • An Interview with Dr. Leslie Rabine, Women and Gender Studies Professor at UC Davis
      • Campus Organization Takes Action Against Unwarranted Violence in Sudan
      • "Invisible Children"
    • Volume 1, Issue 2: Spring 2005
      • Spring 2005
      • Letter from the Editor
      • Motivations for Joining al Qaeda: Political Objectives or Religious Fanaticism?
      • Plan Colombia: An Unveiled Reality
      • Ethnic Conflict in Post-War Iraq
      • An Analysis of the Second Chechen War
      • Global Spotlight: European Union
      • Can the EU Afford to Fly Solo? The Future of EU Military Policy
      • Divergence in Support Programs between the European Union and United States towards Russia
      • The Impact of EU Regional Integration on Aid
      • Dialogues: An Interview with Adam Hochschild
      • Architects of the Future: Young Diplomats and the Millennium Development Goals
      • Campus Exposure: News & Events
      • Campus Exposure: The Briody Report
    • Volume 1, Issue 1: Winter 2005
      • Winter 2005
      • Letter from the Editor
      • When Debt Begets Debts
      • Russia Today: A Decade of Free Market Progress Lost
      • Still No Solution to War in Uganda
      • Sustainable Agriculture: Solving a Universal Problem Locally
      • Draining the Future?
      • Global Spotlight: East Asia
      • The Laotian Crisis of 1960-62: Birth of the Rusk-Thanat Joint Communique
      • Bhopal, India: “The worst peacetime environmental catastrophe in world history...”
      • Demokratikong Sa Barangay: Democracy to the Village
      • Dialogues: Mapping Archives of Power: A Genealogical Approach to International Relations Theory
      • Campus Exposure
• IAJ International Update
  • The Americas
    • Obama: Fear of the Fear
    • The American Elections: the Economy and the World
    • Of Kangaroos and Torturers
    • Will the War in Colombia Ever End?
    • Bolivian Constitutional Controversy Overshadowed by Venezuela
    • Latin American Constitutionalism: A Pattern of Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
    • Female Presidents in Latin America: Mere Symbols or True Indicators of Progress?
    • Bush Prepares Cuba for Democratic Transition
    • Ending Impunity: Menem and Fujimori on Trial
    • Clumsy Imperialism: The US Continues to Inadvertently Support its Enemies.
    • Aló Presidenta: Latin America Sheds Its Machista Heritage
    • Re-imagining the United States on Spanish-Language Television
  • Asia
    • Boycotting Beijing in Europe After the Earthquake
    • China in Canada: The Persecution of Falun Gong
    • The Monks’ Protest: Burma’s Struggle for Democracy
    • The Director Who Ducks Behind a Prostitute
    • Improving Human Rights in the South Korean Military
    • Improving Human Rights in the South Korean Military
    • Two Steps Back, One Step Forward
    • When Fighting Terrorism Went Too Far
    • Asia’s Ongoing Struggle with Suicide
  • Europe
    • Putting Iceland’s Crisis in Perspective: Wall Street’s Legacy Comes to Europe
    • Obama's 3-Hour Visit to France: Bridging a Sea of Differences?
    • Coverage or Contempt?
    • China in Africa: Paternalist, Philanthropist, or Partner?
  • Mid East
    • Saudi Arabia Takes On Al-Qaeda in the Chat Room, in the Courtroom, and on the Couch
    • The Neo-Kirkpatrick Doctrine and Its Middle Eastern Discontents
    • What's So Scary About 0.000005% of Gazans Getting An Education?
    • The EU's Crackdown on Iran
    • What Happened To the Good Ol’ Days When They’d Just Cover It Up?
    • Hezbollah’s promised wilayat al-faqih
    • The End of the Musharraf Era
    • Elections in the Aftermath of Bhutto’s Death
    • Rhetoric v. Reality in the Post-Annapolis World
    • “Thank you Syria, but I am homesick”: Iraqi refugees in Damascus start to return home
    • Room for Truth and Reconciliation in Israel and Palestine?
    • Turkish Sorties Threaten Iraqi Security Dynamics And US Diplomatic Ties
    • Widespread Labor Demonstrations Lend Hope to Political Resistance in Egypt
    • Breathing Room in Iraq?
    • National Security Woes for Pakistan
    • Authenticity and Invisibility: The case of Libya’s Gaddafi
    • Is the world ready for a neutralized Syria?
  • Africa
    • Two Harmful Diseases: HIV And Poverty
    • The Alien Tort Claims Act: A New Tool for Human Rights in Africa?
    • State-Led Development crucial for Sub-Saharan Africa
    • The Thin Veil of Indictment
    • Moral Politics and Africa
  • Open Forum
    • Going beyond the barriers of sovereignty: the need for a United Nations Environment Organization
    • Insights from Bolivia: The Challenges of Governance in an Ethnically Divided State
    • Economic and Social Processes in Kosovo
    • Cross-Border Activism and Its Impact on Maquiladora Labor Disputes
    • The Banco del Sur: Democratizing Western Hemispheric Relations
    • The U.S.-China Trade Dynamic: Yuan Some More?
  • Americas
    • Obama: Fear of the Fear
    • The American Elections: the Economy and the World
    • Of Kangaroos and Torturers
    • Will the War in Colombia Ever End?
    • Bolivian Constitutional Controversy Overshadowed by Venezuela
    • Latin American Constitutionalism: A Pattern of Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
    • Female Presidents in Latin America: Mere Symbols or True Indicators of Progress?
    • Bush Prepares Cuba for Democratic Transition
    • Ending Impunity: Menem and Fujimori on Trial
    • Clumsy Imperialism: The US Continues to Inadvertently Support its Enemies.
    • Aló Presidenta: Latin America Sheds Its Machista Heritage
    • Re-imagining the United States on Spanish-Language Television
  • Asia/Pacific
    • Boycotting Beijing in Europe After the Earthquake
    • China in Canada: The Persecution of Falun Gong
    • The Monks’ Protest: Burma’s Struggle for Democracy
    • The Director Who Ducks Behind a Prostitute
    • Improving Human Rights in the South Korean Military
    • Improving Human Rights in the South Korean Military
    • Two Steps Back, One Step Forward
    • When Fighting Terrorism Went Too Far
    • Asia’s Ongoing Struggle with Suicide
  • Europe
    • Putting Iceland’s Crisis in Perspective: Wall Street’s Legacy Comes to Europe
    • Obama's 3-Hour Visit to France: Bridging a Sea of Differences?
    • Coverage or Contempt?
    • China in Africa: Paternalist, Philanthropist, or Partner?
  • North Africa & Middle East
    • Saudi Arabia Takes On Al-Qaeda in the Chat Room, in the Courtroom, and on the Couch
    • The Neo-Kirkpatrick Doctrine and Its Middle Eastern Discontents
    • What's So Scary About 0.000005% of Gazans Getting An Education?
    • The EU's Crackdown on Iran
    • What Happened To the Good Ol’ Days When They’d Just Cover It Up?
    • Hezbollah’s promised wilayat al-faqih
    • The End of the Musharraf Era
    • Elections in the Aftermath of Bhutto’s Death
    • Rhetoric v. Reality in the Post-Annapolis World
    • “Thank you Syria, but I am homesick”: Iraqi refugees in Damascus start to return home
    • Room for Truth and Reconciliation in Israel and Palestine?
    • Turkish Sorties Threaten Iraqi Security Dynamics And US Diplomatic Ties
    • Widespread Labor Demonstrations Lend Hope to Political Resistance in Egypt
    • Breathing Room in Iraq?
    • National Security Woes for Pakistan
    • Authenticity and Invisibility: The case of Libya’s Gaddafi
    • Is the world ready for a neutralized Syria?
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Two Harmful Diseases: HIV And Poverty
    • The Alien Tort Claims Act: A New Tool for Human Rights in Africa?
    • State-Led Development crucial for Sub-Saharan Africa
    • The Thin Veil of Indictment
    • Moral Politics and Africa
  • Open Forum
    • Going beyond the barriers of sovereignty: the need for a United Nations Environment Organization
    • Insights from Bolivia: The Challenges of Governance in an Ethnically Divided State
    • Economic and Social Processes in Kosovo
    • Cross-Border Activism and Its Impact on Maquiladora Labor Disputes
    • The Banco del Sur: Democratizing Western Hemispheric Relations
    • The U.S.-China Trade Dynamic: Yuan Some More?
  • Archive
    • May 2007
      • Saudi Arabia and Stability in Iraq
      • The changing winds of “RiyadhPolitik”
      • Southern Thailand: An Invisible Insurgency
      • The International Criminal Court and the Central African Republic
      • Unanswered Questions in South Africa’s Nuclear History
      • A Bill For Everyone that No One Can Love
      • The Repercussions of Neo-Liberal Economics in Mexico
      • The Somalian Jigsaw
      • Olympics 2008: Mixing Sports with Politics
      • Venezuelan Socialism?
      • No Boys Allowed
      • Nigerian Elections: What went wrong
      • The “Grand Bargain” Squandered: Why it’s Now Time to Get Real
      • Zimbabweans Deserve Economic Justice
      • The Balance of Trade in Latin America
      • The Eulogy Putin Gave
      • Television Soaps: An Unlikely Source of Global Influence
      • Should America Stay or Withdraw from Iraq?
      • Rwanda's Rebirth
      • Trial Elections in Bhutan: the beginning of a long road to democracy?
    • April 2007
      • Are Counter-Terror Policies Working?
      • Nigeria: Two Religions Under One Roof
      • Strategy of Engagement: Why the US is losing the war in Iraq
      • What their book says: Islam 101 with Rick Santorum
      • Abe Statement on “Comfort Women”
      • China’s Pesky Cousin
      • Hong Kong’s Road to Democracy
      • A High Tech Latin America
      • Time for Democrats to step up
    • March 2007
      • Damned That They Didn’t
      • Where Do We Go from Here? U.S. Latin-American Policy
      • Comfort Women: A Resurgence of Hope?
      • Cambodia: Justice Delayed, is Justice Denied
      • Iran State Identity vis à vis Nuclear Acquisition
      • Lessons from Morocco: why the West should take interest
      • What Does China Want with Africa?
      • Durban’s Tamil Protesters Struggle to Find a Voice
      • Freedom and the Role of the Market: A View on African Development
      • Jordan: Assisting Refugees or a Superpower?
      • Caught in a Pickle with Pakistan
    • February 2007
      • Venezuelan Congress Elects Hugo Chávez Dictator
      • The $1 Million Diet Coke in Zimbabwe
      • Darfur and the 2008 Presidential Election
      • The Future of Economic Growth in South Africa
      • Fertility in Africa: What it means for growth and development
      • Sectarian Displacement in Iraq
      • Disarming Hezbollah
      • The Mecca Accord: Why “respect” just won’t cut it
      • The Algerian army bites back
      • U.S. Policy on North Korea & the 2008 Presidential Elections
      • The Economics of Opposition
      • The U.S. and Cuba
      • What is Containment?
    • January 2007
      • Iraq: Coping With Catastrophe
      • South Korea: Will a New President be Enough?
      • Burma's Helping Hands
      • Why Saddam Hussein's execution won't change much
      • Another Vietnam
      • The “surge”: why the Bush administration shouldn’t settle for a last ditch effort
      • Liberia’s Iron Lady
      • Western Sahara: U.N. Referendum in 2007?
      • Economic Conditions in Zimbabwe: Farmers and Inflation
      • The Defensive Superpower and her Neo-Containment Policy
    • December 2006
      • Poverty and Political Corruption in Nigeria
      • Nuclear New Year in Iran
      • A Vacuum to Fill: Saudi Arabia Weighs In on Iraq's Future
      • And They Call it a Comeback
      • Iraq: Trading Delusions
      • Labels at Work
      • Taiwan’s Political Scandals: When is Enough Enough?
    • November 2006
      • The Violence in Somalia
      • Sinking Sudan
      • Constitutional Reform: An Adequate Solution for Thailand?
      • The Cost of Cooperation
      • Beyond the Veil of Liberty
      • Wanted: A New Foreign Policy for the 21st Century
    • October 2006
      • The Lord’s Resistance Army and the International Criminal Court
      • The Shi’a Crescent’s new mastermind
      • After Koizumi: Japan’s Nuclear Junction
      • In the Shadow of Ostrich Politics
      • All Eyes on Abe
    • September 2006
      • The Codependence of Lebanon and France
      • A Bloody Rorschach Test
      • A River Runs Through It
    • August 2006
      • A Case against an Undergrad’s Globalization
      • Somalia: U.S. Must Play Vital Role in Ceasefire
      • Democratic Peace: A Glitch in History?
      • Israel's Misadventure
      • Lebanon, the History of a Failed State
      • Russia’s Loose Nukes
      • Royal for President
      • NATO’S Staying Power in a Changing Global Security Environment
      • Cracking the Nuts of Japanese Succession
      • The State of Chinese Dissent
      • Finland Rocks the E.U.
      • Mexico’s Election Protests
      • How Far Can the Mighty Fall?
      • The Eastern Expansion Equation
      • Development and Immigration
    • July 2006
      • Proliferation Nation?
      • The World Cup in Review
      • The Superpower's New Superbugs
      • Africa’s Romero
      • Half-Assed Diplomacy
      • Stability v. Statehood
      • The Real Threat to the Middle East
      • Ending the Revolution: Part II
      • The Eastern Expansion Equation
      • A History of Hooliganism
      • French Civil Disobedience
      • The Future of Kosovo
      • The End of Europe?
      • Cyprus Peace Talks
      • East Timor in the Unipolar World: Tough Times for Democratic State Building
      • Baseball Diplomacy and Cuba: Time for a Big Hit?
      • Is Latin America Really Shifting to the Left? A Look at Some Election Results
      • Baseball Diplomacy and Cuba: Time for a Big Hit?
      • Venezuela on the Security Council
      • Electoral Fraud in Mexico
    • June 2006
      • Peace First Through Community Building
      • Exporting American Culture
      • A Better Way: Microbicides Could Save Millions of Third World Women from AIDS
      • State Power, Capitalism and Development
      • Central African Republic
      • Kurds and Secession: the Dangers of Dismemberment
      • Israeli-Hezbollah Fighting: Reestablishing the Pecking Order in South Lebanon
      • Ending the Revolution: Part I
      • Racial Violence and Rightist Politics in Europe
      • Montenegro: the Reinvention of the Nation-State
      • Security Networks in a Realists’ World
      • Flirting with “Hot Money”: India’s Financial Market Liberalisation
      • The Current Leverage of China on the U.S. Economy
      • The US Shouldn't Overlook Latin America
      • The True Meaning of Bolivarianism
      • Bolivia Seeks to Control its Resources
    • May 2006
      • Getting Property Rights Wrong: Trade, TRIPS, and Development
      • State Formation, Public Policy, and Rational Choice
      • Get Out of Africa, and I Don’t Mean the Film
      • Check Out Nouri al-Maliki
      • Of Warlords, Parliamentarians and Entrepreneurs
      • Poverty, Inequality and Terrorism
      • There is no Military Solution for Iran
      • Life is a Cabaret
      • Europe's Most Wanted
      • What are Eastern European States
      • China Changing: Resurrecting Developmentalism
      • Oscar Romero: Saint of the Americas and of the World
      • Drugs Are a Real Problem, So Why not Legalize Them?
    • April 2006
      • Identities and Perceptions over the Danish Cartoons (Guest Article)
      • A Lack of Global Leadership
      • The Tragedy of America's Global AIDS Policy
      • Manufacturing Doubt
      • The Man in the Back
      • Backlash
      • Chad: Beginning of a Failed State Domino Effect?
      • Hegemony of Capital and its Impact on Development
      • Transforming Sub-Saharan Africa: A Commentary
      • Liberia: Closing a Chapter?
      • The Elephant in the Room
      • The Forgotten People
      • Building a Solidly Corrupt Foundation
      • Israeli Expansion is a Barrier to Peace
      • Dangerous Waters: Iran and the Geopolitics of the Straits of Hormuz
      • Nukes for India, Reality Check for Pakistan
      • Iran Under the 9/11 Paradigm
      • Are Palestinians Humans
      • French Protest and Power Struggles
      • Applause, But No Ovation
      • Racism in Europe and Football
      • The Jesus Christ of Politics
      • Russia as Friend? Or Foe?
      • A New Day, A New Year
      • Cloud of Radiation Continues to Cloud Judgement
      • Europe's Next Chapter
      • North Korea Setting a Dangerous Stage for the Future
      • A Foreign Presence in Japanese Education
      • Ollanta Humala Wins the First Round. Can He Win Again?
      • The Populist Fight Against Inequality is Doomed to Failure
      • US Immigration Policy Needs a Reality Check
    • March 2006
      • Regionalism in the African Economy
      • The Lebanese National Dialogue
      • Libya: A model for rehabilitation?
      • The Missed Opportunity
      • Torture, Lies & Videotape
      • Venezuelan President Using Cheap Tactics to Remain Popular
    • Feburary 2006
      • Gift or Poison
      • An Analysis of the Six Party Talks
      • A Matter of Values
      • Pandora’s Box
      • Wealth of A Nation
      • Is A Commodities Exchange the Answer to Underdevelopment in Africa?
      • The New Outsider
      • Costa Rica: What's a small nation to do?
      • War on Drugs Fails and Bolivia Suffers
      • Argentine Debt Repayment
      • A Thankless Task
      • Democracy’s Fine Print
      • We Shouldn't Force Hamas' Failure
      • Violence and Democratic Consolidation in Iraq
      • Puzzingly Optimistic
      • What are the Cartoons Really About?
      • One Nation's Terrorist is... Another's Rise to Power - Iran
      • Why Can't We Get Along With Hamas?
      • We Cannot Reject Hamas
      • Outraged at the Outrage
      • Cartoons, Censorship & Controversy
      • Is France a Complicit Partner?
      • Denmark's Rebellion
      • Pop-Culture Addiction
      • The Chinese Struggle to Establish a National Identity
      • The South Korean-Japan Relationship
    • January 2006
      • After the Freedom Wars
      • Democracy's Forced March in the Middle East
      • On Thin Ice: The Future of Israeli Foreign Policy and the US
      • Lessons not Learned: What Bosnia can Teach the US about Iraq
      • Air Strikes... What Air Strikes?
      • EU Budget Deal: Selfishness Over Solidarity
      • Russia-Iran Relations
      • The Job of Democracy
      • Who are the Heroes?
      • Lessons of History
      • The Ambivalent Sino-Japanese Relationship
      • To the Korean Government
      • The U.S. and China Separated at Birth ?
      • The Issue of Human Rights and a One-Party Government
      • The Beginning of a New Era in Latin America, or a Misguided Conception?
      • Latin American Oil: Chavez Rocks the Boat
  • Columnists
    • Rafi Chaudhury, Middlebury College
    • Alex Roehrkasse, Brown University
    • Kevin Taber, Washington University
    • Kailash Srinivasan, UC Davis
    • Lynn Zovighian, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Sarah Abravanelli, University of California, Davis
    • Idie Si, University of Denver
    • Michelle Lim, University of California, Davis
    • Adam Phillip, Northwestern University
    • W. Jonathan Rue, London School of Economics and Political Science
    • Kelly Nielsen, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Mai Neng Yang, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Chris Guillebeau, University of Washington
    • Josh Leon, Temple University
    • Hayley Morrison, University of Toronto
    • Rohit Jain, University of California, Berkeley
    • Charley Johnson, University of Washington
    • Chad Marzen, Saint Louis University
    • Daisy Kim, Stanford University
• UC Davis IR Program

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