CIAO DATE: 04/2012
Volume: 126, Issue: 4
Winter 2011-12
The Influence of Magna Carta in Limiting Executive Power in the War on Terror
Eric Kasper
Eric T. Kasper examines the use of Magna Carta by U.S. federal courts in enemy combatant cases. He traces the history of due process, jury trial, and habeas corpus rights within Magna Carta as well as subsequent legal documents and rulings in England and America. He concludes that Magna Carta is properly used by the federal courts as persuasive authority to limit executive power in the war on terror.
Democratic Divisions in the 1960s and the Road to Welfare Reform
Eva Bertram
Eva Bertram analyzes the effects of welfare reform initiatives undertaken by the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. She argues that liberalizing reforms of the 1960s created opportunities for conservative Democratic lawmakers to seize the policy agenda, laying the groundwork for a turn toward workfare that would culminate in the 1990s.
America's Grace: How a Tolerant Nation Bridges Its Religious Divides
David Campbell, Robert Putna
David E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam ask how America can simultaneously be religiously devout, religiously diverse, and religiously tolerant. They argue that America's relative religious harmony lies in the frequency of “religious bridging.” Almost all Americans have a friend or close family member of another religion, and these personal relationships keep America's religious melting pot from boiling over.
Peace Before Freedom: Diplomacy and Repression in Sadat's Egypt (PDF)
Jason Brownlee
JASON BROWNLEE assesses the foundations of the contemporary U.S.– Egyptian alliance, which was consolidated in 1979 by the Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty. He concludes that the bold diplomacy of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was matched by fierce repression at home. Moreover, Egypt's foreign interlocutors presupposed that authoritarianism inside Egypt would help guarantee the country's new foreign policy alignment.
The Politics of Diplomatic Service Reform in Post-Soviet Russia
Yelena Biberman
YELENA BIBERMAN discusses the causes and implications of the diplomatic drain since the early 1990s–inside the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Drawing on an original survey of students at academic programs in elite Russian universities designed to train diplomats, she challenges the idea that inadequate material benefits limit interest in Russian diplomatic careers. Instead, she demonstrates that concerns over the relative power and prestige of the diplomatic corps guide prospective diplomats in their career choices.
How Wars End: Why We Always Fight the Last Battle, Gideon Rose (PDF)
Robert Litwak
Why Parties? A Second Look, John H. Aldrich (PDF)
Jeffrey Stonecash
China, the United States, and Global Order, Rosemary Foot and Andrew Walter (PDF)
Allen Carlson
Christopher Hull