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CIAO DATE: 03/07
Volume 121 No. 4 (Winter 2006-2007)
Articles
Deterring Nonstate WMD Attacks
DAVID P. AUERSWALD assesses whether deterrence policies can prevent a WMD attack by nonstate actors. He argues that deterrence may not preclude terrorist attacks, but that deterrence threats can greatly impede trafficking in WMD and related materials, preventing terrorists from getting these weapons in the first place.
The Fight against Terrorist Financing
ANNE L. CLUNAN examines the prospects for an international regime to combat terrorist financing. She concludes that in the absence of a common definition among the United States and its European allies, the prospects for implementing a vigorous counter-terrorist-financing regime are dim.
The Politics of Russias Elusive Defense Reform
ZOLTAN BARANY considers the reasons for the absence of substantive defense reform in Russia fifteen years after the Soviet collapse. He argues that even though reform was high on President Putins agenda when he took office, a combination of factors has prevented him from enforcing its implementation. Among these, the most significant has been consistent opposition to the transformation from the top of Russias military establishment.
Airbus and Boeing: Strengths and Limitations of Strong States (PDF, 24 pages, 256 KB)
JOHN G. FRANCIS and ALEX F. PEVZNER focus on the rise of Airbus in the global aviation market over the past three decades to near parity with Boeing. They argue that the fortunes of Airbus cannot be understood without recognizing that historically, the manufacture of large commercial aircraft has been shaped by the industrial policies of strong states. The European consortium that produced Airbus was able to work as a strong state, anticipating the deepening economic integration of the European Union.
Presidential Survival and the Impeachment Process: The United States and Colombia
VICTOR J. HINOJOSA and ANÍBAL S. PÉREZ-LIÑÁN compare the attempted impeachments of Presidents Ernesto Samper of Colombia and William J. Clinton of the United States. They show that public opinion and executive-legislative politics account for the survival of both presidents.
The Canadian Supreme Court: Attitudinal Conflict in Right to Counsel Cases
C.L. OSTBERG and MATTHEW E. WETSTEIN explore whether Supreme Court justices in Canada are influenced by their political ideology when resolving right to counsel cases. Using an empirical model that controls for the effects of case facts, they find considerable evidence that the attitudes of the justices do provide a significant explanation for their voting behavior in nonunanimous cases.
Book Reviews
Thomas G. Hansford and James F. Spriggs II, The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court (PDF, 3 pages, 166 KB)
Reviewed by Mark S. Hurwitz
Alexander Cooley, Logics of Hierarchy: The Organization of Empires, States, and Military Occupation
Reviewed by Katja Weber
Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder, Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War (PDF, 4 pages, 136 KB)
Reviewed by Bruce Russett
Kenneth Kitts, Presidential Commissions and National Security: The Politics of Damage Control
Reviewed by Amy B. Zegart
Rachel Bronson, Thicker than Oil: Americas Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia
Reviewed by William B. Quandt
Mikhail A. Alexseev, Immigration Phobia and the Security Dilemma: Russia, Europe, and the United States (PDF, 3 pages, 32 KB)
Reviewed by Kimberly Marten
Chris Patten, Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain, and Europe in a New Century
Reviewed by Jolyon Howorth
John A. Adams, Bordering the Future: The Impact of Mexico on the United States
Reviewed by Tony Payan
Peter W. Galbraith, The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
Reviewed by James J. Wirtz
Adam L. Warber, Executive Orders and the Modern Presidency: Legislating from the Oval Office
Reviewed by Louis Fisher
John Yoo, The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11
Reviewed by Kenneth W. Thompson
Grant Reeher, First Person Political: Legislative Life and the Meaning of Public Service
Reviewed by Gerald Benjamin
Alan Gibson, Interpreting the Founding: Guide to the Enduring Debates over the Origins and Foundations of the American Republic
Reviewed by Jethro K. Lieberman
Jonathan Alter, The Defining Moment: FDRs Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
Reviewed by Sarah Phillips
Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q. Kelly, Committee Assignment Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives
Reviewed by John Baughman
Frederick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, and Brian D. McKenzie, Countervailing Forces in African-American Civic Activism, 19731994
Reviewed by Keith A. Mayes
Peter L. Francia, The Future of Organized Labor in American Politics (PDF, 3 pages, 132 KB)
Reviewed by Joseph A. McCartin
Robert David Johnson, Congress and the Cold War
Reviewed by Barry M. Blechman
Ron Hayduk, Democracy for All: Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the United States
Reviewed by J. Morgan Kousser
Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, The Presidents Speeches: Beyond Going Public
Reviewed by Philip Abbott
Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson, Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond
Reviewed by Hanes Walton, Jr.
Daniel P. Franklin, Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Film in the United States
Reviewed by Doris A. Graber
Brandice Canes-Wrone, Who Leads Whom? Presidents, Policy and the Public
Reviewed by Richard Sobel
David Mark, Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning
Reviewed by Leah A. Murray
Jennifer L. Erkulwater, Disability Rights and the American Social Safety Net
Reviewed by Michael Givel
Ralph Brauer, The Strange Death of Liberal America
Reviewed by Carol Nackenoff
John Foran, Taking Power: On the Origins of Third World Revolutions
Reviewed by Sad Amir Arjomand
Toyin Falola and Ann Genova, The Politics of the Global Oil Industry
Reviewed by Evan Hillebrand
Shale Horowitz, From Ethnic Conflict to Stillborn Reform: The Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia
Reviewed by Julie George
Nikolaos Zahariadis, Essence of Political Manipulation: Emotion, Institutions, and Greek Foreign Policy
Reviewed by Symeon A. Giannakos
Goran Hyden, African Politics in Comparative Perspective
Reviewed by Nicolas van de Walle
Moshe Gammer, The Lone Wolf and the Bear: Three Centuries of Chechen Defiance of Russian Rule
Reviewed by Georgi M. Derluguian
Henry E. Hale, Why Not Parties in Russia? Democracy, Federalism, and the State
Reviewed by Stephen Blank
Thomas D. Zweifel, International Organizations and Democracy: Accountability, Politics and Power
Reviewed by Steven Bernstein