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Full text of all articles in this issue is available at Project Muse A New Threat of Terror in the Western Hemisphere In the 1980s, the United States equated terrorism in Peru with the war on drugs. In confronting Peru's re-emergent terrorist threat, the United States should pursue a strategy of investing in Peru's economy and institutions, not strengthening counternarcotics operations. Koizumi's Top-Down Leadership in Anti-Terrorism Legislation Three key political reforms in the 1990s have strengthened the leadership role of Japan's Prime Minister. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's handling of anti-terrorism legislation in the aftermath of September 11 showcases this role. Resistance and Resiliance: Reflections on Iran Iranian President Mohammed Khatami was supposed to guide change in Iran, though those reforms have largely failed to materialize. This photographic essay portrays some of the challenges the Iranian people face and how they have been able to rise above them. Handling North Korea Hardliners and sunshine policy advocates take opposite views on how best to deal with North Korea. This essay advocates a cautious policy of selective engagement. The Outcomes of Johannesburg: Assessing the World Summit on Sustainable Development Despite low expectations and obvious failures, the Johannesburg Summit achieved some clear successes, including unprecedented civil society engagement. TOP Back to the Future: The Globalization of Agriculture in Historical Context The global integration of agricultural markets is not a new phenomenon; many of the current debates have analogues in the debates of the latter half of the nineteenth century. Examining this previous period of "globalization" of agriculture offers some lessons for today. Trade Dialogue: Why Is It So Hard To Liberalize Agricultural Trade? Alan Swinbank, University of Reading, "CAP Reform With or Without a Doha Round Conclusion" Antonio Salazar P. Brandao, State University of Rio de Janeiro, "An Overcrowded Agenda" Devinder Sharma, Independent Trade Policy Analyst, "Trading in Food Insecurity" Bruce Gardner, University of Maryland, "Breaching the Barriers to Liberalization" TOP The Impact of Trade Liberalization on China's Agriculture and Rural Economy Dire predictions about the destabilizing impact of WTO-related liberalizations on China's domestic agricultural sector have been overblown. In fact, accession reforms will push forward trends already visible, and should, overall, have a positive impact on the rural economy. Impregnable Citadel or Leaning Tower? The Common Agricultural Policy at Forty The imposing edifice of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy is on unstable ground. EU expansion may force reform and the dissolution of the political pacts upon which it was founded. Improving African Food Security Increasing agricultural production is fundamental to African development, both in terms of basic food security and as a base for economic growth. This article proposes technical and policy innovations to make this a reality. The Changing Economy of Rural Paraguay A photographic essay on the response of rural farmers in Paraguay to the economic effects of globalizing trade. TOP Deploying the Full Arsenal: Biotechnology and the War Against Hunger Why hasn't biotechnology been embraced as a potentially revolutionary tool in eliminating world hunger? A review of the debate lays out the opportunities and the obstacles. A Single Microbial Sea: Food Safety as a Global Concern The global food trade presents new problems for food safety and challenges governments and international organizations to develop new regulatory solutions that protect both health and trade. Coffee Production in a Time of Crisis: Social and Environmental Connections Coffee has a sordid past in terms of its social impacts on developing countries, but the fair trade movement and the rise of specialty coffees in consuming countries may help producers as well as please consumers. TOP Dissenting Economists Rowland explains some of Joseph Stiglitz's and William Easterly's criticisms of how multilateral financial institutions aid developing countries and lauds these two economists' unwillingness to be taken in by fads and easy answers. The Policy Hole Innes sees in Max Boot's The Savage Wars of Peace an all too common tendency to whitewash the past, and expresses concern that ignoring the truth in our historical memory may have drastic consequences. Revolution on Hold? Crandall finds the portraits of life in post-ideological Latin America in Latin America at the End of Politics both fascinating and insightful, but wonders what comes next for the region. The Politics of Forced Displacement Arthur C. Helton's The Price of Indifference accurately documents the international community's failure to ease the plight of refugees over the past decade and offers constructive suggestions for responding to future crises. Microfinance in Indonesia The second volume of Marguerite S. Robinson's The Microfinance Revolution, a case study of Indonesia, provides important lessons for countries attempting to develop small and medium-sized enterprises. Truman: Cold War Hero or "Parochial Nationalist"? Conway is unconvinced by Arnold Offner's criticism of Truman's foreign policy in Another Such Victory. Small Arms Dialogue Conference that appeared in the Winter-Spring 2002 issue of the SAIS Review, arguing that UN efforts to limit small arms proliferation are often misguided. Aaron Karp, Natalie J. Goldring, and Loretta Bondi, all of whom wrote about the UN Small Arms Conference in the Winter-Spring 2002 issue, answer these criticisms. Recent Books TOP |
