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The Weatherhead Center has developed a presence on the Internet that, to a growing readership, is playing a significant role in the projection of Harvard scholarship on international affairs. The site: faculty research available through categorical fields of inquiry; searches by author, subject, title or date of publication; Working Papers selected for online distribution based on their relevance to contemporary issues in international affairs; In the News links to op-ed and other pieces written by or about the Center’s faculty associates; and Recent Books by faculty associates, including editorial summaries. The Center is always adding to the hundreds of academic articles available on its site and responding to the interests of Center faculty and other users in making the site an indispensable scholarly tool.

Below are a selection of our most recently uploaded publications.

War by other means: Publisher: The Boston Globe; Publication Type: Newspaper Article; Boston's Gene Sharp learned how to turn nonviolence into a weapon - and helped quite literally change the world. A CURIOUS THING started happening in the formerly Communist world in the year...; Published Date: May 2005 More

Uzbekistan's Tiananmen: by Christia, Fotini; Publisher: The Boston Globe; Publication Type: Op-ed; THE BLOODY protests in Uzbekistan's Andijan square have exposed the Bush administration's Janus-faced policy on regime change. Recent talk of spreading democracy and bringing freedom to the...; Published Date: May 2005 More

Cowboys and Indians: by Ferguson, Niall; Publisher: The New York Times; Publication Type: Op-ed; "I think that this could still fail." Those words—uttered by a senior American officer in Baghdad last week—probably gave opponents of the war in Iraq, particularly those clamoring...; Published Date: May 2005 More

Liberty for Latin America: by Domínguez, Jorge I.; Publisher: Washington Post; Publication Type: Book Review; Review of How To Undo Five Hundred Years of State Oppression By Alvaro Vargas Llosa. Farrar Straus Giroux.; Published Date: March 2005 More

The Great Stem Cell Race: by Paarlberg, Robert L.; Publisher: Foreign Policy; Publication Type: Magazine Article; Scientists around the world are scrambling to unlock the potential of stem cells. Governments trying to balance research and ethics have quickly learned that they have little control. Competition...; Published Date: May 2005 More

Iraq: One Nation Under Allah: Why it's unrealistic to expect a separation of mosque and state: by Barro, Robert J.; Publisher: Business Week; Publication Type: Op-ed; The insurgency in Iraq goes on, but attention has shifted toward the structure of an independent government. One key issue is whether the new regime will have a state religion, as envisioned by...; Published Date: May 2005 More

End-of-Life Issues: Terri Schiavo deserved to die with more dignity: by Perju, Vlad; Daflon Barrozo, Paulo; Publisher: San Francisco Chronicle; Publication Type: Op-ed; Too busy taking sides in the tragedy that has befallen Terri Schiavo, we have forgotten to question the choices open to us and to her. In fact, this debate is less about dying than about how to...; Published Date: April 2005 More

Pushing through the ethical thicket: by Sandel, Michael; Publisher: The Boston Globe; Publication Type: Op-ed; With stem cell legislation pending on Beacon Hill, proponents and opponents have taken to the airwaves, as lawmakers and citizens struggle to think their way through the ethical and scientific...; Published Date: April 2005 More

A Bush Plan for the Mideast: by Martin, Lenore G.; Publisher: The Boston Globe; Publication Type: Op-ed; Condoleezza Rice's first trip to Europe and the Middle East as secretary of state this month creates a perfect opportunity for the Bush administration to accelerate the resolution of the...; Published Date: February 2005 More

'Peace with honor' in Iraq: by Arreguin-Toft, Ivan; Toft, Monica Duffy; Publisher: The Boston Globe; Publication Type: Op-ed; IMAGINE the following speech explaining to the American people why we are in Iraq: "Why are we in Iraq? "We are there because we have a promise to keep. Since 2003 we offered support to the...; Published Date: October 2004 More

Look at the Small Victories: by Moravcsik, Andrew; Publisher: Newsweek; Publication Type: Op-ed; Sept. 29 issue—The Swedes reject the euro by the resounding margin of 56 percent to 42 percent. Politicians and pundits proclaim the European Union has reached a crisis. Well, yes and no....; Published Date: September 2003 More

A doctor without borders: by Sege, Irene; Publisher: The Boston Globe; Publication Type: Newspaper Article; Jennifer Leaning, just back from a taxing trip to Sudanese refugee sites, travels the world in the name of human rights CAMBRIDGE—The after-lunch meeting has just begun—and snacks...; Published Date: July 2004 More

A hard line on visas can only harm America: by Newland, Kathleen; Fortescue, Adrian; Publication Type: Op-ed; Not since the Vietnam war has international public opinion about America sunk so low. US officials praise "American values" when abroad, but they are competing with images of prisoner...; Published Date: July 2004 More

Living the Policy Process: by Heymann, Philip B.; Policymaking in large bureaucracies is hardly a simple process. Even the most respected policymakers have to contend with obstacles that seemingly have little to do with the issue at hand—office...; Publication Type: Book; Published Date: February 2008 More

Outsourcing the Big Stick: The Consequences of Using Private Military Companies: by Petersohn, Ulrich; The outsourcing of military functions is always accompanied by a loss of control over the use of force. Whereas the variances in handling consequences by weak versus strong states have already been...; Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper; Published Date: June 2008 More

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