"Cut!" "Keep!" "Abolish!" "Preserve!" Such is what passes for political discourse these days. The noise and nastiness building toward the鈥
As PhD students in political science at Harvard some twenty years ago, two of us (Shah and Philpott) had to take an introductory course on鈥
By now just about everybody agrees that the European bailout of Greece has failed (see for example Darvas et al. 2011). The debt will have鈥
When one state is preponderant in power resources, observers often refer to the situation as hegemonic. Today, many pundits argue that鈥
Since President Obama's dramatic announcement that America had successfully found and dispatched Osama bin Laden, we have been awash in鈥
WE ALL have a local bias. We root for the Patriots, invite our neighbors for dinner, and, if we invest, we bet on US companies. Public鈥
It is far too soon to judge the long-term significance of America's successful operation to kill Osama Bin Laden. Will al Qaeda begin to鈥
India鈥檚 growth miracle has improved the lives and prospects of millions of people, but it is taking a toll on the country鈥檚 environment.鈥
With deficit-reduction fever gripping Washington, it is easy to forget that the stunning turnaround in America鈥檚 finances 鈥 from budget鈥
President Obama鈥檚 stated goal of saving innocent lives in Libya plays a lot better than 鈥渞egime change.鈥 It feels good to many Americans,鈥