International Politics

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Parameters Spring 2006 Eric A. Heinze	Humanitarian Intervention and the War in Iraq: Norms, Discourse, and State Practice If the idea of humanitarian intervention falls from grace because of its association with the Iraq-U.S. conflict as well as the U.S. war on terror, then a valuable instrument in the tool kit of human rights strategies may be rendered undeservedly useless.
Parameters Spring 2006 Wade Markel	Draining the Swamp: The British Strategy of Population Control Thirty years after the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. and its Army again find themselves confronted with a tenacious insurgency, this time in Iraq. Here's a look at Britain's victory in Malaya as a model to emulate.
Parameters Spring 2006 Anthony Vinci	The "Problems of Mobilization" and the Analysis of Armed Groups This article attempts to lay the foundation for a more agile, rationalized system of analysis for all types of armed groups which can take into account the evolving and adapting nature of contemporary armed groups.
Parameters Spring 2006 Dafna Hochman	Rehabilitating a Rogue: Libya's WMD Reversal and Lessons for US Policy Ultimately, there is no clear formula prescribing the rehabilitation of rogues or a clear roadmap to generate voluntary disarmament. The Libyan reversal suggests that US policymakers should be mindful to appeal to a diverse array of possible approaches as a necessary.
Parameters Spring 2006 Nader Elhefnawy	Toward a Long-Range Energy Security Policy An overview of US and international energy policy, including the prospects for an economy based on renewable energy, the security problems likely to result from tightening oil supplies, and a possible basis for making the transition to alternatives.
InternetNews February 15, 2006 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Hammer Tech's China Policy Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Cisco endure a long day before House panel on human rights.
Reason February 2006 Griswold, Slivinski & Preble	Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers The time is ripe for unilaterally removing America's distorting agricultural trade policies. Here's how: 1. Lower Food Prices for American Families... 2. Lower Costs and Increased Exports for American Companies... etc.
Reason February 2006 Julian Sanchez	Blowing Off Steam The American Civil Liberties Union released its analysis of 44 autopsies and death reports on detainees who died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan -- almost half were classed as homicides.
Chemistry World February 2006	Editorial: Fighting Avian Flu Participants at a world avian flu conference in Beijing committed to increasing cooperation on global vaccine and anti-viral research and development.
Geotimes February 2006 Naomi Lubick	Trees Confound Global Warming The potential canceling-out effects of trees' low reflectivity for carbon sequestration raise questions as to whether tree planters should get carbon credits in North America, as outlined in the Kyoto Protocol.
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