Volume 35:2 – Summer 2011 (Current Edition)

China in Africa: Symbiosis or Exploitation?

May 15, 2011 by David Haroz

China’s engagement in the African continent continues to grow. In examining the history, economic viability, and political expediencies of the Sino-African relationship, David Haroz concludes that the current relationship is more symbiotic than exploitative.

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Unplugging a Nation: State Media Strategy During Egypt’s January 25 Uprising

May 15, 2011 by Alexandra Dunn

During the uprising that began on January 25, 2011, the Egyptian government instituted a widespread shutdown of communication tools in an effort to quarantine dissent. Alexandra Dunn explores the Egyptian regime’s recalibration of what constituted a threatening media sphere. She argues that its crackdown alienated the business community, disproportionately impacted apolitical citizens, and inadvertently increased international focus on the crisis.

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Qadhafi, Libya, and the Politics of Change in the Middle East

May 15, 2011 by David Mack

Revolution fever in the Middle East took a somber turn in Libya in February 2011, with Muammar al-Qadhafi’s brutal crackdown sparking international intervention. Citing a pan-Arabism fueled largely by the youth bulge and social media, Ambassador David Mack suggests that regimes across the Middle East will be increasingly confronted with calls for greater political freedom. The United States, he says, must recognize that solutions cannot be imposed and that meaningful political evolution will necessarily be slow.

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Croatia’s European Future: A Conversation with Croatia’s President Ivo Josipović

May 15, 2011 by Ivo Josipović

Professor Ivo Josipovic, President of the Republic of Croatia, assesses the political situation in Southeast Europe as stable, though fraught with continuing challenges. Serbia is attempting to balance regional cooperation with Kosovo’s independence, while Bosnia and Herzegovnia is enacting constitutional changes to transcend the imperfections of the Dayton Agreement. Against this dramatic regional backdrop, Croatia is entering the final stage of its EU accession talks while navigating painful political, economic, and social reforms.

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Somalia: Where a State Isn’t a State

May 15, 2011 by J. Peter Pham

Introduction On February 22, 2011, as one of the United States Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyers, the USS Sterett, and three other warships stood by virtually helpless, Somali pirates killed four boaters they had seized just days earlier off the coast of Oman. The four victims—yacht owners Scott and Jean Adam of Marina del Rey, California, [...]

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“Passed Beyond Our Aid”: U.S. Deportation, Integrity, and the Rule of Law

April 26, 2011 by Daniel Kanstroom

Shortly before the enactment of the harshest package of U.S. deportation laws since the Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798, Barbara Jordan­­­­—then Chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform—said, “We are a nation of immigrants, dedicated to the rule of law….”[1] The following year, in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, laws were [...]

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