The Doha Round failed because powerful agricultural lobbies in wealthy countries didn't want it to succeed.

Averting maximal disaster in Iraq may require controlled population resettlement. We need to start thinking about it now.

Current concern over post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction policies has an instructive history.

An Environment-8 to match the Group of 8.

On politicking in the age of television and political “science.”

The Peloponnesian War is over, but the master of its lessons teaches on.

I recently visited Dili, capital of Timor-Leste, in connection with some work I’m doing for the World Bank.  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) has been one of the great experiments in state-building by the international community.  East Timor was a colony of Portugal until 1975, when it was briefly set free and then immediately conquered by […]

I recently visited Dili, capital of Timor-Leste, in connection with some work I’m doing for the World Bank. Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) has been one of the great experiments in state-building by the international community. East Timor was a colony of Portugal until 1975, when it was briefly set free and then immediately conquered by […]

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In case you missed this about AI editorial board member Owen Harries… FRI 15 DEC 2006, Page 47 The influencer By: Story by Andrew Clark OWEN HARRIES IS THE MAN WHO LAUNCHED THE CATCHCRY THAT DEFINED AN ERA. BUT AS HISTORY RESUMED, HE HAS FOUND HIMSELF INCREASINGLY REMOTE FROM SOME FORMER FELLOW TRAVELLERS Owen Harries […]