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Within the context of CDDRLs project on democratic transitions, this paper explores the causes for the failure of Algeria to democratize in the 1990s. Adhering to the projects common case study framework, the paper outlines the impact of long term structural variables before moving on to an examination of the domestic, then external variables that acted around the moment of potential transition in 1991-1992. In conclusion, the paper highlights the mutual interaction of domestic and external variables in explaining the failed transition outcome in the Algeria case.]]>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:43:46 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22213?http://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22212Stanford Center for International Development, June 2008
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]]>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:54:19 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22206?http://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22205Council on Foreign Relations, October 2006
National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency, a report by the Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on Energy, concludes that the "lack of sustained attention to energy issues is undercutting U.S. foreign policy and U.S. national security." The report goes on to examine how America's dependence on imported oil - which currently comprises 60 percent of consumption- increasingly puts it into competition with other energy importers, notably the rapidly growing economies of China and India.]]>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:20:56 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22205?http://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22204Center for a New American Security Publications, July 2008
The next president of the United States must forge a new national security strategy in a world marked by enormous tumult and change and at a time when Americas international standing and strategic position are at an historic nadir. Many of our allies question our motives and methods; our enemies doubt American rhetoric and resolve. Now, more than at any time since the late 1940s, it is vital to chart a new direction for Americas global role.]]>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:52:53 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22204?http://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22201Health Affairs vol. 27, 7/2008
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In a region popularly associated with monolithic states controlling secretive but effective national oil companies, Kuwait presents a surprising picture of bitterly divided government and a chaotic and fragmented oil sector. PESD affiliate Paul Stevens dissects the historical legacies and tangled webs of interaction with government that explain the current performance and erratic strategy of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.]]>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:32:05 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22199?http://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22198Cambridge University Press, 2008
Combining international legal theory and transaction cost economics, this book develops a novel, comprehensive framework which reveals the factors that determine the optimal balance between institutional credibility and flexibility. The author tests this rational design paradigm on four recent anti-trafficking efforts: narcotics, money laundering, conflict diamond, and small arms. She sheds light on the reasons why policymakers sometimes adopt suboptimal design solutions and unearths a nascent trend towards innovative forms of international cooperation which transcend the limitations of national sovereignty.]]>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:30:59 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22198?http://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22197Lynne Rienner Publishers, June 2008
How might China become a democracy? And what lessons, if any, might Taiwan's experience of democratization hold for China's future? This volume considers these questions, both through comparisons of Taiwan's historical experience with the period of economic and social change in the PRC, and through focused analysis of China's politics.]]>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:13:37 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22197?http://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22195Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #77, July 8, 2008
India's Sagar Island is renowned among Hindu devotees for its pilgrimage sites and in the renewable energy community for its locally-managed solar and wind projects. Field work by PESD Researcher Sam Shrank corroborates some of the benefits of these off-grid electricity generators but suggests that the business model for running them is not as sustainable or replicable as the literature implies.]]>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:12:13 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22195?http://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22193National War Powers Commission, July 8, 2008
The Commission convened regularly over the past year in Washington, D.C. as well as at our partnering institutions: the University of Virginia, Rice University, and Stanford University. In preparation for these meetings and during our deliberations, we interviewed scores of witnesses from all political perspectives and professional vantage points, and we greatly thank them for their time. We also drew on the collective experiences of the Commission and its advisors in government, the armed forces, private enterprise, the law, the press, and academia. Finally, we reviewed and studied much of the law, history, and other background literature on this subject. The Commissions intent was not to criticize or praise individual Presidents or Congresses for how they exercised their respective war powers. Instead, our aim was to issue a report that should be relied upon by future leaders and furnish them practical ways to proceed in the future. The result of our efforts is the report that follows, which we hope will persuade the next President and Congress to repeal the War Powers Resolution of 1973 and enact in its place the War Powers Consultation Act of 2009.]]>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:17:27 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/publications/22193?