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POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY VOL: 131 NO 2 (10) answer(s).
 
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Creating a disaster: NATO’s open door policy / Art, Robert J   Journal Article
Art, Robert J Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract ROBERT J. ART argues that an open door membership policy will destroy NATO and that there is a better alternative to create a security structure for Europe.
Key Words NATO  ;  Europe  ;  Disaster  ;  Open Door Policy  ;  Security Structure 
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Globalization as a security strategy: power and vulnerability in the “China model” / Nathan, Andrew J; Scobell, Andrew   Journal Article
Scobell, Andrew Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract ANDREW J. NATHAN and ANDREW SCOBELL analyze the gains and losses to Chinese security from the country’s embrace of globalization in the post-Mao period. They argue that while China has grown richer and more influential, it has also been penetrated by global forces that it does not control and become enmeshed in complex relationships of interdependence.
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Limits of American power / Nye, Joseph S Jr   Journal Article
NYE, JOSEPH S JR Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Discusses the paradox of the United States having unparalleled military power, yet being unable to impose its will unilaterally on either its allies or its antagonists. He explains clearly why America must adopt a more cooperative engagement with the rest of the world.
Key Words American Power  ;  Paradox 
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Pakistani opposition to American drone strikes / Fair, C. Christine ; Tenthaler, Karl Kal; Miller, William   Journal Article
Miller, William Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract C. CHRISTINE FAIR, KARL KALTENTHALER, and WILLIAM MILLER seek to explain why some Pakistanis oppose the American drone program while others support it. They find that the principal grounds of opposition to the drone strikes in Pakistan are not religious in nature. Instead, most Pakistanis oppose the strikes because their only knowledge of them comes from highly negative coverage in the elite media.
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Presidential elections and foreign policy / Jervis, Robert   Journal Article
Jervis, Robert Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract In this special issue of PSQ analyzes the role of foreign policy in the current presidential campaign. He argues that even in this era dominated by domestic concerns, foreign policy issues matter for the national welfare.
Key Words Presidential Elections  ;  US  ;  Foreign Policy 
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Rationality of radical Islam / Wiktorowicz, Quintan; Tenthaler, Karl Kal   Journal Article
Wiktorowicz, Quintan Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract QUINTAN WIKTOROWICZ and KARL KALTENTHALER focus on how spiritual incentives inspire Islamic radicalism. They argue that radical Islamic groups offer strategies for fulfilling divine duties and maximizing the prospect of salvation on judgment day. They conclude that the choice of individuals to move to high-cost and high-risk activism can be understood as a rational decision.
Key Words Rationality  ;  Radical Islam  ;  Islamic Radicalism 
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Role of Villain: Iran and U.S. foreign policy / Pillar, Paul R   Journal Article
Pillar, Paul R Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract PAUL R. PILLAR examines why Iran has become a major focus of attention of U.S. foreign policy and finds that even a nuclear-armed Iran would not pose the major threat that is commonly assumed. The Iran issue simply fills a traditional American psychological and political need to have a foreign adversary.
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Soft underbelly of American primacy : tactical advantages of terror / Betts, Richard   Journal Article
Betts, Richard Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract RICHARD BETTS argues that the September 11 attacks were a response to American primacy. He then applies offense-defense theory to explain the intense advantages that terrorist groups have in launching offensive strikes and in exploiting the limited defenses that a nation can put up in this era of globalization and asymmetric warfare.
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Understanding the Bush doctrine: preventive wars and regime change / Jervis, Robert   Journal Article
Jervis, Robert Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract ROBERT JERVIS argues that the Bush doctrine presents a highly ambitious conception of U.S. foreign policy. Based on the premise that this is a period of great threat and great opportunity, the doctrine calls for the assertion and expansion of American power in service of hegemony. He concludes that this assertion and expansion is not likely to succeed.
Key Words Bush Doctrine  ;  Regime Change  ;  Preventive Wars 
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Will more countries become democratic? / Huntington, Samuel P   Journal Article
Huntington, Samuel P Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON analyzes the preconditions for, and the processes of, democratization to evaluate the prospects for the emergence of additional democratic regimes in the world. He does not find those prospects very bright.
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