Announcing The 2014 Acheson Prize
“The passing decades confirm Dean Acheson’s place as the clearest thinking, most effective Secretary of State of the twentieth century. As a writer he has no equal since Thomas Jefferson first occupied the office in the […]
The Sword Also Means Cleanness
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East. By Scott Anderson. Doubleday, 2013, 592 pp. $28.95. It begins with his eyes, “light blue and piercingly intense.” The eyes are […]
Correcting Distorted Incentives in China’s Health Care System
After Chairman Mao Zedong’s death in 1976, China’s political transition was accompanied by an equally important economic transition and rapid liberalization. Deng Xiaoping, serving as paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to […]
Dictatorial Tendencies: Chaudhry and Pakistan’s Supreme Court
Necessity is the sister of tyranny, and nowhere is such a bond stronger than in Pakistan. In 1958, just eleven years after Pakistan’s founding, Chief Justice Muhammad Munir invoked the “doctrine of necessity” and “test of […]
“Clearance that Even the President Doesn’t Have”: An Interview w ...
Daniel Ellsberg is a former military strategist who helped strengthen public opposition to the Vietnam War in 1971 by leaking secret documents known as the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times. His actions led to […]
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Janet Yellen and International Impact at the Federal Reserve
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Beware of Dog: Bluff and Denial in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
In December 2003, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hiding in a spider hole. It was a stark decline for a dictator responsible for ensnaring the United States and its allies in two wars. After nine months, […]
Conditional Convenience: Venezuelan Support for FARC Since Hugo Cháve ...
Throughout his time in power, Venezuelan president Hugo Rafael Chávez Frias had a profound effect on the continuity and development of Colombia’s largest guerrilla movement: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Consequentially, a large body […]
Obliteration and Affirmation: The Language of Suprematism in Malevich
Following the First World War, the prevailing modernist trend in art underwent a startling transformation. While it initially appeared that painting was traveling along a teleological path towards abstraction, the post-war years saw a widespread return […]
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Letter from the Editors (Vol. 4, Issue ...
Dear Reader: In this issue of the Yale Review of International Studies, the seventh since our founding, we’re proud to continue and renew our commitment to providing the best …
Janet Yellen and International Impact a ...
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Book Reviews
The Sword Also Means Cleanness
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East. By Scott Anderson. Doubleday, 2013, 592 pp. $28.95. It begins with his eyes, “light blue and …
Review: China Airborne by James Fallows
With a recent glut of books from political commentators attempting to explore the modern Chinese economy, China Airborne by James Fallows stands out for its unique industry-specific focus. James Fallows, a …
Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Joyce Olson: It is a test of our tolerance that we appreciate how someone feels, ev…