CIAO DATE: 01/2013

• Editors' Note

  • Editors' Note

    Sikander Kiani, Michael Brannagan

    The latest round of leadership changes at the IMF and the World Bank has generated increasingly intense criticism of the tacit Western hold on governance of these institutions. While this dynamic is indicative of global power adjustments, it also signals a paradigm shift in thought about issues and methodology of development and growth. John Maynard Keynes famously noted the influence economists exert on leaders as: “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” Perhaps it is time, especially in the field of development, to question the traditional monopoly of economists, and to effectively include scientists, anthropologists, and others to provide collaborative thought leadership.

• Forum: Rethinking Global Philanthropy

  • Introduction

    Raj M. Desai

    The best hope for the world's poor lies in the ability of private aid givers to transform the current system of foreign aid, and to develop partnerships with the public sector, to advance common good.

  • Embracing Enlightened Capitalism

    Rajiv Shah

  • Global Philanthropy and Beyond: Reinventing Foreign Aid

    Carol Adelman

  • Citizenship: The Evolution of 'Corporate Philanthropy'

    Bob Diamond

  • Joe Public: The Most Important Partner in International Development

    Elizabeth Gore, Kent Ford

  • Global Institutions and Partnerships: The Future of International Development? (PDF)

    Carol Lancaster, Thomas Pogge

    Touching on various tiers of the global structure–from individual donors to public-private partnerships to multilateral aid agencies–these two thinkers share their perspectives on what can be changed and initiated in the years ahead to alleviate the plight of the world’s poor.

• Politics & Diplomacy

  • Presidential Power and the Internationalization of Domestic Policy Theory

    Eric P. Schwartz, Lawrence R. Jacobs

    The upcoming American presidential election will overlap with a changing political schema. The United States has begun to witness an “internationalization” of its domestic policy. How the next administration adapts to this paradigm shift will have profound implications upon the future of U.S. prominence on the world’s stage.

  • China in Sudan: The Challenge of Non-Interference in a Failed State

    Andrew W. Natsios

    China has encountered increasing difficulty maintaining its foreign policy directive of ‘non-interference’ in Sudan, as complex internal conflicts lend an inescapably political dimension to the superpower’s economic activities within the developing African country.

  • India-Latin America Relations A Work in Progress

    Shashi Tharoor

    Examining the increasing interconnectedness of India and Latin America’s economic and diplomatic interests, a more robust tie between the two seems likely to emerge. Nevertheless, political and trade-related reform needs to take place before this partnership can reach fruition.

• Conflict & Security

  • Securing the Olympic City

    Christopher Gaffney

    In anticipation of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics, the implementation of Police Pacification Units (UPP) in select favelas of Rio de Janeiro has transformed the city’s security dynamics. Is this security effort bringing benefits for some at the expense of others?

  • The Future of Terrorist De-Radicalization

    John Horgan, Mary Beth Altier

    A number of countries run programs aimed at rehabilitating and reintegrating captured members of terrorist organizations. Yet recidivism of "rehabilitated" terrorists has called into question the effectiveness of these initiatives. In a quickly changing landscape of security threats, counterterrorism and counterinsurgency expert Bruce Hoffman discusses U.S. security policy in combating non-state actors across the world.

• Culture & Society

  • Abu Dhabi and What it Means to be a Global Cultural Capital

    Cynthia P. Schneider

    Some groups within Nepal have advocated for a federal system of governance based on ethnic divisions. The authors argue that ethnic federalism is not a suitable solution for the country. Instead, they recommend a model of federalism based on inclusiveness and cooperation that would guarantee the mutually beneficial coexistence of Nepalis.

• Law & Ethics

  • The Piracy Prosecution Paradox Political and Procedural Problems with Enforcing Order on the High Seas

    Eugene Kontorovich

    Nations release pirates upon capture in order to avoid the increasingly stultifying hazards of legal bureaucracy and liability. Perhaps a more direct approach to combating the threats posed by these criminals would solve the piracy prosecution paradox once and for all.

  • From Retribution to Reconciliation Transitional Justice in Rwanda, 1994-2011

    David Rawson

    The process of post-genocide transitional justice begins to come to a close in Rwanda. Vital operational lessons can be learned from the international blunders and local triumphs of the past two decades to create a more rapid, meaningful, and reconciliatory global response system.

  • Strange Bedfellows The Convergence of Sovereignty-Limiting Doctrines in Counterterrorist and Human Rights Discourse

    Rosa Brooks

    A fragile ideological coalition has emerged with members of both the human rights and hard security communities advocating for more robust sovereignty-limiting doctrines. Perhaps it is best to simply embrace the organized hypocrisy that surrounds this case of strange bedfellows.

  • Doping, Gambling, and the Decline of the IOC

    John Hoberman

    The International Olympic Committee has struggled to address the dual problems of illegal drug use among elite athletes and gambling. It has now turned to policing mechanisms to solve these challenges—criminalizing doping and focusing on the supply chain rather the end user.

• Business & Economics

  • Banking on Legitimacy The ECB and the Euro Zone Crisis

    Kathleen McNamara

    During the euro zone crisis of 2008-2009, the European Central Bank was held responsible for maintaining economic stability throughout the EU, without necessary support from political institutions. Several policy reforms are needed within the EU and the European Commission itself to prepare Europe for internal and external economic shocks in the future.

  • Playing Hard to Get

    Minxin Pei

    Political divisions within Europe and domestic considerations within China have prevented China from providing substantial financial aid to Europe during its ongoing debt crisis, and are likely to prohibit it from doing so in the foreseeable future.

• Science & Technology

  • Mobile Phones: Challenges of Capability Building

    Robin Mansell

    While use of mobile phones has been increasing in developing countries, the capabilities of using this technology to its full potential have lagged. If fully developed, such capabilities would strengthen the potential for profiting from mobile networks and for coordinating wealth-generating activities in developing countries.

  • Missing Links: Crime-Prevention, IT, and the Case for Trilateral Collaboration

    Jeffrey Avina

    Public-private partnerships on crime prevention have not truly affected sustained global change. Championing academia as the operational panacea, a proposed four-step program targeting IT firms and other viable partners seeks to streamline corporate social responsibility-related endeavors.

• Books

  • Whither Arab Awakening?

    Joshua W. Walker

    A review of The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the Middle East by Kenneth M. Pollack and others.

  • Engaging with Youth, Engaging with War (PDF)

    Helen Brocklehurst

    A review of Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction by Stephanie Schwartz.

  • Business and Knowledge Opportunities for Africa's Rise (PDF)

    Uzoechi Nwagbara

    A review of The Post-American World by Farid Zakaria.

• A Look Back

  • Artificial Intelligence Reform Social Amnesia and the Intelligence Community

    Paul R. Pillar

    Examining the organizational and methodological restructurings of the last few decades, a twenty-eight year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Intelligence Council explains to those calling for intelligence reform why they might be suffering from a case of intelligence déjà vu.

  • My Time on the Line Examining the Afghan–Pakistan Border as a Factor in Counterinsurgency

    Robert Kemp

    A Foreign Service Officer looks back on the lessons learned from his time posted on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area between 2004 and 2009. Continued international assistance will be necessary to sustain the border-area’s fragile ecosystem as troop levels are reduced.

• View from the Ground

  • Fighting a Pandemic: The World's Effort to Control Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (PDF)

    Alex Bozzette

    Through conversations with practitioners in the field and travels across three continents, the author studies various efforts and challenges to developing and executing a cure for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

  • Kazakhstan's New Capital Its Importance and Implications (PDF)

    Dena Sholk

    Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan’s administration relocated the capital city from Almaty to newly built Astana. The author recalls her personal experiences in both of these cities, and warns that, despite expansion and investment, Astana’s growth may be too much, too soon.