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	Audit August 1, 2007 Pax mercatoria: does economic interdependence bring peace? PR Goldstone Do high levels of international trade lead to peace? Norman Angell authored the best-selling book on international politics in history, arguing that economic interdependence between Germany and England made any war between the two unthinkable—an illusion.
	In the News July 26, 2007 Rights and security: a broad view John Tirman Washington, D.C. National Iranian American Council Conference on Democracy in Iran and Prospects for U.S. Policy
	Analysis + Opinion July 18, 2007 More troops for what? Benjamin FriedmanForeign Policy Hoping to sound tough on terror, U.S politicians and pundits of all political stripes are calling for a massive expansion of the U.S. military. But adding more troops has nothing to do with fighting terrorism, and would merely serve the same failed strategy that gave us Iraq.
	News Release July 3, 2007 Australian journalist named Neuffer Fellow, joins CIS Sally Sara, anchor and senior reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has received the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship. Sara is the third recipient of the annual fellowship, which gives a woman journalist working in print, broadcast, or online media the opportunity to focus exclusively on human rights journalism.
	In the News July 1, 2007 Book Review Roundtable: Kenneth B. Pyle's Japan Rising and Richard J. Samuels' Securing Japan T.J. Pempel, Mike M. Mochizuki, Ming Wan, Christopher W. Hughes, Richard J. Samuels, and Kenneth B. PyleAsia Policy The authors of these excellent books on Japanese grand strategy traverse beyond their home disciplines. The historian Kenneth B. Pyle explains shifts in Japan by applying a political science theory that argues that the international system shapes a country's domestic institutions as well as its external behavior. The political scientist Richard J. Samuels places the current Japanese debates about strategy in a broad historical context to "connect the ideological dots" of national discourse over nearly 150 years of history. Both books seek to assess the degree and nature of change in Japanese strategy, to explain this change, and to suggest where Japan might be headed. Although there is much about which Pyle and Samuels agree, there are also some significant differences.
	Audit July 1, 2007 Fewer missions, not more troops Benjamin H Friedman, MIT A bipartisan consensus wants to expand the American ground forces. But the expansion serves a failed strategy that relies on military occupations and state-building to fight terrorism. A better strategy is to avoid these missions and the troop expansion.
	Analysis + Opinion May 28, 2007 '24' on the brain Kelly M. GreenhillLos Angeles Times Torture is a staple on the popular show. Are Americans able to separate fact from fiction?
	News Release May 14, 2007 New book details key changes in the staffing of western militaries Dramatic changes are underway for the men and women of the armed forces of North America and Europe, according to a new book,Service to Country: Personnel Policy and the Transformation of Western Militaries.
	Audit May 1, 2007 Paying for homeland security: show me the money Cindy Williams, MIT In January 2003, the Bush administration drew 22 disparate agencies and some 170,000 employees into a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Proponents of the reorganization hoped a single department under a single cabinet secretary would foster unity of effort across a substantial portion of the federal activities related to domestic security.
	Audit May 1, 2007 Turkey: misperceptions and the healing touch of democracy Dogu Ergil, Ankara University Mass demonstrations in late April brought out hundreds of thousands of people in Ankara and perhaps a million people one week later in Istanbul, an awesome scene on both occasions. Demonstrations of lesser scale are underway in smaller cities like Canakkale and Manisa—a trend to continue until early elections scheduled for July 22.