Periodical Literature
Items Added Spring 2005
Patrick Graham, "The Message From the Sunni Heartland," New York Times, May 22, 2005. WK, p. 3. Click here for access.
Paul Krugman, "Staying What Course?" New York Times, May 16, 2005, p. A25.
James Bennett, The Mystery of the Insurgency: Against History, " New York Times, May 15, 2006, Section 4, p. 1.
Roger Cohen, "1945's Legacy: A Terror Defeated, Another Arrives," New York Times, May 15. 2006. Section 4, p. 16.
Günter Grass, "The Gravest Generation," New York Times, May 7, 2005, p. A. 27.
William A. Orme Jr. and Greg Myre, "Ezer Weizman, Former President of Israel and Hero of 1967 War, Dies at 80, New York Times, April 25, 2005, p A.. 21.
Thomas L Friedman, "Rooting for the Good Guys," New York Times, April 20, p. A33.
Norimitsu Onishi, In Japan's New Texts, Lessons in Rising Nationalism," New York Times, April 17, 2005.
Thomas L. Friedman, "Arabs lift their Voices," New York Times, April 7, 2005.
Hassan M. Fattah, "Faulting U.S., Report Urges Arab Lands to Democratize," New York Times, April 6, 2005.
David Fromkin, "A Wall of Faith and History: Why the Mideast's 2005 is unlike Europe's 1989," New York Times, March 24, 2005, A23.
Items Added Spring 2004
Thomas Friedman, "Dancing Alone," New York Times, May 13, 2004, A27.
Edward Wong, "Iraqi Nationalism Takes Root, Sort of," New York Times, April 25, 2004, WK, 1, 16.
Neil Ferguson, "The Last Iraqi Insurgency," New York Times, April 18, 2004, We, 13.
Frank Rich, 'Lawrence of Arabia' Redux. New York Times, April 18, 2003.
James Mann, "For Bush, Realpolitik Is No Longer a Dirty Word," New York Times, April 11, 2004, WK, 3. Click here.
Ian Buruma, Killing Iraq With Kindness," New York Times, March 17, 2004, p. A25
Peter Schneider, "ESSAY: Across a Great Divide," New York Times, March 13, 2004.
Items Added Spring 2003
David Ronfeldt, "Mussolini's Ghost In Iraq and elsewhere, the appeal of fascism proves tenacious,: Los Angeles Times, May 25, 2003
Paulo Pinto, "ARAB WORLD Checkered History for Democracy," Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2003
Shlomo Avineri, "A Democratic Iraq? No." Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2003, p. M1.
Randy, Scheunemann, "A Democratic Iraq? Yes." Los Angeles Times, April 13, p. M1.
Tamim Al-Barghouti, "History fuels the Fire of Anger." Los Angeles Times, April 13, M2.
Items added Spring 2002
Daniel Simpson, "Bosnia Tries to Stitch Its Unwieldy Fabric Back Together," Ney York Times, May 30, 2002, p. A3.
Josef, Joffe, "Bismarck's Lessons for Bush," New York Times, May 29, 2002. A21.
Celestine Bohlen, "Becoming a Normal Nation," New York Times, May 19, 2002. Section 4, pgs. 1, 5.
Nicholas D. Kristof, "Is Arafat Capable of Peace?" New York Times, May 17, 2002. A25.
Thomas L. Friedman, "Nine Wars Too Many," New York Times, May 15, 2002, p. A23..
Serge Schmemann, "Not Quite an Arab-Israeli War, but a Long Descent Into Hatred," New York Times, April 22, 2002, pgs. A1-A12-A13.
NEIL MacFARQUHA, "For Palestinian Refugees, Dream of Return Endures," New York Times, April 16, 2002, pgs. A1-A13..
Items added Spring 2001
STEVEN ERLANGER, The Balkan Disease Isn't Cured Yet (New York Times, April 15, 2001), p. 6.
Items added Summer Quarter 1999
MAGGIE FARLEY, "A Family Straddles 50 Years of Taiwan-China Division Asia: Cross-strait ties have been possible for years, but members on the two sides hold differing views about unity," Los Angeles Times, August 18, 1999.
DAVID N. MYERS "Take a Hint From Europe and Raise Vigilance Now Shooting: These acts draw from the deep wellspring of European anti-Semitism," Los Angeles Times, August 13, 1999.
Maura Reynolds, "Russia Uses Force in Bid to Put Down Insurgents Caucasus: Troops shell areas captured by Muslim fighters who crossed into Dagestan from Chechnya. Kremlin takes a hard line," Los Angeles Times, August 9, 1999.
KIM MURPHY, "A Revolutionary Movement Hits Small-Town America Culture: Eugene, Ore., has become a test kitchen for anarchists who have taken their message mainstream," Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1999.
Charles A. Kupchan, "Europe must Draw in the Balkans," Los Angeles Times, June 27, 1999, Opinion section, p. M2-M3.
When the Ottomans ruled the Balkans, they governed through the millet system, organizing politics along ethnic and religious lines. Political cleavages are still falling along cultural fault lines. The timing of the birth of the nation-state also plagued the Balkans. In Western Europe, the rise of the national idea coincided with the decline of religion. So the nation-state crystallized with the church outside it. But national states took shape in the Balkans while religion was alive and well. The nation-state crystallized with the church inside it, leading to a volatile mix of nationhood and religion.
James Sasser, Los Angeles Times, June 27, 1999, Opinion section, M3. Click The retiring Ambassador to China, makes a point about the concept of "human rights" that reinforces what I was stressing on the uniqueness of the Western tradition and the importance of traditional cultures in shaping the nature of modern society.
Human rights" is primarily a Western concept in the modern sense....Then also, we Westerners encapsulate in the words "human rights" political rights, and many Asians do not. To them, human rights are the right to food, shelter, job, etc.
Thomas Goltz, "Same Script, But Hope for a Better Effect in Kossovo," Los Angeles Times, June 27, 1999, Opinion section, M2-M3. Click here for an interesting comparison of the Kurds who you need to locate on your map 2 assignment and the Kossovars.
Earlier Articles of Interest
Lawrence W. Levine, "Understanding Clio." Los Angeles Times, Book Reviews, (October 5, 1997), 6. A review of three new books which in the process explains much about history, the writing of history and its use and mis-use for political purposes.
Martin Walker, "When Substance Was King and the Waltz the Photo-op," Los Angeles Times, (November 9, 1997), M1, M3. An interesting article comparing international diplomacy today with diplomacy in era of classic balance of power politics. Part of the article discusses the pre-World War I balance of power diplomacy that I would have discussed had I not had to take medical leave. It also looks briefly at the end of World War I and the consequences that we will be discussing shortly.
Steven Merritt Miner, "Why the Vatican Condoned U.S. Aid to Stalin's Army," Los Angeles Times, (November 9, 1997) M1, M6. An interesting article on U.S. diplomacy before World War II. Although it deals with this topic in more detail than we can consider in class, it raises some points will be discussed. See the parts emphasized.
Alan Wolfe, "Berlin: A Belief That Man Could Be Better," Los Angeles Times, (November 16, 1997), M1, M6. An article which, in the process of tracing the contributions of one of the twentieth century's great interpretors of political thought, discusses some of the ideas central to this course.
Charles L. Lindner, "British Nanny Trial Not the First to Defy Expectation, Los Angeles Times, (November 16, 1997), M3. An article which gives a good, concise description of the Dreyfus Affair which contributed to the formulation of the political movement of Zionism.
Tom Plate, Beijing Steps Toward Middle Ground," Los Angeles Times (November 18, 1997), B7. An article that echos the comments I made regarding U.S. protests on the occasion of Jiang Zemin's visit.
Richard Boudreaux, "Stepchild of Secular Turkey," Los Angeles Times (June 11, 1996), A1, A6.