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International Affairs: April 1997, LondonAuthor(s): Laura CooperSource: Foreign Policy, No. 107 (Summer, 1997), pp. 146-147Published by: Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, LLCStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1149341 .

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Explorations in Political Science Spring 1997

Moscow

A highlight of this issue is "Russia-Europe: 'the third autumn' in the organization of civilizations," by Vadim Tsymbursky, one of the most creative contemporary Russian researchers. He thinks that Russian his- tory is influenced by both the super-long military cycles of the West and Russia's own repeating algorithms of development. The juxtaposition of these two trends leads Tsymbursky to the rather pessimistic conclusion that Russia is unable to integrate into the broader European geostrate- gic framework and thus is destined to be separated from it by one or more buffer states. In the best-case scenario, Russia will have to lobby the bureaucracies of a foreign empire to secure its national interests. In addition, sociologists Tatyana Kutkovets and Igor Klyamkin, in their article "Russian Ideas," use results from their own substantial polls to assess the likelihood that various political ideas could coalesce a divid- ed Russian society. They conclude that Russians believe that national- ism, communist restoration, or even noncommunist (including religious) conservatism could not compete with human rights, democ- racy, and the market economy in uniting the country

-Ma7ina Pask)va-Silvanskaja

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International Affairs April 1997

London

The April issue of this quarterly focuses on the Asia-Pacific region. Gerald Segal, senior fellow at the Intemational Institute for Strategic Studies, explores the issue of East Asian security, along the way con- templating the region's progress toward pluralism and "Lite power" his way of describing conflict-averse, wealthy, democratic states. Segal is relatively sanguine about the balance of power in Pacific Asia, yet he concludes that expanding democracy in the region will have only lim- ited benefits and that economic interdependence surprisingly may exac- erbate regional conflicts. Ralph Cossa and Jane Khanna, of the Pacific

Explorations in Political Science Spring 1997

Moscow

A highlight of this issue is "Russia-Europe: 'the third autumn' in the organization of civilizations," by Vadim Tsymbursky, one of the most creative contemporary Russian researchers. He thinks that Russian his- tory is influenced by both the super-long military cycles of the West and Russia's own repeating algorithms of development. The juxtaposition of these two trends leads Tsymbursky to the rather pessimistic conclusion that Russia is unable to integrate into the broader European geostrate- gic framework and thus is destined to be separated from it by one or more buffer states. In the best-case scenario, Russia will have to lobby the bureaucracies of a foreign empire to secure its national interests. In addition, sociologists Tatyana Kutkovets and Igor Klyamkin, in their article "Russian Ideas," use results from their own substantial polls to assess the likelihood that various political ideas could coalesce a divid- ed Russian society. They conclude that Russians believe that national- ism, communist restoration, or even noncommunist (including religious) conservatism could not compete with human rights, democ- racy, and the market economy in uniting the country

-Ma7ina Pask)va-Silvanskaja

. .

International Affairs April 1997

London

The April issue of this quarterly focuses on the Asia-Pacific region. Gerald Segal, senior fellow at the Intemational Institute for Strategic Studies, explores the issue of East Asian security, along the way con- templating the region's progress toward pluralism and "Lite power" his way of describing conflict-averse, wealthy, democratic states. Segal is relatively sanguine about the balance of power in Pacific Asia, yet he concludes that expanding democracy in the region will have only lim- ited benefits and that economic interdependence surprisingly may exac- erbate regional conflicts. Ralph Cossa and Jane Khanna, of the Pacific

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Forum at the Center for Strategic and Intemational Studies in Hon- olulu, list several areas of"geopolitical uncertainty" in Asia and argue that the key to regional security is greater economic cooperation. They identify the Yellow Sea area as an arena in which China, Japan, South Korea, and eventually North Korea can perhaps overcome historic mis- trust and build confidence through economic cooperation.

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Internationale Politik February 1 997

Bonn

The chief new feature of Germany's leading intemational affairs jour- nal, successor to the venerable Europa-Archiv, is that practically every edition is a single-theme issue, an approach that risks losing the atten- tion of readers when it is devoted to other than the few central inter- national challenges. Reflecting this risk, the February 1997 issue is devoted to foreign views of German power and is titled "Grossmacht Deutschland?" or "Great Power Germany?"

While it contains contributions from German authors, these rarely display the clarity and directness of some of the works contributed by foreign authors. Maarten Brands, director of Amsterdam's new Duits- land Institut, puts power in perspective: The united Germany has made a qualitative jump on the intemational weight scale, but it has also acquired so many new tasks that it is not so much more powerfial as more burdened. And Daniel Vemet, foreign editor of Le Morule, offers advice worth heeding: The end of the Cold War has made Germany into a major power. It now has to define its national interests and pri- orities, "which cannot be just another catalogue of good intentions."

h7istoph Bertram

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LiMes January 1997

Rome

LiMes, a quarterly joumal published by Editrice Periodici Culturali, is edited by Lucio Caracciolo and Michel Korinman. The journal's adviso- ry board includes such luminaries as Italy's current prime minister,

Forum at the Center for Strategic and Intemational Studies in Hon- olulu, list several areas of"geopolitical uncertainty" in Asia and argue that the key to regional security is greater economic cooperation. They identify the Yellow Sea area as an arena in which China, Japan, South Korea, and eventually North Korea can perhaps overcome historic mis- trust and build confidence through economic cooperation.

-Laura Cooper . .. , , . . ... , . , | ., _,, _-

Internationale Politik February 1 997

Bonn

The chief new feature of Germany's leading intemational affairs jour- nal, successor to the venerable Europa-Archiv, is that practically every edition is a single-theme issue, an approach that risks losing the atten- tion of readers when it is devoted to other than the few central inter- national challenges. Reflecting this risk, the February 1997 issue is devoted to foreign views of German power and is titled "Grossmacht Deutschland?" or "Great Power Germany?"

While it contains contributions from German authors, these rarely display the clarity and directness of some of the works contributed by foreign authors. Maarten Brands, director of Amsterdam's new Duits- land Institut, puts power in perspective: The united Germany has made a qualitative jump on the intemational weight scale, but it has also acquired so many new tasks that it is not so much more powerfial as more burdened. And Daniel Vemet, foreign editor of Le Morule, offers advice worth heeding: The end of the Cold War has made Germany into a major power. It now has to define its national interests and pri- orities, "which cannot be just another catalogue of good intentions."

h7istoph Bertram

.

LiMes January 1997

Rome

LiMes, a quarterly joumal published by Editrice Periodici Culturali, is edited by Lucio Caracciolo and Michel Korinman. The journal's adviso- ry board includes such luminaries as Italy's current prime minister,

Forum at the Center for Strategic and Intemational Studies in Hon- olulu, list several areas of"geopolitical uncertainty" in Asia and argue that the key to regional security is greater economic cooperation. They identify the Yellow Sea area as an arena in which China, Japan, South Korea, and eventually North Korea can perhaps overcome historic mis- trust and build confidence through economic cooperation.

-Laura Cooper . .. , , . . ... , . , | ., _,, _-

Internationale Politik February 1 997

Bonn

The chief new feature of Germany's leading intemational affairs jour- nal, successor to the venerable Europa-Archiv, is that practically every edition is a single-theme issue, an approach that risks losing the atten- tion of readers when it is devoted to other than the few central inter- national challenges. Reflecting this risk, the February 1997 issue is devoted to foreign views of German power and is titled "Grossmacht Deutschland?" or "Great Power Germany?"

While it contains contributions from German authors, these rarely display the clarity and directness of some of the works contributed by foreign authors. Maarten Brands, director of Amsterdam's new Duits- land Institut, puts power in perspective: The united Germany has made a qualitative jump on the intemational weight scale, but it has also acquired so many new tasks that it is not so much more powerfial as more burdened. And Daniel Vemet, foreign editor of Le Morule, offers advice worth heeding: The end of the Cold War has made Germany into a major power. It now has to define its national interests and pri- orities, "which cannot be just another catalogue of good intentions."

h7istoph Bertram

.

LiMes January 1997

Rome

LiMes, a quarterly joumal published by Editrice Periodici Culturali, is edited by Lucio Caracciolo and Michel Korinman. The journal's adviso- ry board includes such luminaries as Italy's current prime minister,

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