TABLE OF CONTENTS I N T RO D U C T I O N 3 Pe o p l e 4 Research A c t i v i t i e s 5 L i b r a ry 8 Fi n a n c e s 9 RESEARCH AND SEMINAR PRO G R A M S 1 1 A f r i c a 1 1 Asia 11 Canada and U.S.-Canada Relations 1 2 Communist and Postcommunist Countries 1 5 D i r e c t o r ’s Seminar 1 7 Ethics and International Relations 1 8 Fe l l ows Prog r a m 1 9 Global Communications and International Relations 2 5 I n t e rnational and Area Studies 2 5 I n t e rnational Conflict Analysis and Resolution 3 3 I n t e rnational Environmental A f f a i r s 3 6 Japan and U.S.-Japan Relations 3 7 Middle East 4 2 N o nviolent Sanctions and Cultural Surv i v a l 4 3 Performance of Democracies 4 5 Political Development 4 8 Political Economy 4 8 Reforming the Welfare State 5 2 South A s i a 5 3 S t r a t egic Studies 5 4 Student Prog r a m s 6 0 Transnational Security 6 5 U . S. Foreign Po l i c y 6 7 SPECIAL CONFERENCES, L E C T U R E S , AND SEMINARS 6 9 P U B L I C AT I O N S 7 6 RESEARCH INTERESTS 9 0 A D M I N I S T R AT I O N 1 0 2 Visiting Committee 1 0 2 Executive Committee 1 0 2 I n t e rnational A dv i s o ry Committee 1 0 3 S t a f f 1 0 4 C O N T E N T S 1 9 9 8 / 9 9 1 W E A THERHEAD CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFF A I R S 1 9 9 8 - 9 9 THE CENTER FOR INTERNAT IONAL AFFAIRS WAS FOUNDED IN 1958. In the spring of 1998 it was ren a m ed the We a t h erh e ad Cen ter for In tern a ti onal Affairs in gratitude for the magnificent endowment established by Albert and Celia Wea t h e rhe a d and the Wea t h e rhe a d Fou n d a ti on . The Center is the largest international research center within Harvard Uni versi ty ’ s Facu l t y of Arts and Science s . The core interests of the Wea t h e rhe a d Cent er are broadly defi n e d to enc ompass res e a r ch on interna ti on a l , tran s n a ti on a l , and comp a ra t ive topi c s (b oth cont emp orar y and historical) and includ e rig orous policy analysis as well as the stu d y of sp ecific cou n t ries and regio ns bes i d es the Uni t ed States . The Cen ter is stru ctu red to en co u ra ge the highest practical level of pers onal and i n tell ectual interacti on among a diverse com mu n i ty of s ch o l a rs and practi ti on ers . It is disti n ctive in its recogn i ti on that knowl ed ge is a produ ct not on ly of i n d ivi du a l academic research, but also of vigorous, sustained intellectual dialogue among scholars and nonacademic experts. To stimulate this dialogue, the Center sponsors a wide array of sem i n a rs , res e a r ch program s , works h op s , and conf erence s . These activit ies enco u ra g e in t eractio n among res i d ent affiliates and invol ve a wid e vari e ty of sch o l a rs , governm e nt and military officials, corporate executives, and other practitioners from around the world. The results of Center research are made available to the public policy community through books, working papers, articles, reports, seminars and lectures,as well as through the personal participation of Center members in policy planning and decision making in governments and institutions outside the university. The Cen ter is headed by a fac u l ty director who is assisted by an exec utive director. Gu i d a n ce on matters of su b s t a n ce and policy is provi ded by an exec utive com m i t tee , primarily composed of senior Harvard faculty involved in Center-sponsored programs. Profe s s or Jor ge I. Dom í n g u e z , Cl a ren ce Di ll on Profe s s or of In tern a ti onal Af f a i rs , con ti nu ed as director of the Cen ter. James A . Coon ey came to the Cen ter as exec utive d i rector in Novem ber 1998. The Center’s offices are located in Coolidge Hall, on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A N N U A L R E P O R T 1 9 9 8 / 9 9 3 P E O P L E academics on leave from institutions ouside The most important res o u r ce at the Cent er is of Harvard, enabling them to pursue their the diverse group of people affiliated with it. research interests with the benefits of In add i ti o n to the small perma n e nt staff, s om e interaction with other Center members and tw o hun d r ed facu l t y memb ers, vis i t ing scho l a rs , access to the extensive library system and practi ti on ers , and stu dents are norm a lly other resources of Harvard University. associated with the Center, representing Postdoctoral Fe l l ow s approximately thirty-five nationalities. The Center provides research affiliations for Fa c u l t y recent doctoral degree recipients pursuing Senior and junior members of the Harvard research in areas relevant to Weatherhead faculty form the intellectual core of the Center. Center programs. For the 1998-99 year, In addition to its twelve resident faculty postdoctoral fellowships went to scholars for members, the Center has a broad network of conducting research on strategic and national faculty from many disciplines and schools security studies, international and area studies, within Harvard who regularly contribute tran s n a ti o nal secu ri t y, a comp a ri s o n of Jap a n e s e to the development and administration of el ectronic indu s tri e s , and U. S . - Japanese research programs and activities. The Center is trade policy. also the locus of four endowed professorships A s s o c i at e s in international affairs, international Center associates include individuals economics,national security and military from outside Harvard who are active in affairs, and Canadian studies. The Center’s Weatherhead Center research programs faculty associates, numbering seventy-three and seminars. in 1999, may apply for Center research funds and fellowships. G r a d u ate Students Fe l l ow s The Center annually supports selected doctoral candidates writing research dissertations by Each year, the Center’s Fellows Program offering them office space, computer support, invites approximately twenty senior diplomats, modest funding for travel, and access to the military officers, journalists, politicians,and Center’s programs and activities. Harvard other nonacademic professionals active in the students participate through the graduate field of international affairs to spend a year at student associates from the Departments of the Center in advanced study, research,and Sociology, Government, History, Economics, writing.This group, which is typically drawn and Anthropology, as well as the Committee from some fifteen countries, constitutes on Political Economy and Government and the an important and direct link with the Law School.Students from other institutions contemporary realities of global politics also recieved Weatherhead Center-sponsored and provides the Center with the unique research fellowships for work in strategic and perspectives of nonacademic practitioners. national security studies, international and Visiting Scholars area studies,and tran s n a ti o nal secu ri t y. In The Center provides research affiliations for add i ti on , the Cent er reci e ved grants from the Mello n and MacA rth ur Fou n d a ti o ns to sup port the Fellows Program and the various the work of se veral doctoral candidates . student programs U n d e rg r a d u ate Students I N T E R NAT I O NAL RELAT I O N S The Center supports the activities of the Ethics and International Relations. A seminar Weatherhead Center Student Council, which on ethics and international relations meets works to bridge the Center and the Harvard regularly to discuss philosophical issues in undergraduate community. The Center offers international affairs. travel grants to undergraduates doing research Global Communication and International for their senior honors theses. In 1998-99, five Relations. Co-sponsored by the Program on undergraduates recieved this support, and two Information Resources Policy, this seminar were honorary associates. explores the impact of communication and S t a f f information technology on global security and economic, political,and cultural relations.