http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia Take Issue Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:26:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A New Beginning A talk by Northwestern's Dr. John E. Rielly, assessing Obama's first year in foreign policy as he returns from his debut trip to Asia. Dr. Rielly, the author of American Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Northwestern, has served for three ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=402 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="403" caption="Photo by True Russian Vodka on Flickr, licensed under the Creative Commons"][/caption] Chenault Taylor Turns out a hard night’s drinking can be as detrimental for a nation as it is for the health of its individuals. And Russia’s dealing with more than just a headache—its entire body is ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=372 Maryam Jameel An Iranian-American scholar spoke at Northwestern about her experiences and arrest in Iran’s Evin Prison. Driving to the airport in Tehran, Iran, Haleh Esfandiari noticed a car following her.  It suddenly turned in front of her and slammed its breaks.  Esfandiari found herself surrounded by three knife-wielding men who searched ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=364 MATTHEW JACOBS [Fall 2009, Volume X, Issue I] INTRODUCTION On December 3, 2007 the United States intelligence community made public certain key judgments of a classified national intelligence estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear intentions and capabilities. The estimate’s surprising conclusion—that Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003—clashed with the prevailing consensus that ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=352 REBECCA BROCKER [Spring 2008, Volume IX, Issue I] Female suicide terrorism is on the rise worldwide. There were six suicide attacks known to have been perpetrated by women during the 1980s. Then, between 1990 and 2000, female suicide bombers committed 30 suicide attacks, and between 2000 and 2006, they committed over 40 ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=152 Sanja Hurem President Sarkozy, what were you thinking? Not only did he get drunk with former Russian President Putin and subsequently gave a G8 speech presumably drunk; he became known for his divorce from long-term wife Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz and subsequent marriage to Carla Bruni. Given her impressive dating record, some  have referred ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=336 Derek Thompson Former NJIA editor and current staff editor at The Atlantic reflects on what to do in Afghanistan. I wade into the Afghanistan debate with trepidation. I’m going to begin with something that’s customarily antithetical to American foreign policy: A dash of humility. I have never published an Afghanistan paper in Foreign ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=329 BOB ROEMER [Fall 2006, Volume VIII, Issue 1] Students in the Crisis Response Practicum in Northwestern University’s Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) graduate program are required to analyze a crisis and present their findings to their colleagues. Over the past seven years they have researched more than 100 crises and, as you might ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=293 JENNIFER MANN [Fall 2006, Volume VIII, Issue 1] Why is the United States particularly reluctant to ratify major international treaties that bind countries to uphold human rights while claiming to be the world’s champion for these rights? Unlike many of its closest allies in Western Europe and much of the non-Western world, ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=264 PHILLIPE R. GIRARD [Fall 2006, Volume VIII, Issue I] Hopes that the end of the Cold War would usher in a “New World Order” (George H. W. Bush) marking the “end of history” (Francis Fukuyama) had been dashed by the early 1990s. The threat of nuclear Armageddon receded; but political, ethnic, and religious conflicts multiplied from ... http://groups.northwestern.edu/njia/?p=248