Featured: Rethinking Modern Revolutions
A la Gloire des Géneréaux de la République (The Glory of the Generals of the Revolution) Statue commemorating the French Revolution in the Latin Quarter, Paris. Courtesy of flickr.com
Modern Revolutions 
by John Foran
"Since the English Civil War in the 17th century, the word “revolution” has raised the hopes of many for a better world, all the while earning the hostility of the haves and scaring the powerful. Is this still true today, after the Cold War, with the coming of globalization and the rising perils of life on the planet?..."
Reflections on the Rose Revolution 
by Stephen Jones
Return of Yuliya 
by Andrew Wilson
The Orange "Restoration" 
by Paul D'Anieri

Perspectives
Disconnecting the Battle of Ideas from the Battle of Arms 
Leadership, Strategy, and Ideology in the New Al Qaeda
by Erik Iverson

Institutions and Iraq 
A Roadmap to Order in the Middle East
by J.R. Starch

Development’s Security
A New Perspective on International Security
by Amine Kherbi

Credit for the Poor
Poverty as Distant History
by Muhammad Yunus

China’s Soft Power
Review of Charm Offensive
by Dwight H. Perkins

Europe’s New Economics
Review of Europe as an Economic Powerhouse
by Christa Randzio-Plath

The Big Picture
Harvard International Review Blog

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Health Kicks
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Free Fallin’: Mexico’s PRD at the brink
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60 years later and the disappearance of the middle line…
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We hardly knew thee…More trouble at Mexico’s IFE
He was only appointed about two months ago, but the head of Mexico’s Federal Electoral...

From the Current Print Issue
An Unbreakable Link 
Peace, Environment, and Democracy
by Wangari Maathai
The reality that sustainable development, democracy, and peace are indivisible concepts should not be denied. Peace cannot exist without equitable development...

Failure to Protect 
International Response to Darfur Genocide
by Eric Reeves
International failure in responding to genocide in Darfur should be occasion for the deepest shame. Inaction has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives...

Global Notebook
Igniting Instability
by Mark Isaacson
As a result of the West’s continued presence in the Middle East, al Qaeda has turned its focus to the occupation of a new front in its global jihad: Africa.
No Easy Peace
by Zeina Fayyaz
 
Crouching Tigers
by Collin Galster