Israel and its enemies

He has written widely on international relations and international law. His work Security Or Armageddon: Israel’s Nuclear Strategyremains the authoritative treatment of the subject. His newest book is Force, Order and Justice: International Law in an Age of Atrocity.     

Public enemies

He is author most recently of Reinventing Politics: Eastern Europe from Stalin to Havel.     

善意、合作的"他者"——中华民族精神对民族主义的超越

"他者"是西方民族主义的政治话语,是凝聚"我们"的狭隘想象.在崇尚"天下主义"的传统中国,"他者"是善意的、可教化的、不带有种族歧视的认同.中国"天下主义"精神孕育不出西方式的民族主义,只是由于帝国主义的近代侵略才被迫产生出救亡图存的民族主义.当代中国在国际社会的影响日益加强,继续推动中华民族精神时民族主义的超越.对现代化、全球化的发展意义重大.     

中日"友好贸易"述论

20世纪60年代,中日之间有一段特殊的贸易——“友好贸易”往来。它形成于日本内阁更迭、中苏关系恶化之际。在政治原则,贸易原则,政经不可分原则的基础上以一种特殊的方式进行。到了“革”期间,其“政治化”色彩愈加浓烈。     

Distant friends and nearby enemies: The politics of legislative coalition formation

It is usually thought that a coalition leader in a legislature will construct coalitions of legislators who are ‘close’ to each other in the policy space. However, if there is some ‘status quo’ or other reversion point that will hold if the coalition leader fails to construct a winning coalition, a counter-intuitive result about the nature of these coalitions emerges: the coalition leader may be forced to construct a coalition which includes legislators who are ‘distant’ from him and which excludes legislators who are ‘close’ to him.     

Women,Federalism and Women Friendly Policies

Australian women activists have never been enthusiastic about federalism because of its reputation as a system that restricts the scope of government and obstructs the path of progressive social change. Like their sisters in other countries, women's groups have sought collectivist solutions to economic and social problems. In the last couple of decades, however, orthodox ideas about the restrictive impact of federalism have been questioned. A revisionist view has emerged, which holds that the system sometimes facilitates the adoption of innovative policies and may lead to an expansion of the role of government. The revisionist perspective raises the question of whether women's groups have been wise to oppose federalism. This article examines relevant Canadian and Australian studies in order to test the validity of orthodox and revisionist perspectives and to draw conclusions about appropriate feminist approaches to federalism. The evidence is mixed. The main argument of this article is that, to the extent that we can distinguish its independent effect, federalism sometimes obstructs policy development and sometimes facilitates it. There are serious methodological problems involved in trying to isolate the impact of the federal variable from the many factors that influence policy, making generalisations precarious. Experience, therefore, offers little guidance to women's groups seeking to decide whether to support centralised or decentralised decision‐making structures. However, this study concludes that in the context of present Australian federal arrangements, women are more likely to achieve their aims when the Commonwealth government takes action, either alone or in cooperation with sub‐national jurisdictions.     

Distant allies and proximate enemies in issue voting: Myth or reality?

The purpose of this paper is to offer an explanation as to why Euclidean distance serves as a reasonably good approximation of reality when it does not incorporate explicity a consideration of the sides of the issue taken by the voter and candidate. The empirical evidence indicates quite clearly that Euclidean distance and side of issue are extremely highly correlated. Two general classes of explanation are offered. First, this powerful association can be seen as a function of the mathematical difficulty of actually being in close proximity to a preferred party while being on the opposite side of an issue on a 7-point scale. Second, even after this mathematical artifact is taken into account, the combined effects of assimilation, contrast, and negativity may bring favored candidates closer to the voter and drive the opposition further away, resulting in a strong correlation of Euclidean distance and side of the issue.     

Covenant of Mayors: Reasons for Being an Environmentally and Energy Friendly Municipality

The Covenant of Mayors (CM) is the mainstream European movement involving local authorities who voluntarily commit to increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources within their territories with the aim of reducing CO₂ emissions and meet the European Union objectives by 2020. One country that has a greater number of signatories of this agreement is Spain. This article analyzes which factors influence the decision of Spanish local authorities to join the ever‐growing movement. An empirical model is formulated to describe the behavior of Spanish local governments, this being a binary choice model which is a function of various political, economic, and technical factors. Among the prominent factors that influence this decision are population, availability of renewable energy, fiscal and environmental stress, citizens’ political preference, the contagion effect of neighboring municipalities, the existence of covenant coordinators, and finally, economic motivations.     

新时代友善价值观呈现的辩证逻辑

友善作为社会主义核心价值观的重要内容,呈现着“情与理”“古与今”“己与他”“内与外”多重辩证逻辑。“情与理”的辩证逻辑,即友善价值观的倡导既出于人们内心本真情感的真诚呼吁,也基于时代进步发展的客观需要;“古与今”的辩证逻辑,即友善价值观的内涵既植根于对传统“友善”思想的续承,又在续承的基础上根据时代的需要进行了自我发展;“己与他”的辩证逻辑,即友善价值观的动机是利己与利他的辩证统一;“内与外”的辩证逻辑,即友善价值观培育既要注重加强对社会大众的思想认知,使其内化于心,又要注重引导社会大众的行为实践,使其外化于行。