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International Security, Vol. 24, No. 3
Steven E. Miller, Michael E. Brown, Owen R. Cote Jr., Sean M. Lynn-Jones, and Diane J. McCree, editors
(The MIT Press, Winter 1999/2000)
In this issue Eugene Gholz and Harvey Sapolsky, both of MIT, argue that the post-Cold War restructuring of the U.S. military has not been as extreme as many claim. George Washington''s David Shambaugh assesses the perceptions and attitudes of China''s military leaders at the turn of the 21st century. David Baldwin of Columbia University examines the economic sanctions debate and its influence of foreign policymaking. Charles King of Georgetown University and Neil Melvin of the University of Leeds evaluate the effect of "diasporas" on the international relations of three Soviet successor states: Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. The issue concludes with an article by Ronald Grigor Suny of the University of Chicago who challenges the idea that ethnicity is "essentialist, holistic, and homogeneous."