Deterring Nonstate WMD Attacks
DAVID P. AUERSWALD assesses whether deterrence policies can prevent a WMD attack by nonstate actors. He argues that deterrence may not preclude terrorist attacks, but that deterrence threats can greatly impede trafficking in WMD and related materials, preventing terrorists from getting these weapons in the first place.

The Fight against Terrorist Financing
Anne L. Clunan examines the prospects for an international regime to combat terrorist financing. She concludes that in the absence of a common definition among the United States and its European allies, the prospects for implementing a vigorous counter-terrorist-financing regime are dim.

The Politics of Russia’s Elusive Defense Reform
Zoltan Barany considers the reasons for the absence of substantive defense reform in Russia fifteen years after the Soviet collapse. He argues that even though reform was high on President Putin’s agenda when he took office, a combination of factors has prevented him from enforcing its implementation. Among these, the most significant has been consistent opposition to the transformation from the top of Russia’s military establishment.

Airbus and Boeing: Strengths and Limitations of Strong States
JOHN G. FRANCIS and ALEX F. PEVZNER focus on the rise of Airbus in the global aviation market over the past three decades to near parity with Boeing. They argue that the fortunes of Airbus cannot be understood without recognizing that historically, the manufacture of large commercial aircraft has been shaped by the industrial policies of strong states. The European consortium that produced Airbus was able to work as a strong state, anticipating the deepening economic integration of the European Union.

Presidential Survival and the Impeachment Process: The United States and Colombia
VICTOR J. HINOJOSA and ANÍBAL S. PÉREZ-LIÑÁN compare the attempted impeachments of Presidents Ernesto Samper of Colombia and William J. Clinton of the United States. They show that public opinion and executive-legislative politics account for the survival of both presidents.

The Canadian Supreme Court: Attitudinal Conflict in Right to Counsel Cases
C.L. OSTBERG and MATTHEW E. WETSTEIN explore whether Supreme Court justices in Canada are influenced by their political ideology when resolving right to counsel cases. Using an empirical model that controls for the effects of case facts, they find considerable evidence that the attitudes of the justices do provide a significant explanation for their voting behavior in nonunanimous cases.

Correspondence

The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court, Thomas G. Hansford and James F. Spriggs II
Reviewed by Mark S. Hurwitz

Logics of Hierarchy: The Organization of Empires, States, and Military Occupation, Alexander Cooley
Reviewed by Katja Weber

Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War, Jack Snyder and Avery Goldstein
Reviewed by Bruce Russett

Presidential Commissions and National Security: The Politics of Damage Control, Kenneth Kitts
Reviewed by AMY B. ZEGART

Thicker than Oil: America’s Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia, Rachel Bronson
Reviewed by William B. Quandt

Immigration Phobia and the Security Dilemma: Russia, Europe, and the United States, Mikhail A. Alexseev
Reviewed by Kimberly Marten

Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain, and Europe in a New Century, Chris Patten
Reviewed by Jolyon Howorth

Bordering the Future: The Impact of Mexico on the United States, John A. Adams
Reviewed by Tony Payan

The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End, Peter W. Galbraith
Reviewed by James J. Wirtz

Executive Orders and the Modern Presidency: Legislating from the Oval Office, Adam L. Warber
Reviewed by Louis Fisher

The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11, John Yoo
Reviewed by Kenneth W. Thompson

First Person Political: Legislative Life and the Meaning of Public Service, Grant Reeher
Reviewed by Gerald Benjamin

Interpreting the Founding: Guide to the Enduring Debates over the Origins and Foundations of the American Republic, Alan Gibson
Reviewed by Jethro K. Lieberman

The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, Jonathan Alter
Reviewed by Sarah Phillips

Committee Assignment Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives, Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q. Kelly
Reviewed by John Baughman

Countervailing Forces in African-American Civic Activism, 1973–1994, Frederick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman and Brian D. McKenzie
Reviewed by Keith A. Mayes

The Future of Organized Labor in American Politics, Peter L. Francia
Reviewed by Joseph A. McCartin

Congress and the Cold War, Robert David Johnson
Reviewed by Barry M. Blechman

Democracy for All: Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the United States, Ron Hayduk
Reviewed by J. Morgan Kousser

The President’s Speeches: Beyond “Going Public”, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha
Reviewed by Philip Abbott

Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond, Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson
Reviewed by Hanes Walton, Jr.

Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Film in the United States, Daniel P. Franklin
Reviewed by Doris A. Graber

Who Leads Whom? Presidents, Policy and the Public, Brandice Canes-Wrone
Reviewed by Richard Sobel

Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning, David Mark
Reviewed by Leah A. Murray

Disability Rights and the American Social Safety Net, Jennifer L. Erkulwater
Reviewed by Michael Givel

The Strange Death of Liberal America, Ralph Brauer
Reviewed by Carol Nackenoff

Taking Power: On the Origins of Third World Revolutions, John Foran
Reviewed by Saïd Amir Arjomand

The Politics of the Global Oil Industry, Toyin Falola and Ann Genova
Reviewed by Evan Hillebrand

From Ethnic Conflict to Stillborn Reform: The Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, Shale Horowitz
Reviewed by Julie George

Essence of Political Manipulation: Emotion, Institutions, and Greek Foreign Policy, Nikolaos Zahariadis
Reviewed by Symeon A. Giannakos

African Politics in Comparative Perspective, Goran Hyden
Reviewed by Nicolas van de Walle

The Lone Wolf and the Bear: Three Centuries of Chechen Defiance of Russian Rule, Moshe Gammer
Reviewed by Georgi M. Derluguian

Why Not Parties in Russia? Democracy, Federalism, and the State, Henry E. Hale
Reviewed by Stephen Blank

International Organizations and Democracy: Accountability, Politics and Power, Thomas D. Zweifel
Reviewed by Steven Bernstein