Fifteen international researchers contribute ten revised versions of papers presented at a February 2001 workshop hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, exploring the effects of decentralization on the relationship between citizens and the state in the developing world, and on the quality of democracy in general.

As former Soviet republics threaten to gain control over nuclear weapons sited on their territories, and reports from North Korea, Pakistan, India, and Iraq reveal current or recent weapon development programmes, this book offers an assessment of the prospects for nuclear non-proliferation.

The politics of ethnicity are shaping the post-Cold War world. Karklins demonstrates that applying democratic practices within a multi-ethnic society makes possible the creation of a constructive civic nationalism, respectful of the rights of ethnic groups.

Provides an insider's perspective on news reportage during the Gulf war. Fialka discusses the differing plans of the army and the marines to get news back from the Front, and describes hotel warriors , journalists who experienced the war mainly through televized briefings, pool reports, and CNN.

Terrorism and terrorists have become a major force internationally. This study explores the terrorism phenomenon, examining and explaining the nature and sources of the terrorists' beliefs, actions, goals, worldviews and states of mind.

This collection of essays looks at the phenomenon of increasing global urbanization, and its attendent problems: unemployment, corroding infrastructure, deteriorating environment, a collapse of social cohesion, and weakening institutions. It asks why this is happening, and what can be done.

Provides a scholarly survey of Jewish Movement, one of the most successful Soviet dissident movements, one which ultimately affected and reflected the demise of a superpower's stature. This book grapples with the movement's origins, its Soviet and international contexts, and its considerable achievements - between 1969 and 1980.