21 Debated

I. THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

Issue I: Globalization.


Pro: Globalization and Democracy, Charles K. Wilber, Journal of Economic Issues. Con: Globalizers of the World, Unite!, Daniel Drezner, Foreign Affairs.

Issue 2: The Nation State.


Pro: Bits, Bytes, and Diplomacy, Walter B. Wriston, Foreign Affairs. Con: The Real New World Order, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Foreign Affairs.

Issue 3: International Court of Justice.


Pro: Seeking Accountability for War Crimes: Past, Present and Future, David Scheffer, Address before Commonweath Club. Con: No, No, No to the International Court.

II. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.

Issue 4: Nuclear Weapons.


Pro: The Declining Utility of Nuclear Weapons, Goodpaster Committee, Washington Q. Con: Don't Even Think About Abolishing Nukes, Robert G. Joseph and John F. Reichart, Orbis.

Issue 5: NATO Expansion.


Pro: Sold on NATO: the Case for Expansion, John O'Sullivan, American Spectator. Con: The Case Against NATO Enlargement, Alvin Z. Rubenstein, Orbis.

Issue 6: Nuclear Proliferation.


Pro: Address by President Clinton May 16, 1998. Con: The Return of Nuclear Terror, Progressive.

Issue 7: Terrorism.


Pro: Responding to Terrorism, David Tucker, Washington Quarterly. Con: The Best Defense, Stephen L. Pomerantz, New Republic.

Issue 8: Mercenaries.


Pro: Outsourcing War, David Shearer, Foreign Policy. Con: General Assembly Resolution 52/112 of 12 Dec. 1997, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

III. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Issue 9: Poverty.


Pro: The World's Slow Nightmare, James Buchan, New Statesman. Con: Increasing Inequality of Wealth?, John C. Weicher, Public Interest.

Issue 10: Protectionism.


Pro: Trade Free or Die, Robert J. Samuelson. Con: Chinese Rockets' Red Glare Is as Blinding as Free-Trade Fanaticism, Patrick Buchanan, Insight on the News.

Issue 11. European Monetary Union.


Pro: EMU and International Conflict, Martin Feldstein, Foreign Affairs. Con: EMU: A Worthwhile Gamble, Pierre Jacquet, International Affairs.

Issue 12: International Monetary Fund.


Pro: IMF and the Asian Flu, Jeffrey Sachs, American Prospect. Con: The IMF's Response to the Asian Crisis, IMF October 1998.

IV. DEMOCRACY AT RISK.

Issue 13: Future of Democracy.


Pro: Democracy at Risk, Benjamin Barber, World Policy Journal. Con: Has Democracy A Future?, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Foreign Affairs.

Issue 14: Russian Democracy.


Pro: Russia, Land of Enterprise, Norman Lamont, Spectator. Con: Russia's Phony Capitalism, Grigory Yavlinsky, Foreign Affairs.

Issue 15: Islam and Democracy.


Pro: Islamic and Western Values, Ali A. Mazuri, Foreign Affairs. Con: Islamic Fundamentalism: A Transitory Threat?, David G. Kibble, Strategic Review.

V. CHALLENGES FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION.

Issue 16: Military Interventionism.


Pro: The Case for Global Activism, Robert Kagan, Commentary. Con: Somalia Debacle Shows Idiocy of Unbridled Interventionism, Human Events.

Issue 17: Sanctions.


Pro: Sanctions: The Invisible Hand of Statecraft, David E. Weekman, Strategic Rev. Con: Sanctioning Madness, Richard N. Haass, Foreign Affairs.

Issue 18: China.


Pro: China Is No Threat, Wang Hao, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Con: China: Yes, Worry About the Future, Stephin P. Aubin, Strategic Review.

Issue 19: Kosovo.


Pro: Clinton on Kosovo. Con: Serb Propaganda.

VI. ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH.

Issue 20: Global Warming.


Pro: The Cost of Combating Global Warming, Thomas C. Schelling, Foreign Affairs. Con: Hot Air, Jonathan H. Adler, National Review.

Issue 21: AIDS.


Pro: A Global Disaster, Economist. Con: HIV/AIDS US Aid and UN Response to the Epidemic in the Developing World, U.S. G.A.O. 7/27/98.