Word: internationale
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On April 1, President Bill Clinton nominated Lawrence--who is Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment--to the three-person council, which advises Clinton on economic policy. Lawrence replaces another Kennedy School professor, Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Economic Growth Jeffrey A. Frankel, on the council.
At Harvard, Lawrence's research focused on international economics and trade policy, particularly in the Middle East.
"Professor Lawrence is an economist with an exceptionally good nose for policy and for empirical analysis," Hariri Professor of International Political Economy Dani Rodrik wrote in an e-mail message. "He combines good judgment with an open mind."
"Kofi Annan is trying to enforce a universal standard of behavior among forces serving under the U.N. flag," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "The problem is that it only really works if enforcement is universal too, and Annan?s proposal still leaves it up to the home country of...
Hey, we're like the proverbial piano player in this one, okay? The international press found itself momentarily under fire Wednesday when an Indian helicopter ferrying journalists reportedly came under fire from Pakistan. Having hardly cooled since the recent Kashmir crisis, tensions between the old enemies went straight back to...