Council Action Criticized

Excluding immigrants on the basis of health: the Haitian Centers Council decision criticized.

EPA's PM2.5 program criticized.

Clinical Psychology Adversely Criticized

From visits to a number of clinics and other places where mental retardation or deficiency is receiving attention, from interviews with physicians and psychologists who are not working in the field, and from current journals and newspapers, criticisms have been gathered of clinical psychology in its present status. The adverse criticisms may be reduced to the following:?(1) Mental tests are bei...

Effort reporting: government drops much-criticized paperwork.

Outside Options and the Logic of Security Council Action

I examine if and how a superpower can use its asymmetric power to achieve favorable outcomes in multilateral bargaining between states that have conflicting interests and veto power. Using a game-theoretic framework, I show that the ability to act outside, either unilaterally or with an ally, helps the superpower to reach agreements that would be vetoed in the absence of the outside option. The...