Thursday, May 10, 2007

INSIDE THE IVORY TOWER

Professors of international relations counsel today’s leaders & mould policy-makers for tomorrow. But what do they think of the most pressing foreign-policy issues facing the US? In our second exclusive survey, we step inside the ivory tower...

Diplomats and politicians oft en deride academics’ lack of firsthand experience when it comes to the practice of international relations. Cold warrior Paul Nitze once said that much of what is taught to political science students is “of limited value, if not counterproductive, to the conduct of actual policy.” For many policy- makers, the distance from which scholars view the political process is a disadvantage: Academics are simply out of touch with the realities of a rapidly changing international landscape.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An
IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

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