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Engaged Anthropology and Foreign Policy Usually, politicians and journalists rely on international relations specialists in guiding their work; anthropologists are often outside players in this schema, particularly as the field of international relations is, for the most part, dominated by economists and political scientists. However, in some instances anthropologists have played key roles. In what ways have they done so, and in what ways might they better do so in the future? In the November 2003 Anthropology News, an example of one “fully interdisciplinary” international relations center where anthropologists figure directly in shaping contemporary global issues is provided. To read about this center, the Watson Institute for International Studies and anthropologists work there see http://www.watsoninstitute.org Or read “What Draws Anthropologists to Brown?” In this Nov issue of AN, anthropologists also commented on how anthropologists might contribute to a preventative foreign policy, provide context to political conflicts around the world, and engage diplomats and other foreign policy elites. For instance, Roberto Gonzalez comments on how anthropologists might contribute to a preventive foreign policy through direct public engagement. Read “Speaking Out on War, Peace and Power”Robert Oppenheim observes how the multi-party talks on the North Korean nuclear program, and the history leading to this crisis, call for classical anthropological perspectives and teaching. Read his commentary “Teaching North Korea, Anthropologically, Now.” And, Gregory Feldman offers ways anthropologists might increase anthropology’s profile on foreign and security policy, by conducting more ethnographic studies of diplomats and other foreign policy elites, and by examining the many ways in which the inter-state system is constituted against the messiness of globalization rather than eroded by it. See his article on anthropologists, the state and national security: “It is Probably too Complicated for Them”
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