TOWARD REFLECTION, EVALUATION, AND INTEGRATION IN INTERNATIONAL-STUDIES - AN EDITORIAL PHILOSOPHY

To paraphrase Martin Luther King, We have a dream-that one day interna tional studies will be characterized by lively dialogue and debate acr oss its various perspectives and areas of inquiry; that this dialogue and debate will stimulate reflection, evaluation, and integration of k nowledge in the field; and that this critical synthesis will broaden t he research, training, and action of members of our intellectual commu nity. This journal, the Mershon International Studies Review (subseque ntly also referred to as the Review), of which this is the inaugural i ssue, provides an important means for achieving our dream. The purpose of this editorial is to describe the philosophy behind the Review and to indicate how the journal and you, the reader, can help us achieve the dream.