A project of the MA program of NYU’s Department of Politics Issue 2, Spring 2009 Notes on Contributors Essays Daniel Urbankowski A TALE OF TWO  PARTIES: SOCIAL ISLAMISM AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES YEWON JI THREE PARADIGMS OF NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS LINDSEY LEONARD MISAPPROPRIATION OF AID: WHY IS AID NOT REACHING THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN NORTHERN UGANDA? SARAH RENDTORFF-SMITH DEMOCRACY AS THE CONCEPTUAL BATTLEFIELD OF EAST-WEST ENCOUNTERS   Reviews JOEL WILSON - ROB GRACE - ELENA TAUBE These essays represent the views of the individual authors and not of New York University, the Department of Politics or the MA Program.