Recent Articles
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Democracies and the Power to Revoke Citizenship
This article assesses the justifications given for the claimed power to revoke citizenship in democratic states and concludes that, ultimately, such a power is incompatible ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Death of the Statesman as Tragic Hero: Hans Morgenthau on the Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War, Morgenthau came to see the growth of the national security state and the unaccountable exercise of executive power as a twin ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Hans Morgenthau and The Purpose of American Politics
When read next to his Scientific Man vs. Power Politics, published in 1946, The Purpose of American Politics reveals a significant shift in Morgenthau’s intellectual ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Hans Morgenthau and the National Interest
In order to understand Morgenthau’s views on the concept of “the national interest,” it is critical to understand the political context within which he ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Defining Down Sovereignty: The Rights and Responsibilities of Nations
The international community should spell out the kinds of failures to protect civilians that can justify armed interventions by other states, and should establish a ...
MAR 8, 2016 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Fighting Food Waste with Paper and Spice
At a moment when most of us look to Silicon Valley for the next highly sophisticated technological breakthrough that will change the world, it's increasingly ...
FEB 29, 2016 • Journal Online Exclusive
Libya and the First Human Right
We tend not to think of the fact that chaos is the biggest violator of human rights. The core right to life—the first human ...
FEB 29, 2016 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: From the Forest to the Health Clinic
Dr. Kinari Webb and her team are saving lives and forests in Indonesia through a very unusual incentives program.
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
Better Transportation for a Better City
Did you know that the longest traffic jam ever recorded--192 miles--occurred in São Paulo? "Not only would an expansion of the subway system increase ...
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
The Fight Against Climate Change
"Climate change is happening," writes 15-year-old Dheera Vuppala. "Nine out of ten scientists say it is. The U.S. has to deal with it, so ...