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OCT 7, 2015 Journal

The Normative Terrain of the Global Refugee Regime

ALEXANDER BETTS The issues of who, why, and how to protect refugees pose a series of normative challenges that can only be addressed by recognizing ...

Presidents Obama and Putin at UN Luncheon, September 28, 2015. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/21769577406" target="_blank">United Nations Photo</a>

OCT 1, 2015 Article

Messrs. Obama and Putin: Put Syria and Syrians First

While the U.S. and Russia disagree over the fate of Assad, they share a self-interested resolve to defeat the ISIL forces that now control ...

OCT 1, 2015 Journal

Fall 2015 (29.3)

This issue includes an essay by Richard Goldstone on global ethical standards for international judges; a book symposium on Michael Blake's Justice and Foreign Policy, ...

SEP 24, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

EIA Podcast: Introducing the Fall 2015 Issue

Acropolis and the Greek Parliament CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/visitgreecegr/5986670837/" target=_blank>GNTO / Yannis Skoulas</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">CC</a>)

SEP 22, 2015 Article

Democracy as Myth and Fact

"Do democracies have the capacity to adjust? Can they expand their ideas of national interest to tackle collective challenges? Can they function in ways that ...

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SEP 21, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Can Mobile Technology Help Make Sustainable Business a Reality?

How can we bridge the disconnect between the growing interest of business and finance in the sustainability agenda and more decisive action towards better social ...

SEP 18, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

Choosing Among Alternative Responses to Mass Atrocity: Between the Individual and the Collectivity

MARK OSIEL When a country pursues only a single mode of atrocity response, it will over-individualize or over-collectivize its treatment of wrongdoer and victim, in ...

Bomb damage in Serekaniye, Syria, 2013.CREDIT: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-132791996/stock-photo-serekaniye-syria-march-view-of-war-damage-from-serekaniye-syrian-war-plane-bombed-serekaniye.html">Shutterstock</a>

SEP 15, 2015 Article

No Peace in Syria without Justice

"Only when the culture of impunity in Syria is addressed will the prospect for a political solution become genuinely viable, and can we begin to ...

Syrian refugees in Europe, September 2015. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/syriafreedom/21076344700/" target="_blank">Freedom House</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="_blank">CC</a>)

SEP 15, 2015 Article

Refugee Mass Exodus: Need for a UN-led World Conference

"Only a UN-led world conference with adequate research and prior broad discussion can meet the challenges of worldwide migration and continuing refugee flows. This year's ...

SEP 13, 2015 Article

Democracy as Myth and Fact

Myths give meaning to our lives. They are stories created to explain the human condition—creation, death, heroism, dignity, pain, pride, and suffering. There is ...