Recent Articles
DEC 12, 2014 • Journal
How Norms Die: Torture and Assassination in American Security Policy
CHRISTOPHER KUTZ Because of their sensitivity to public mobilization around normative questions, democracies do better than authoritarian regimes in internalizing certain kinds of constraints. But ...
DEC 12, 2014 • Journal
On Collective Ownership of the Earth
Once positive laws and conventions regulating property evolve, in what sense is the world still owned by humanity? If I own my house and my ...
DEC 12, 2014 • Journal
Against Relationalism in Global Justice Theory
Much recent global justice theory consists of arguing for the idea that we owe more to fellow countrymen than to mere foreigners. Risse's book is ...
DEC 12, 2014 • Journal
Understanding “Cultures of Humanitarianism” in East Asia
What are the implications of the emerging diversity in humanitarianism? By examining such traditions in East Asia, we can better understand variations in the idea ...
DEC 12, 2014 • Journal
The “Responsibility to Prevent”: An International Crimes Approach to the Prevention of Mass Atrocities
Insights from criminology suggest that an international crimes approach to the prevention of mass atrocities upends many of the usual assumptions on the preventive dimension ...
DEC 12, 2014 • Journal
Risse on Justice in Trade
Risse tries to stake out a middle ground between those who fail to recognize the full normative significance of contemporary international relationships and those who ...
DEC 12, 2014 • Journal
Response to Arneson, de Bres, and Stilz
The author discusses his attempt at constructing a multilayered theory of global justice, where many considerations must be brought into reflective equilibrium.
DEC 11, 2014 • Article
Do Celebrity Humanitarians Matter?
Celebrity humanitarianism is alternately lauded for drawing media attention and fostering popular engagement and criticized on a number of ethical grounds. What can actor Ben ...
DEC 3, 2014 • Journal Online Exclusive
An Introduction to the New Centennial Ebook from EIA
This podcast introduces EIA's new ebook on the most critical issues facing the world today. Ebook free for a limited time!
DEC 3, 2014 • Article
Lawlessness: Malaysia and Its Law of Rules
With restrictive laws and harassment touching NGOs, journalists, religious and ethnic minorities, and the LGBT community, Malaysia's rule of law problem cannot be ignored. How ...