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MAY 31, 2013 Journal

Briefly Noted

This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.

MAY 31, 2013 Journal

Power Transitions, Global Justice, and the Virtues of Pluralism

Today’s optimists stress the degree to which globalization appears much more firmly institutionalized than it was a hundred years ago, the rather striking success ...

MAY 31, 2013 Journal

A Response to Martti Koskenniemi’s Review of Humanity’s Law

In my book, I set out not to praise humanity law but to understand the phenomenon that Koskenniemi admits is real—that is, the ascendancy ...

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MAY 24, 2013 Article

The U.S., China, and Cybersecurity: The Ethical Underpinnings of a Controversial Geopolitical Issue

Though commonly conceptualized as a strategic geopolitical issue, cybersecurity's underpinnings are comprised by a series of fundamental ethical considerations. Addressing these will provide a better ...

CREDIT: Julie Larsen Maher &copy; <a href="http://www.wcs.org/">WCS</a>.

MAY 17, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Using SMART Technology to Stop Wildlife Poachers

Several major wildlife organizations collaborated on a free, open-source Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool to help park rangers improve their anti-poaching patrols.

MAY 13, 2013 Journal

The Arab Spring Two Years On: Reflections on Dignity, Democracy, and Devotion

The demise of long-standing dictators has shaken the foundations of authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa.

MAY 13, 2013 Journal

On Amartya Sen and The Idea of Justice [Full Text]

The Idea of Justice summarizes and extends many of the themes Amartya Sen has been engaged with for the last quarter century.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nortonarchie99/4734275309/">andyteo99</a> (<a href=/zh_CN/publications/ethics_online/"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC</a>)

MAY 9, 2013 Article

The World of Wal-Mart

With the deadly April 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, once again the spotlight is on multi-national companies like Wal-Mart, whose production is ...

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MAY 8, 2013 Article

After Boston: An Intelligence Blame Game with no Winner

Immediately after the Boston Marathon bombings there was a sadly predictable flurry of mutual recriminations between the intelligence services of the U.S. and Russia. ...

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APR 23, 2013 Article

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Should the International Community Stay or Go?

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal is in big trouble, much of it financial. But the financial deficit is the result of something  deeper: a responsibility deficit. ...