Recent Articles
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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. ...
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. ...