Recent Articles
JUL 12, 2012 • Journal
Moral Combat: Good and Evil in World War II by Michael Burleigh
In this popular survey of some of the larger moral demands and dilemmas of fighting World War II, Michael Burleigh is never boring and quite ...
JUL 1, 2012 • Journal
Summer 2012 (26.2)
This special issue, guest edited by Thomas Pogge and Luis Cabrera, features a series of articles from an expert symposium of Academics Stand Against Poverty, ...
JUN 28, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Globalizing Censorship
Consent of the Network by Rebecca MacKinnon is a must-read on how businesses and governments wield influence over the Internet.
JUN 26, 2012 • Article
Dealing with "Enablers" in Mass Atrocities: A New Human Rights Concept Takes Shape
Because mass atrocities are organized crimes, crippling the means to organize and sustain them--money, communications networks, and other resources--can disrupt their execution, writes George Lopez.
JUN 25, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Asmita: Identity amid Crisis
Two young entrepreneurs launched a venture combining ethical finance and scientific crop management to boost yields and profitability for the suicide-prone farmers of India.
JUN 15, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Tired of Waiting for a 21st Century Trade Agreement
A leaked version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement reveals that the United States continues to buck a broad consensus in favor of allowing members to ...
JUN 15, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Rio+20: The Key Issues
Was the real action at the Rio+20 summit outside the negotiating hall, where civil society could share ideas horizontally?
JUN 8, 2012 • Article
Elections Without Change
According to opinion polls, the majority of Russians still favor Putin for president, despite the evidence that his latest incumbency is a serious setback for ...
JUN 6, 2012 • Journal Online Exclusive
“Responsibility to Protect” on Trial—or Assad?
The backlash against R2P in some quarters of the Western media continues. Now, with the situation in Syria worsening, critics have focused on the ...