Recent Articles
SEP 1, 2011 • Article
Cooling Things Down: The Legalization of Arctic Security
Many are concerned about possible struggles over Arctic territory and resources. Yet this paper argues that most Arctic sovereignty disputes have either been resolved or ...
AUG 31, 2011 • Article
In Search of a Global Ethic
A hundred years ago Andrew Carnegie thought that world politics was about to change forever. War would be abolished. Just as private war in the ...
AUG 31, 2011 • Article
The Ethics of the Nuclear Security Summit Process
This paper examines the ethical questions around two intertwined 21st century issues: nuclear terrorism and the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) process. Does the process take ...
AUG 29, 2011 • Article
The Soviet and U.S. Experiences in Military Intervention in Afghanistan and Current U.S.-Russian Cooperation
This paper examines the similarities and differences in the 1980s Soviet experience in Afghanistan and the current U.S.-led coalition effort, and the mutual ...
AUG 29, 2011 • Article
European/Eurasian Security and the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)
What is the role of the CFE Treaty as part of contemporary European security architecture? How has it performed since its signing and what is ...
AUG 25, 2011 • Article
Don't Build Keystone XL, the Pipeline to Nowhere
Higher gas prices, negligible energy security, more global warming: The logic stacks up against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Will Secretary Clinton deny the ...
AUG 24, 2011 • Article
Arms Control and Proliferation Challenges to the Reset Policy
The United States, Russia, and outside observers all agree on one thing: the fragility of the reset policy. This paper clarifies the reasons for this ...
AUG 17, 2011 • Article
Love and Legislation: The International Politics of Inter-country Adoption
In an era supposedly characterized by a desire for pluralism, multi-culturalism, and hybridity, the many dilemmas of inter-country adoption demonstrate how far we have come, ...
AUG 16, 2011 • Article
Reflections on the UK Riots: Let's Not Rush to Judgment
In the UK, the debate rages as to root causes of the August 2011 riots, and along predictable lines. But as is so often the case ...