Recent Articles
JAN 6, 2010 • Article
Defining a Right to Move?
Beyond the ethical and practical arguments for immigration reform, the strongest case for an internationally recognized right to move may arise out of the "worst-case ...
DEC 17, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Changing the Tide for Small Island Nations
A Tobin Tax on financial transactions could generate significant funds for climate change adaptation in vulnerable island states while also helping to stabilize the global ...
DEC 17, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Ending War in Our Lifetimes?
President Obama will need to discard old foreign policy doctrines and steer with a more global moral compass to meet the vision of eradicating war ...
DEC 16, 2009 • Article
U.S-Russia Relations and the Arctic
This set of two papers, one by a Canadian and one by a Russian, focuses on U.S.-Russian competition and cooperation in the Arctic ...
DEC 16, 2009 • Article
The Arctic: The Next "Hot Spot" of International Relations or a Region of Cooperation?
Dr. Morozov identifies several key points regarding both the existing problems and challenges of the Arctic region, as well as possible ways to overcome them ...
DEC 16, 2009 • Article
Cold Peace: International Cooperation Takes Hold in the Arctic
Thanks to international law, there is no race for Arctic resources, nor any appetite for military confrontation. The Arctic has become a zone of quiet ...
DEC 15, 2009 • Journal
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
DEC 15, 2009 • Journal
Universal Human Rights in a World of Difference by Brooke A. Ackerly
In a book full of thought-provoking questions for theorists of human rights, Ackerly presents an "account of the normative legitimacy of human rights" that is ...
DEC 15, 2009 • Journal
Ethics of Global Development: Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy by David A. Crocker
This book is highly recommended to anyone who wants to know what development ethics has to offer, or who wants to engage with arguments on ...
DEC 15, 2009 • Journal
Messy Morality: The Challenge of Politics by C. A. J. Coady
The principal and worthwhile contribution of this book is to resituate the debate about moral realism where it belongs, in terms of its pragmatic employment ...