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DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Targeting Civilians in War, and Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War [Double Review]

Given the moral stigma and its supposed dubious effectiveness, why does the targeting of civilians occur? Both authors contribute to the still nascent mapping of ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation by Victor Peskin

Peskin's analysis focuses on "virtual trials": the battles by ad hoc criminal tribunals to secure state cooperation in the enforcement of international law. Concentrating on ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council by Ian Hurd

Hurd argues that perceptions of legitimacy undergird how states act, both vis-à-vis one another and in relation to international institutions; in other words, legitimacy ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Theory of World Security by Ken Booth

Booth aims to illuminate a "New 20 Years' Crisis" that global society is now entering. His central thesis is that in order to respond, we need ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Apology, Forgiveness, and Moral Repair

These works provide a rich introduction to some of the processes needed in transitions from injustices to more humane relationships. They address different levels of ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal Online Exclusive

Michael Goodhart Replies to Eva Erman

Erman's reaction shows that she misses the main point at issue. She insists that democracy means "rule by the people"; I define it as a ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal Online Exclusive

On Goodhart's Global Democracy (A Critique)

In this critique of Michael Goodhart's "Human Rights and Global Democracy," Eva Erman argues that Goodhart has reconceptualized democracy and therefore does not offer a ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Human Rights and Global Democracy

This essay argues that human rights are a necessary condition for global democracy. Human rights constrain power, enable meaningful political agency, and support and promote ...

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DEC 18, 2008 Article

Obama Could Miss the Bus on Raising Gas Tax

Fighting the climate crisis will be as much about new incentives as about new technologies, and there are few incentives as reliable as price. Will ...

DEC 16, 2008 Article

Pillars of Ethics