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SEP 26, 2008 Journal

Keeping the Peace in Africa: Why "African" Solutions Are Not Enough

Instead of searching for "African solutions" which have proved problematic so far, policymakers should focus on developing effective solutions for the complex challenges raised by ...

SEP 26, 2008 Journal

Horizontal Accountability in Intergovernmental Organizations

Many intergovernmental organizations have recently established offices of internal oversight. Yet scandals have revealed serious flaws in the design of these institutions. This study argues ...

SEP 26, 2008 Journal

Business and Human Rights in Conflict

Can current policy and legal responses make businesses part of the solution rather than part of the problem? And can companies be held accountable—socially, ...

SEP 26, 2008 Journal

Reuniting Ethics and Social Science: The Oxford Handbook of International Relations

The quality of our theoretical argumentation, the diversity and insights of our methods, and our general level of understanding are markedly better than a generation ...

SEP 26, 2008 Journal

An Exchange: The Morality of Immigration [Full Text]

Writing in EIA 22, no. 1, Mathias Risse presented a novel way to think about the problem of immigration in the context of global justice, adopting the ...

Air pollution. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/21313845@N04/2332473286/">Paul <br>Falardeau</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

SEP 26, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Northeast Puts on the Carbon Cap

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative could give northeastern states an advantage over other states if a nationwide cap-and-trade system emerges.

The Chess Board 1<br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tree12/2109679297/in/set-72157603451878764" target=_ blank">tree12</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en" target=_blank>CC</a>).

SEP 25, 2008 Article

Public Diplomacy and the 2008 Election

Hidden in the U.S. presidential election is the promise of a renewed emphasis on public diplomacy. But how will America renew a lost love ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kaba/157303191/">Kaba</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

SEP 24, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Peace Breaks Out in the Taiwan Strait

While the world's attention is focused on wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Georgia, a little-observed positive trend is taking place on the other side of ...

Racers at the start. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sylvainelies/2639408177/">Sylvain <br>Elies</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

SEP 23, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Race to the Middle

Recent developments in the case law of Mexico and the United States suggest that labor standards between these trading partners may actually be converging.

Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/djwhelan/497090528/">Dave Whelan</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

SEP 19, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Yoga Bends the Globalization Stereotype

The worldwide popularity of yoga proves that globalization is flowing in every direction, and has been for a while.