Recent Articles
JUN 13, 2008 • Journal
Just War Theory and the Privatization of Military Force
Private military companies are taking over a growing number of roles traditionally performed by the regular military. This article uses the framework of just war ...
JUN 13, 2008 • Journal
The Resurgent Idea of World Government [Full Text]
The idea of world government is returning to the mainstream of scholarly thinking about international relations. Will the world-government movement become a potent political force, ...
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JUN 11, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Diplomatically Quiet on Zimbabwe
Matthew Hennessey interviews Patrick Bond, director of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, on post-election unrest in Zimbabwe ...
![CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/5809939090/">NASA Marshall Space Flight Center</a> (<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html">PD</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/ISS_2023-04-10-053942_pnju.jpg?v=1721252791)
JUN 11, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Rising Powers in Space
Balancing development and security in outer space will be an important international challenge in coming decades as rising powers force realignment here on Earth.
![<a href="http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/asylum?page=gallery&gallery=2&photo=02" target=_blank>UNHCR / A. Di Loreto / July 2007.</a> Refugees Risk<br />Their Lives Traveling from Africa to Europe](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_RefugeesToEurope_2023-04-10-053946_noyv.jpg?v=1721250594)
JUN 10, 2008 • Article
Asylum in the EU: Between Ideals and Reality
Those who question the moral significance of borders often invoke the EU as a model of post-national belonging. Yet for asylum-seekers, "Fortress Europe" remains a ...
![cover image, Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization, David Singh Grewal](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/networkpower_2023-04-10-053949_hsxz.jpg?v=1721250596)
JUN 4, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Networks Power Globalization
A globalized world isn't flat, it's networked, says David Grewal. This underlying social dynamic leads to shared standards as well as social exclusion.
![Harvard Class of 2024? <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/gusgordon/2284832191/">Gus Gordon</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/korea_kids_2023-04-10-053952_eqxw.jpg?v=1721250598)
JUN 2, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: No Skipping Class
Ivy League brand names are leading the globalization of higher education as increasing numbers of highly competitive applicants come from Asia.
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MAY 29, 2008 • Article
AN ENGAGING OUTLOOK: A New Foundation for U.S. Foreign Policy
A new U.S. foreign policy based on cooperation and engagement is not just morally appealing, but strategically smart, declares David Speedie.
![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/joka2000/98211504/">Jun</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/japansunset_2023-04-10-053958_xutx.jpg?v=1721250602)
MAY 28, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Unsustainable Inequities
Left unchanged, the U.S.-Japan alliance will drift into irrelevance, and the United States will lose an important component of its Asia policy just ...
![Democratic presidential candidate Barack <br>Obama. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2175936409/">Steve Jurvetson</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Obama_2023-04-10-050356_xqeu.jpg?v=1721238331)
MAY 27, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: ROUNDTABLE: U.S. Trade Policy under the Next President
Sherman Katz, Susan Aaronson, Franklin Lavin, and Thea Lee answer the question, How should U.S. trade policy evolve under the next president?