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JUN 13, 2008 Journal

The Rights of Irregular Migrants

Irregular migrants are morally entitled to a wide range of legal rights, including basic human and civil rights. Therefore, states ought to create a firewall ...

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, ...

Pro-MDC expatriates in South Africa. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sokwanele/1380821576/in/set-72157602012405157/">Sokwanele-Zimbabwe</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

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>).

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

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

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>).

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.

U.S. State Department

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>).

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 ...