Recent Articles
MAY 13, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Hu's Dumpling Diplomacy
James Farrer interviews Japanese political scientist Koichi Nakano on the significance of Chinese President Hu Jintao's May 2008 visit to Japan.
MAY 13, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: China and Japan: From Symbolism to Politics
Hu Jintao's five-day visit to Japan underlines the fact that the basis for a strong Sino-Japanese relationship already exists, says James Farrer.
MAY 13, 2008 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Blood Diamond"
Set during Sierra Leone's civil war in 1999, "Blood Diamond" draws attention to the fact that the diamond trade has been used to fund conflicts.
MAY 6, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Redesigning Global Economic Governance
The financing for development conference to be held later this year in Doha could set the stage for building economic and financial multilateralism in a ...
MAY 2, 2008 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "An Inconvenient Truth"
Al Gore explains the science of global warming, describes its present-day effects, and forecasts what the future may hold in store. We can reverse this ...
MAY 1, 2008 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Why We Fight"
In 1961, Eisenhower warned that the interests of the increasingly powerful "military-industrial complex" might one day determine the direction of U.S. policy. Has that day ...
APR 28, 2008 • Journal
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
APR 28, 2008 • Journal
Development as a Human Right: Legal, Political, and Economic Dimensions edited by Bard A. Andreassen and Stephen P. Marks
This book sets out to address the concepts of the right to development as well as the human rights-based approach to development. It includes contributions ...
APR 28, 2008 • Journal
Planet of Slums by Mike Davis
The core of Mike Davis's book "Planet of Slums" is that the contemporary Third World urban poor are doubly cursed in ways that echo the ...
APR 28, 2008 • Journal
Inventing Human Rights: A History by Lynn Hunt
Lynn Hunt's "Inventing Human Rights" develops an intriguing meditation on the relationships among art, morality, and political change. Hunt also raises questions of profound importance ...