Recent Articles
SEP 14, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Energy Security Depends on Where You Live
Your definition of energy security might just depend on where you live. For consumer countries, energy security means reliable sources of supply. For producer states, ...
SEP 7, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Musicians Spread the Enviro Vibe
Evan O'Neil talks with Brian Allenby of Reverb about the carbon offset market and how musicians are reducing their environmental footprint.
SEP 7, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Democracy as Economic Strategy
Democracy is a crucial element of economic development that India enjoys, and China's stability will not be sustainable in the long term without it.
SEP 6, 2007 • Article
Engaging "Evil:" Searching for an Ethical Approach Toward North Korea
The temptation to focus on regime change as the solution to all the problems posed by Pyongyang is strong. But attempts to overthrow the regime ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency by Richard A. Posner
Sadly, discussions of the pricklier issues of law, terrorism, and security rarely follow a cool, pragmatic approach. Richard Posner provides just such a perspective on ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Rationality and the Ideology of Disconnection by Michael Taylor
This passionate book is a powerful conceptual, empirical, and normative critique of Rational Choice theory by a former practitioner. Rational Choice, Taylor argues, is more ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing Field by Ethan B. Kapstein
"Economic Justice in an Unfair World" is a stimulating, well-researched book combining economic analysis, political philosophy, and contemporary policy, all focused on one key question: ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Ethics in Action: The Ethical Challenges of International Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations edited by Daniel A. Bell and Jean-Marc Coicaud
Between 2002-2005, the UN University and the City University of Hong Kong organized a series of "dialogues" about the ethical challenges facing international nongovernmental organizations (...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
The Parliament of Man by Paul Kennedy; Secretary or General? edited by Simon Chesterman; and The Best Intentions by James Traub
With a new secretary-general now in charge and the memories of the bitter final years of his predecessor still vivid, a timely procession of books ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Reconstructing Precaution, Deconstructing Misconceptions
This essay contributes to the debate on the precautionary principle in two ways: 1) it clarifies what is entailed by a mild formulation of the principle ...