Recent Articles
APR 5, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: A West African Union
Debt relief will offer West African states short-term help, but a strong regional organization is needed to cure deep-rooted troubles. Local leaders must be given ...
APR 4, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Unethical Ethanol Tariff
Importing Brazilian ethanol made from sugar could reduce U.S. gasoline consumption and environmental footprint, and increased consumption would lead to a higher price for ...
APR 3, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: China Can Tip the Balance on Darfur
China has been shifting from an attitude of noninterference in Darfur to a soft power posture, acknowledging its risk as Sudan's most important stakeholder. But ...
APR 3, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: United States Obligated to Promote Labor Rights
The United States has been a strong advocate of linking trade agreements and worker rights since the 19th century. But the United States will not ...
APR 2, 2007 • Article
The United States Must Choose a Global Role to Fight Terrorism
Is isolationist unilateralism (the "Israelization" of America) an acceptable U.S. response to globalized terrorism? No, argues Spring, for both practical and ethical reasons.
MAR 31, 2007 • Journal
Crime and Punishment: Holding States Accountable
Should states be held responsible and punished for violations of international law? This article argues that they can and should be.
MAR 31, 2007 • Journal
The Inconveniences of Transnational Democracy
Suprastate policy formation in such bodies as the WTO remains fundamentally exclusive of individuals within states. This article critiques the "don't kill the goose" arguments ...
MAR 31, 2007 • Journal
Liability and Just Cause
This paper is a response to Jeff McMahan's "Just Cause for War" (EIA, 19.3, 2005). It defends a more permissive, and more traditional view of just war ...