Recent Articles
JUN 29, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Human Rights Must Be a Consideration for Economic Development Organizations
It is often argued that organizations that deal with economic development should avoid human rights issues because the two topics are distinct. This argument holds ...
JUN 22, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Globalized Fashion a Political Statement in the Middle East
In a region where governments have long tried to curb Western influences, the women of the Middle East increasingly use fashion to make a political ...
JUN 21, 2006 • Article
Stop the Bleeding of American Legitimacy
Branding the suicides of three Guantanamo detainees "an act of asymmetric warfare" is an act of superpower suicide. The global perception of a disregard ...
MAR 31, 2006 • Article
Promoting Poorer Countries' Interests
The WTO's celebrated rule-based system can be used to promote labour standards in a manner that does not penalise developing countries that improve the lot ...
MAR 31, 2006 • Article
The Place of Faith in Public Life
"I have said, "Yes" to the question, "Does religious faith have a place in public life?" says John Brademas. "But I must at the same ...
JAN 16, 2006 • Article
Background Papers on Ethics and Debt
Herman's "The Players and the Game of Sovereign Debt" describes arrangements that guide the interactions of actors involved in this issue. Barry's "Ethical Issues Relevant ...
DEC 13, 2005 • Article
The UN Charter and the Neoconservative Challenge
Preventive war and democracy promotion are the two main prongs of the neocon challenge to traditional UN norms governing the use of force. Farer criticizes ...
NOV 3, 2005 • Article
Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): The $100 Laptop: The Next Two Billion People to Go Digital
Negroponte's latest venture, One Laptop per Child, is a non-profit organization that manufactures and distributes inexpensive laptops to children worldwide.