Articles & Reports

NOV 19, 2001 • Article

Should Rights NGOs Ever Advocate Armed Intervention in Human Rights Crises? Has September 11 adversely affected relations between international and local rights NGOs? What is the ...

NOV 19, 2001 • Article

How and where should we try the world's most infamous criminals? Does the trial of Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague provide support for trying ...

NOV 19, 2001 • Article

The Milosevic case sends a powerful message to other would-be tyrants that they, too, could be held accountable for their crimes. Yet some find this ...

NOV 13, 2001 • Article

The documentary "A Normal Life" paints a picture of post-war Kosovo through the eyes of its characters, all of whom speak directly to the camera ...

OCT 20, 2001 • Article

The U.S.-led coalition against terrorism has begun bombing Taliban targets in Afghanistan. But will this achieve its aims, or merely provoke the terrorists ...

OCT 10, 2001 • Article

At the October 25-26 Carnegie Council conference "The Search for a Usable Past," a group of scholars discusses the question "What ought we elect to ...

SEP 19, 2001 • Article

From the perspective of the Western just war tradition—which includes the requirement that the use of force be proportionate to the threatened danger—nuclear ...

SEP 19, 2001 • Article

As we go to press, there is debate over the appropriate response to the attacks of September 11. President Bush uses the language of war. But ...

JUL 18, 2001 • Article

Human rights advocates and conflict resolution specialists working in war-torn societies share the common goal of constructing stable societies based on the rule of law, ...