Recent Articles
MAY 26, 1996 • Article
Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): The Future of the United States as a Great Power
William Pfaff points to the danger the U.S. will face if it continues to hark back to a mythical, isolationist past. He urges American ...
MAR 5, 1996 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 8 (Spring 1997): Transitional Justice in East Asia and its Impact on Human Rights: Articles: Post-Deng China: Justice with Chinese Characteristics
Ping Yu analyzes post-Deng Xiaoping China and how it has dealt with justice. Yu also touches on Japan's execution of justice with regards to "comfort ...
MAR 4, 1996 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 4 (Spring 1996): Three Years After the Bangkok Declaration: Articles: Thinking About Human Rights and Asian Values
To see the conflict over human rights as a battle between Western liberalism and Asian reluctance distracts attention from the central issues: In the battle ...
MAR 4, 1996 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 4 (Spring 1996): Three Years After the Bangkok Declaration: Articles: What Asians Think About the West's Response to the Human Rights Debate
New-found national pride pits Asian countries against a "decadent West." Constant pressure to observe human rights obligations, often applied with threats of economic sanctions, is ...
MAR 4, 1996 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 4 (Spring 1996): Three Years After the Bangkok Declaration: Articles: The Task for Asians: To Discover their Own Political Morality for Human Rights
The search for a coherent political morality within the Pacific Rim countries is not a contest between Asians and Westerners, but a ...
DEC 12, 1995 • Article
Nizer Lectures (1994–1998): America and the World: Isolationism Resurgent?
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. argues for a reexamination of the Wilsonian doctrine of collective security and a greater concentration on preventive diplomacy, to enhance the ...
DEC 4, 1995 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 3 (Winter 1995): International Human Rights and Asian Commitment: Articles: A Brief History of the Modern Human Rights Discourse in China
Given the logic of communist ideology—that the working people are the masters in society—human rights did not make much sense. After all, the ...
DEC 4, 1995 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 3 (Winter 1995): International Human Rights and Asian Commitment: Articles: Authoritarian Culture and the Struggle for Human Rights in Thailand
A Hindu notion of divine kingship and a feudal absolute monarchy have reinforced authoritarianism as the dominant political culture from ancient to present-day ...
SEP 4, 1995 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 2 (Fall 1995): About the Human Rights Initiative: Articles: Refocusing the Human Rights Debate in East Asia: A Review of Recent Writings
The Bangkok Declaration on Human Rights marked a standoff between human rights advocates and East Asian governments, underscoring the need to improve human rights discourse ...
SEP 4, 1995 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 2 (Fall 1995): About the Human Rights Initiative: Articles: On Social and Economic Rights
Linking social and economic rights to political rights is essential for human rights to genuinely fulfill the holistic vision of the UDHR, but only western ...