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SEP 4, 1995 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 2 (Fall 1995): About the Human Rights Initiative: Articles: The Language of Human Rights in East Asia

Human rights are widely advocated for their instrumental worth, but this strategy may change. Political and civil rights may eventually be championed for their own ...

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Morgenthau Memorial Lecture, 1995

MAY 26, 1995 Article

Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): The New Dimensions of Human Rights

"The interface between ethics and science will hence be the new frontier of politics—the third new dimension of human rights," warns Zbigniew Brzezinski in ...

DEC 7, 1994 Article

Nizer Lectures (1994–1998): William Faulkner's Old Verities: "It's Planting Time in America"

"Faulkner's words stir a dark, punishing wisdom, a plain, spare design for civic conduct," says Jack Valenti. Introduction by Robert Myers.

MAY 26, 1994 Article

Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): Intervention: From Theories to Cases

J. Bryan Hehir argues that the legal norm against intervention in other nations' affairs is eroded once it becomes impossible to ignore the moral imperatives ...

MAY 4, 1994 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): Privatization and Investment Opportunities in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has enormous resources and a literate population, but this large country is heir to exploitative methods of economic development that have ravaged the environment.

MAY 4, 1994 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 1 (Spring 1994): Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Articles: Refining Definitions of Human Rights

There is agreement in the West that human rights are absolute, but diverse opinion about the place of human rights in foreign affairs.&...

MAY 4, 1994 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 1 (Spring 1994): Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Articles: What Can and Should the International Community Do to Promote Human Rights?

In opening a discussion of human rights, countries must consider cultural and security contexts. The key to an effective human rights policy is ...

MAY 4, 1994 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 1 (Spring 1994): Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Articles: In Conclusion

This report deals especially with what the international human rights community should do to promote human rights in Asia. In doing so, it also describes ...

MAY 4, 1994 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 1 (Spring 1994): Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Articles: The Republic of Korea's Role in the Emerging Debate

While only a few years ago, Korea was alarming the international human rights community with egregious human rights violations toward its citizens, in 1993 it&...

MAR 2, 1994 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): Improving Municipal Services through Empowerment

"There is no more clear experience of what happens when you allow government to establish a monopoly than that of driving a Trabant versus driving ...