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MAR 16, 2016 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: "Streetfight" by Janette Sadik-Khan

In "Streetfight" Sadik-Khan breaks down her achievements into replicable ideas for urban planners and traffic engineers everywhere, and she also reminds us that the fight ...

MAR 15, 2016 Journal Online Exclusive

Upcoming Conferences of Interest: 2016

We have compiled a list of upcoming conferences related to the fields of ethics and international affairs. We hope you find something that interests you!

Chinese dam construction on the Lancang (Upper Mekong) River, 2012. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internationalrivers/8180652725/" target="_blank">International Rivers</a>

MAR 14, 2016 Article

The Lonely Resistance: Protesting Chinese Resource Exploitation on the Tibetan Plateau

China has dammed every major river in Tibet with many more dams in the planning stage. This and the pollution of waters through mining have ...

MAR 10, 2016 Journal

Introduction: Morgenthau in America

The essays in this roundtable explore how Morgenthau adapted his ideas for an American audience, and how his experiences in America impacted the evolution of ...

MAR 10, 2016 Journal

Crisis, Values, and the Purpose of Science: Hans Morgenthau in Europe

Morgenthau, like many other émigré scholars, was a “traveler between all worlds,” meaning that Morgenthau in America cannot be understood without having knowledge about Morgenthau ...

MAR 10, 2016 Journal

Scientific Man vs. Power Politics: A Pamphlet and Its Author between Two Academic Cultures

This monograph reflects Morgenthau’s peculiar situation, as he inhabits two sometimes crucially different semantic and cultural contexts, but fails to bridge or broker them.

MAR 10, 2016 Journal

Politics Among Nations: Revisiting a Classic

Morgenthau published Politics Among Nations in the United States in 1948 with the stated purpose of serving his fellow countrymen. But is it truly an American ...

MAR 10, 2016 Journal

Briefly Noted

MAR 10, 2016 Journal

Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post–Cold War International Order

Rajan Menon and Eugene Rumer try to make sense of the Ukraine crisis for a general audience. The book’s major contribution lies in its ...

MAR 10, 2016 Journal

The Assault on International Law

Jens David Ohlin seeks to expose the shaky social scientific and philosophical foundations of what he calls “New Realism,” which questions whether international law can ...