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APR 8, 2011 Podcast

Edward Glaeser on the Triumph of the City

"We live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommunicate across the globe, in which we could all just dial in from some ...

Richard K. Betts

APR 8, 2011 Podcast

The World Ahead: Conflict or Cooperation?

After the Cold War, Fukuyama, Huntington, and Mearsheimer each presented a bold vision of what the driving forces of world politics would be. Yet all ...

APR 8, 2011 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Lustration: Purging Civil Servants in New Democracies

In transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy, systems must decide who to exclude from public office. What do you do with those who, without being ...

APR 6, 2011 Journal

Briefly Noted

This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.

APR 6, 2011 Journal

Measuring Justice: Primary Goods and Capabilities, Harry Brighouse and Ingrid Robeyns, eds.

In this rich collection, Harry Brighouse and Ingrid Robeyns bring together distinguished philosophers and political theorists to debate the virtues and vices of competing metrics ...

APR 6, 2011 Journal

Protectors of Privacy: Regulating Personal Data in the Global Economy by Abraham L. Newman

Abraham Newman has written a thoughtful and provocative book about the protection of privacy and how it has evolved in two dramatically different ways in ...

APR 6, 2011 Journal

Moral Dilemmas of Modern War: Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict by Michael L. Gross [Full Text]

Michael Gross believes that much contemporary warfare is so different from past armed conflicts that many of the old moral and legal prohibitions should no ...

APR 6, 2011 Journal

International Criminal Law and Philosophy, Larry May and Zachary Hoskins, eds. [Full Text]

"International Criminal Law and Philosophy" raises fundamental questions and examines novel issues in the emerging field of international criminal law. May and Hoskins have provided ...

APR 6, 2011 Journal

The Evolution of International Security Studies by Barry Buzan and Lene Hansen [Full Text]

The book contains a recognizable mix of Copenhagen and English School viewpoints, which, according to Ken Booth, means that there is altogether too little about ...

APR 6, 2011 Journal Online Exclusive

A Response to "Precommitment Regimes for Intervention"

Buchanan and Keohane argue that institutional reform is required to reverse the inertia that has too often constituted the international response to intra-state crises. Their ...