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SEP 17, 2007 • Podcast
Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground
The Pacific is no longer an American lake, says Robert Kaplan, and with the rise of China and India, we should accept that we are ...
SEP 10, 2007 • Podcast
Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them
It's inevitable that more and more people will move across borders, says Philippe Legrain, and rather than put obstacles in their way, we should welcome ...
SEP 7, 2007 • Podcast
Republic.com 2.0
The internet offers us unprecedented access to information. Yet it also allows us to block out diverse ideas, selecting only articles and blogs that reinforce ...
SEP 6, 2007 • Podcast
Climate Change and the Precautionary Principle
Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discuss the success of the Montreal Protocol in limiting ozone depletion. They also reflect on scientific certainty, ...
SEP 5, 2007 • Podcast
Can Rules Make Us Safer? International Security and the Dilemma of Rules
Anthony F. Lang, Jr. explores what rules can and cannot do in the war on terrorism, pointing toward a possible world order that emphasizes constitutionalism ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency by Richard A. Posner
Sadly, discussions of the pricklier issues of law, terrorism, and security rarely follow a cool, pragmatic approach. Richard Posner provides just such a perspective on ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Rationality and the Ideology of Disconnection by Michael Taylor
This passionate book is a powerful conceptual, empirical, and normative critique of Rational Choice theory by a former practitioner. Rational Choice, Taylor argues, is more ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing Field by Ethan B. Kapstein
"Economic Justice in an Unfair World" is a stimulating, well-researched book combining economic analysis, political philosophy, and contemporary policy, all focused on one key question: ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Ethics in Action: The Ethical Challenges of International Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations edited by Daniel A. Bell and Jean-Marc Coicaud
Between 2002-2005, the UN University and the City University of Hong Kong organized a series of "dialogues" about the ethical challenges facing international nongovernmental organizations (...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
The Parliament of Man by Paul Kennedy; Secretary or General? edited by Simon Chesterman; and The Best Intentions by James Traub
With a new secretary-general now in charge and the memories of the bitter final years of his predecessor still vivid, a timely procession of books ...