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NOV 7, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
Book Symposium: A Discussion on Clifford Bob's Rights as Weapons
The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present an online exclusive book symposium featuring responses to Rights as Weapons: Instruments of Conflict, Tools ...
NOV 7, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
Rights as Weapons: A Rejoinder
It is an honor for Ethics & International Affairs to have chosen my book, Rights as Weapons: Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power, for an online ...
NOV 7, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
Rethinking the Politics of Rights
Many international human rights advocates have long assumed that rights are natural, universal, indivisible, and absolute–or, as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights puts ...
NOV 7, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
Law, Morality, and Culture in Rights as Weapons
I distinctly remember meeting Clifford Bob three years ago at an International Studies Association conference, and learning about the fascinating ways in which Catalan nationalists ...
NOV 7, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
Ends and Means: A Response to Rights as Weapons
In Clifford Bob’s latest book, Rights as Weapons, he argues that rights are not political ends in themselves but are rather an effective means ...
NOV 7, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
Sources of Firepower for Weaponized Rights
“Rights” are often portrayed as things that are universal, apolitical, inherent, or natural, and as ends in themselves. But what if “rights” are mere rhetoric, ...
NOV 7, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
Ruling by Rights: Rule Making and Embedded Normativity
Clifford Bob’s Rights as Weapons offers a gripping description of the manifold ways people use rights-claims to attain strategic goals. In addition to using ...
NOV 7, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
A Conversation about the Politics of Rights within Rights as Weapons
Clifford Bob’s book Rights as Weapons: Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power builds a powerful argument that rights can be weapons of political conflict. ...
NOV 7, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
What We've Been Reading
Welcome to our roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here’s what we’ve been reading this month.
NOV 6, 2019 • Podcast
Carnegie New Leaders Podcast: The Future of Space Acquisition & Threats, with Maj. Gen. Nina M. Armagno
In conversation with intelligence analyst Amelia M. Wolf, Major General Nina M. Armagno of the U.S. Air Force discusses her role as director of ...