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NOV 2, 2004 Article

New Rules for War?

"The old rules are fine. They give us all the normative guidance we need. But that said, these old rules and the principles they instantiate ...

OCT 30, 2004 Podcast

The Human Rights of the Sukan Al-ahwar (Marsh Arabs of Iraq)

According to Baroness Nicholson, the Saddam regime's crimes against the Marsh Arabs from 1991 to 2003 constitute an incontrovertible case of genocide, which is in its turn "...

OCT 28, 2004 Podcast

In Defense of Globalization

While a leading free trade proponent, professor Jagdish Bhagwati does not advocate total laissez-faire economics. Instead he argues that continued globalization needs to be "managed."

OCT 26, 2004 Podcast

The Marsh Arabs of Iraq: The Legacy of Saddam Hussein and an Agenda for Restoration and Justice

While Saddam Hussein's persecution of the Kurds is well known, few are aware that he drained Iraq's southern marshlands as part of a deliberate strategy ...

Arguing About War by Michael Walzer

OCT 13, 2004 Podcast

Arguing About War (2004)

Walzer rejects the argument that the invasion of Iraq was justified: "It is only massacre or ethnic cleansing or mass enslavement in progress that justifies ...