Book Review
Fighting Machines: Autonomous Weapons and Human Dignity
In Fighting Machines, Dan Saxon draws on his extensive practical and academic experience and expertise in international law to argue why certain human responsibilities should not be delegated to autonomous weapons.
Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Just War
The central claim of Cian O’Driscoll’s new book, Victory, is twofold: first, just war theorists have paid insufficient attention to the concept, practice, and ramifications of “victory” as an element of armed conflict; second, if they did so, they would be rewarded with a more nuanced, more realistic, and probably more cautious understanding of the very notion of just war itself.
Making War on the World: How Transnational Violence Reshapes Global Order
The insight that nonstate violence can reshape the global order and drive state transformation is at the heart of Mark Shirk’s new book, Making War on the World.
Saving the International Justice Regime: Beyond Backlash against International Courts
In Saving the International Justice Regime: Beyond Backlash against International Courts, Courtney Hillebrecht provides answers to important questions related to the backlash politics of international justice: What is backlash and what forms does it take, and why do states and elites engage in backlash against international human rights and courts?
The Origins of Overthrow: How Emotional Frustration Shapes US Regime Change Interventions
Payam Ghalehdar’s fascinating book The Origins of Overthrow: How Emotional Frustration Shapes US Regime Change Interventions addresses an important puzzle: Why do states often pay exorbitant costs to pursue regime change when it so rarely achieves their objectives?
International Development Cooperation Today: A Radical Shift towards a Global Paradigm
The literature on international development cooperation tends to be dominated by scholars and policymakers based at Anglo-American universities and research institutes. It is therefore refreshing to encounter perspectives from outside of this somewhat insular bubble. A recently published compendium by Patrick Develtere, Huib Huyse, and Jan Van Ongevalle is a case in point.
The Meaning of Terrorism
Terrorism is an essentially contested term in contemporary moral and political discourse. The Meaning of Terrorism is carefully argued, clearly written, and filled with empirical examples that challenge how we think about terrorism.
Sharing Responsibility: The History and Future of Protection from Atrocities
Protecting civilians from atrocities and the arbitrary behavior of states is the subject of passionate debate among supporters and critics, for whom the core norms undergirding its latest manifestation, the responsibility to protect (RtoP), are either worthy of continued investment or doomed to irrelevance following misuse and misapplication.
