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Online Exclusive 02/27/2026 Blog

What We've Been Reading

Online Exclusive 11/17/2025 Online Essay

Department of Violence

Pete Hegseth's speech and the U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats reveal an American policy of war without rules, violence without constraint.

Online Exclusive 10/23/2025 Online Essay

Beware the Boomerang Effect: Why U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats Pose a Profound Threat to American Freedom

The U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats point toward an intensification of unchecked destructive and coercive power that directly threatens civil and political freedom.

Online Exclusive 12/30/2015 Blog

Duties Owed: Does the International Trump the National Community?

If particular states are asked to assume burdens "for the good of all," what claim to be compensated does that state have in return?

Online Exclusive 12/23/2015 Blog

Is There an "International Community"?

We hear the term "international community" so often that it becomes part of the background noise of political statements, but it may help to revisit ...

Online Exclusive 12/16/2015 Blog

Upcoming Conferences of Interest 2015-2016

These are some upcoming conferences the editors believe readers of the journal may be interested in attending.

Online Exclusive 12/10/2015 Blog

Cosmopolitan Sentiment and Membership (Citizenship) in the Demos

Striking a sustainable balance between the needs of the demos and the desire to be cosmopolitan will be the defining political debate of the coming ...

Online Exclusive 12/9/2015 Blog

Migration, Democracy, and Cosmopolitanism

When economies are prosperous and societies are secure, cosmopolitanism finds greater acceptance. When economies contract or insecurity grows, pressure grows to restrict and limit the ...