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Online Exclusive 12/11/2025 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 06/4/2015 Essay

Response to Critics of The Thin Justice of International Law

In this, the final contribution to our online symposium, Ratner responds to critics of his book.

Online Exclusive 06/3/2015 Essay

Reflections on The Thin Justice of International Law: Peace, Justice, and Secession

I maintain contra Ratner that peace should not be characterized as a component (or, in his language, a pillar) of justice. This dispute over the ...

Online Exclusive 06/3/2015 Blog

Ukraine, Reforms, and "Doing the Right Thing"

The sad reality is that for much of its post-Soviet history, successive Ukrainian governments have postponed taking the hard steps needed to bring about real ...

Online Exclusive 06/2/2015 Essay

The Role of Ideal Theory in Developing an Applied Ethics of International Law

In his book, Steven Ratner impressively integrates the concerns and perspectives of international lawyers with a philosophically compelling normative analysis, demonstrating by example the importance ...

Online Exclusive 06/1/2015 Interview

Interview with Shefa Siegel on Liberia, Ebola, and the Cult of Bankable Projects

SHEFA SIEGEL AND ZACH DORFMAN It's not for lack of money that international organizations failed to prevent the disastrous spread of Ebola, says Shefa Siegel. ...