Online Exclusive • 10/15/2013 • Blog
After the Catastrophe: Ian Buruma on 1945
In his recent visit to Carnegie Council, Ian Buruma gave a fascinating talk about the postwar world, which originated during what he calls "year zero"...
Online Exclusive • 10/8/2013 • Blog
The UN’s Unprecedented Gamble in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Forward Intervention Brigade represents an unprecedented use of the Security Council’s Chapter VII peacekeeping mandate, and risks undermining peacekeeping’s core tenets of ...
Online Exclusive • 10/4/2013 • Blog
See No Evil: Drones and Public Opinion
When it comes to drone strikes, Americans often have to juggle two mutually exclusive beliefs. On the one hand, only a quarter of respondents believe ...
Online Exclusive • 09/26/2013 • Blog
Theory Meets Reality: Reacting to WMD Use in Syria
Since the end of the cold war, debates over the ethical propriety of the possession and the willingness to use WMD were seen as largely ...
Online Exclusive • 09/24/2013 • Blog
Syria and the Just Use of Force Short of War
The Obama administration has spoken of punishing the Assad regime, of deterring future attacks, of reinforcing the norm against chemical weapons use, and of diminishing ...