Fall 2010 (24.3) • Review
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
Fall 2010 (24.3) • Review
Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror by Elizabeth Frazer
Gabriella Slomp's "Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror" examines Schmitt's work as a whole, but sets out in particular to draw ...
Fall 2010 (24.3) • Review
New Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuilding, edited by Edward Newman, Roland Paris, and Oliver P. Richmond
This edited volume moves beyond the more common analyses of what works and what does not in building sustainable peace in order to raise deeper ...
Fall 2010 (24.3) • Review
United Nations Justice: Legal and Judicial Reform in Governance Operations by Calin Trenkov-Wermuth
Calin Trenkov-Wermuth's "United Nations Justice" provides a thoughtful and useful contribution to the understanding of how UN governance operations have evolved.
Fall 2010 (24.3) • Review Essay
The Commitments of Cosmopolitanism
Gillian Brock's "Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account" and Darrel Moellendorf's "Global Inequality Matters" present carefully crafted accounts of the obligations we have to non-compatriots and ...
Online Exclusive • 09/28/2010 • Essay
How to Punish Collective Agents: Non-Compliance with Moral Duties by States (Response to Toni Erskine)
If individual moral agents do wrong they usually deserve and are liable to some kind of punishment. But how can states be punished for failing ...
Fall 2010 (24.3) • Feature
Reviving Nuclear Ethics: A Renewed Research Agenda for the Twenty-First Century
Since the end of the Cold War, international ethicists have focused largely on issues outside the traditional scope of security studies. The nuclear ethics literature ...
Fall 2010 (24.3) • Feature
Kicking Bodies and Damning Souls: The Danger of Harming "Innocent" Individuals While Punishing "Delinquent" States
Institutions can be assigned duties, and thus can also be blamed for failing to discharge them. But how can we respond to this type of ...