Spring 2009 (23.1) • Essay
Roundtable Introduction: Can Democracies Go It Alone? [Full Text]
The idea that democratic states should establish exclusive venues for international cooperation provides an opportunity for reflection on the global role of the U.S. ...
Online Exclusive • 03/10/2009 • Interview
EIA Interview: Ann Florini on Global Governance
Florini discusses the difference between "global government" and "global governance," intergovernmental organizations such as the UN, and the role and achievements of civil society and ...
Online Exclusive • 03/5/2009 • Interview
EIA Interview: Fiona Robinson on the Ethics of Care
Care is not only a moral issue, but also a feminist one, says Robinson, noting that two-thirds of care around the world is done by ...
Winter 2008 (22.4) • Feature
Humanitarian Intervention and the Distribution of Sovereignty in International Law
Legal debates about humanitarian intervention tend to assume that its legitimacy is irrelevant to its legality, while political theorists often assume the inverse. This paper ...
Winter 2008 (22.4) • Essay
Norms, Minorities, and Collective Choice Online
Building on case studies of Wikipedia and the Daily Kos, this essay argues that different kinds of rules shape relations between members of the majority ...
Winter 2008 (22.4) • Essay
On Promoting Democracy [Full Text]
The first question that we have to ask about promoting democracy is the question of agency: Who are the promoters? Most recent arguments have focused ...
Winter 2008 (22.4) • Review
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
Winter 2008 (22.4) • Review
Targeting Civilians in War, and Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War [Double Review]
Given the moral stigma and its supposed dubious effectiveness, why does the targeting of civilians occur? Both authors contribute to the still nascent mapping of ...
Winter 2008 (22.4) • Review
International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation by Victor Peskin
Peskin's analysis focuses on "virtual trials": the battles by ad hoc criminal tribunals to secure state cooperation in the enforcement of international law. Concentrating on ...
Winter 2008 (22.4) • Review
After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council by Ian Hurd
Hurd argues that perceptions of legitimacy undergird how states act, both vis-à-vis one another and in relation to international institutions; in other words, legitimacy ...