Fall 2009 (23.3) • Feature
The Right to Relocation: Disappearing Island Nations and Common Ownership of the Earth
Risse is concerned with humanity's common ownership of the earth, which has implications for a range of global problems. In particular, it helps illuminate the ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Feature
Justice and the Convention on Biological Diversity
By legislating for a system of justice-in-exchange covering nonhuman biological resources in preference to a free-for-all situation, the Convention on Biological Diversity provides a small ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Feature
Treaty Norms and Climate Change Mitigation
UNFCCC norms tightly constrain the range of acceptable agreements for the distribution of burdens to mitigate climate change, restricting us to two viable guiding principles: ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Essay
Pious Words, Puny Deeds: The "International Community" and Mass Atrocities [Full Text]
Most of the large-scale violence in the world will continue to occur within societies rather than between or among states. Yet the international community still ...
Fall 2009 (23.3) • Essay
More Money, Less Cure: Why Global Health Assistance Needs Restructuring
Is more money for global health always good news? No, argues Esser, who suggests that many of the problems that plague decision-making in global health ...
Online Exclusive • 07/22/2009 • Interview
EIA Interview: Alex Bellamy on the Responsibility to Protect
"This is just the beginning of the road for R2P," says Bellamy. "There are a lot of skeptics...but it is a principle that ...
Summer 2009 (23.2) • Review
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
Summer 2009 (23.2) • Review
Embedded Cosmopolitanism: Duties to Strangers and Enemies in a World of ‘Dislocated Communities’ by Toni Erskine
The ongoing debate about the importance of promoting an idea of shared human identity that is not mediated by any personal connection, particularly in times ...
Summer 2009 (23.2) • Review
Defending Humanity: When Force is Justified and Why by George Fletcher and Jens David Ohlin
The authors seek a legal foundation for humanitarian intervention without Security Council authorization squarely within the UN Charter's Article 51, which grants UN members an "inherent ...