Winter 2007 (21.4) • Review
Does Foreign Aid Really Work? by Roger C. Riddell & Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics by Carol Lancaster
These two recent works by Roger C. Riddell and Carol Lancaster display a sober understanding of aid challenges, present a balanced view of the context ...
Winter 2007 (21.4) • Review Essay
The Rules of War [Full Text]
These three books show how the enduring principles of just war theory can be applied insightfully and fruitfully to even the latest kinds of conflict, ...
Winter 2007 (21.4) • Feature
States of Risk: Should Cosmopolitans Favor Their Compatriots?
This article claims that it is not mutual benefit but mutual risk that grounds compatriot preference. Exposure to risks such as state abuse provide us ...
Winter 2007 (21.4) • Feature
Human Rights Versus Emissions Rights: Climate Justice and the Equitable Distribution of Ecological Space
Arguing that issues of both emissions and subsistence should be comprehended within a single framework of justice, the proposal here is that this broader framework ...
Winter 2007 (21.4) • Essay
American Religious NGOs in North Korea: A Paradoxical Relationship
Despite North Korea's antipathy to outside religious influence, it is primarily American NGOs with financial backing from religious organizations that have maintained development and exchange ...
Winter 2007 (21.4) • Essay
Expanding Europe: The Ethics of EU-Turkey Relations
The possible future EU membership of Turkey has become one of the most hotly debated topics both in the EU and within Turkey itself. Underlying ...
Winter 2007 (21.4) • Essay
Reading Tariq Ramadan: Political Liberalism, Islam, and "Overlapping Consensus"
"Much of the disagreement and controversy over Ramadan's significance arguably stems not from a disagreement over what he is on record as having asserted or ...
Fall 2007 (21.3) • Review
Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency by Richard A. Posner
Sadly, discussions of the pricklier issues of law, terrorism, and security rarely follow a cool, pragmatic approach. Richard Posner provides just such a perspective on ...
Fall 2007 (21.3) • Review
Rationality and the Ideology of Disconnection by Michael Taylor
This passionate book is a powerful conceptual, empirical, and normative critique of Rational Choice theory by a former practitioner. Rational Choice, Taylor argues, is more ...
Fall 2007 (21.3) • Review
Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing Field by Ethan B. Kapstein
"Economic Justice in an Unfair World" is a stimulating, well-researched book combining economic analysis, political philosophy, and contemporary policy, all focused on one key question: ...