Spring 2016 (30.1) • Essay
Hans Morgenthau and the National Interest
In order to understand Morgenthau’s views on the concept of “the national interest,” it is critical to understand the political context within which he ...
Spring 2016 (30.1) • Essay
Defining Down Sovereignty: The Rights and Responsibilities of Nations
The international community should spell out the kinds of failures to protect civilians that can justify armed interventions by other states, and should establish a ...
Online Exclusive • 02/29/2016 • Blog
Libya and the First Human Right
We tend not to think of the fact that chaos is the biggest violator of human rights. The core right to life—the first human ...
Online Exclusive • 01/27/2016 • Blog
EIA Interview with Thomas Weiss on Global Governance
The journal is proud to feature an exclusive audio interview between Thomas Weiss, the Presidential Professor of Political Science at the City University of New ...
Online Exclusive • 01/22/2016 • Blog
Cameron, Litvinenko, and Ethical Dilemmas
NICK GVOSDEV A British citizen was murdered by the agents of a foreign power at the probable behest of that country’s leader. What should ...
Online Exclusive • 01/12/2016 • Blog
Revisiting the Management of Pluralism
The recent migration surge into Europe and the United States raises profound questions of demographic and cultural pluralism.
Online Exclusive • 01/6/2016 • Blog
Global Governance and Keystone States
Critical challenges—environmental collapse, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and crime, and state collapse—pose existential questions to the continued existence of nation-states.
Online Exclusive • 01/5/2016 • Blog
The Ethics of Arming Rebels and U.S. Policy—A Clash?
Having encouraged rebels to continue to fight by providing weapons and financial support, do sponsors have the duty to ensure their side can actually win ...
Online Exclusive • 12/30/2015 • Blog
Duties Owed: Does the International Trump the National Community?
If particular states are asked to assume burdens "for the good of all," what claim to be compensated does that state have in return?
Online Exclusive • 12/23/2015 • Blog
Is There an "International Community"?
We hear the term "international community" so often that it becomes part of the background noise of political statements, but it may help to revisit ...