Fall 2015 (29.3) • Review Essay
Rescuing Democracy in the Age of the Internet
DAVID RUNCIMAN There is a growing awareness that the greatest threat to democracy may no longer derive from human agency, but from new forms of ...
Fall 2015 (29.3) • Review
The Paradox of Liberation by Michael Walzer
REVIEW BY GEORGE RUPP This book provides a masterly refutation of a remarkably resilient array of stereotypes about religion and secularism.
Fall 2015 (29.3) • Review
Rough Justice by David Bosco
This is the best account so far of the trajectory of the ICC from its optimistic origins to the more constrained court of today.
Online Exclusive • 08/12/2015 • Blog
What Should You Do if You Are Not an "Effective Altruist"?
Peter Singer argues that a significant portion of one’s income should go toward alleviating global poverty. But this is just a start.
Online Exclusive • 07/21/2015 • Interview
A Conversation on Climate Change with Conservation International's M. Sanjayan
M. SANJAYAN AND ZACH DORFMAN In this interview, M. Sanjayan, senior scientist at Conservation International, discusses our climate-changed world, and why—on some days at ...
Online Exclusive • 07/16/2015 • Blog
How Obama Solved U.S.-Iran Relations' "Trolley Problem"
HUSSEIN BANAI The announcement of a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program is a significant achievement of international diplomacy. The predicament faced—and perhaps ...
Online Exclusive • 07/13/2015 • Blog
The Risks of the "Shaming" Approach to Policy
The Bosnian tragedy is a case where unwillingness to really get involved should have been the spur to finding a compromise.
Summer 2015 (29.2) • Journal Issue
Summer 2015 (29.2)
This issue includes essays by Jim Sleeper on liberal education in illiberal societies and by Rahul Sagar on the ethics of surveillance and disclosure; features ...
Online Exclusive • 06/22/2015 • Essay
Response to "Against Moral Absolutism: Surveillance and Disclosure After Snowden"
WILLIAM E. SCHEUERMAN U.S. officials have acted irresponsibly, and because of thoughtful critics like Greenwald and Snowden, they may finally pay a modest price ...
Summer 2015 (29.2) • Interview
An Interview with Jim Sleeper on the Future of Liberal Education
JIM SLEEPER AND ZACH DORFMAN In this EIA interview, Jim Sleeper, author of "Innocents Abroad: Liberal Educators in Illiberal Societies," talks about the expansion of ...