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Winter 2015 (29.4) Review Essay

Children's Rights as Human Rights

Fundamental state failures—to recognize and act in children’s best interest; to afford them the right to be heard; and to respect, protect, and ...

Winter 2015 (29.4) Essay

Global Governance and Power Politics: Back to Basics

ROLAND PARIS The fundamental challenge of global governance today is not a shortage of cooperative mechanisms but the rapid shift in power away from the ...

Winter 2015 (29.4) Essay

Big Data and International Relations

ANDREJ ZWITTER Big Data unveils new dimensions of technological change, which political scientists and observers of international affairs are only beginning to comprehend.

Winter 2015 (29.4) Review Essay

Justice for All: The Promise of Democracy in the Global Age

For Carol Gould, to make democracy fulfill its potential, it has to be transformed from its static and formal state to a more engaged, ...

Winter 2015 (29.4) Feature

The Ethics of Arming Rebels

Arming rebels is generally impermissible and only exceptionally morally permissible--even when rebels are engaged in unjust wars.

Online Exclusive 12/10/2015 Blog

Cosmopolitan Sentiment and Membership (Citizenship) in the Demos

Striking a sustainable balance between the needs of the demos and the desire to be cosmopolitan will be the defining political debate of the coming ...

Online Exclusive 12/9/2015 Blog

Migration, Democracy, and Cosmopolitanism

When economies are prosperous and societies are secure, cosmopolitanism finds greater acceptance. When economies contract or insecurity grows, pressure grows to restrict and limit the ...

Online Exclusive 12/8/2015 Blog

Ethics and Aid in Ukraine

What is the acceptable level of risk in investing in Ukraine's reforms, knowing there is a chance of failure?

Winter 2015 (29.4) Journal Issue

Winter 2015 (29.4)

This issue includes essays by Alexander Betts on the global refugee regime and Andrej Zwitter on big data and international affairs; a roundtable on global ...

Online Exclusive 11/10/2015 Blog

Rethinking Public-Private Partnerships for Ethical Outcomes

If state-to-state diplomacy is leading to a dead-end for pursuing human rights change, is it time to consider whether the private sector may have more ...