Fall 2013 (27.3) • Essay
Hunger, Food Security, and the African Land Grab
Many global analysts predict that the biggest security threats in the twenty-first century may center on disputes over water and the food that Earth’s ...
Fall 2013 (27.3) • Feature
Nonproliferation: A Global Issue for a Global Ethic
This essay, focused on the continuing moral challenge of nuclear weapons, recalls the intellectual and moral lessons of the last century and identifies three leading ...
Online Exclusive • 09/5/2013 • Blog
Living With Injustice: Lessons from 1963
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the writing of three seminal texts in twentieth century philosophy. An examination of these texts—by King, Arendt, ...
Online Exclusive • 09/5/2013 • Blog
Syria: The Case for Punitive Intervention
If the focus in Syria is on reinforcing the norms banning the use of chemical weapons, a punitive air strike should be seen as the ...
Online Exclusive • 09/3/2013 • Default
Out Now! Centennial Roundtable on "Nonproliferation in the 21st Century"
FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME! In the journal's fall issue, four leading experts present their perspectives on the contemporary state of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and ...
Online Exclusive • 09/2/2013 • Blog
On Law, Policy, and (Not) Bombing Syria
The question of whether the US should use its military against Assad is separate from the questions of legal interpretation. The legal question does not ...
Online Exclusive • 08/29/2013 • Blog
Syria: "To Jaw-Jaw Is Always Better than to War-War"
It has been the mantra of pro-interventionists that, in the face of tens of thousands of deaths in Syria, something must be done. But, while ...
Online Exclusive • 08/19/2013 • Blog
In Memoriam: Jean Bethke Elshtain (1941-2013)
Celebrating Jean Bethke Elshtain, one of the preeminent political theorists of our time.
Online Exclusive • 08/8/2013 • Blog
What Is American Exceptionalism?
The institutions, processes, and values that have shaped American history, among them the rise of capitalism, the spread of political democracy, the rise and fall ...
Online Exclusive • 07/24/2013 • Blog
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