Ethics & International Affairs articles

Recent articles from Ethics & International Affairs

Roundtable: can democracies go it alone?(Editorial)
March 22, 2009... Whether one calls it a "League of Democracies" (John McCain) or a "Concert of Democracies" (John Ikenberry and Anne-Marie Slaughter), the idea that democratic states should establish their own exclusive venues for international cooperation provides an opportunity for fresh reflection on the...

The case for a concert of democracies.(Essay)
March 22, 2009... Globalization has remade the world we once knew. We now live in an era in which dangerous developments anywhere can have devastating consequences everywhere. Terrorism is an obvious example: a few young men born in Riyadh and trained in the Hindu Kush can turn jetliners into weapons of mass...

Why a league of democracies will not work.(Essay)
March 22, 2009... One of the most talked about concepts in the American foreign policy community over the past year or so has been the notion that the United States should organize a "Concert" or "League" of Democracies to help reorder the global power structure. This idea has been put forward not only by John...

The dangers of democratic delusions.(Essay)
March 22, 2009... The United States has the world's most sophisticated intelligentsia, including the finest universities to spawn the very best ideas. Despite this advantage, however, it can be seized by absolutely foolish notions. The liberation of Iraq was one such idea. Many influential American...

Democracies, human rights, and collective action.(Essay)
March 22, 2009... In 1941, Eleanor Roosevelt founded an American civic organization called Freedom House to support the engagement of the United States in the monumental struggle for the survival of flee nations against the oppressive forces of Nazi Germany and imperial Japan. Summoning fellow citizens to such...