Ethics & International Affairs articles from June 2006

Ethics & International Affairs archives from June 2006

Whither the responsibility to protect? Humanitarian intervention and the 2005 World Summit.
June 1, 2006... In the months immediately following NATO's contentious intervention in Kosovo, Kofi Annan reflected on the dilemma of humanitarian intervention. "On the one hand," he asked, "is it legitimate for a regional organization to use force without a...

The gendered dimensions of conflict's aftermath: a victim-centered approach to compensation.
June 1, 2006... There is a Somali proverb, "The stains of blood should be cleansed with a fertile virgin woman." Though it may have an archaic ring to modern ears, the saying reminds those who study conflict of traditional methods of forging alliances and...

Western policies on child labor abroad.
June 1, 2006... Most recent global estimates show that 186 million children aged five to fourteen are engaged in full-time economic activity, and 111 million are engaged in hazardous labor. (1) The poverty implications of child labor are often transferred...

Decisiveness and accountability as part of a principled response to nonstate threats: "a threat to one is a threat to all": nonstate threats and collective security.
June 1, 2006... The moral authority of an institution depends on the belief that it is legitimate by those who are to be governed by its rules or who support it. Legitimacy implies a right to make rules. This fight is conferred either through the quality of...

Bio-security, nonstate actors, and the need for global cooperation.
June 1, 2006... Biological security knows no boundaries. As the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change reported, any of the more than 700 million annual airline passengers could find themselves being unwitting carriers of an infectious disease....

Nonstate threats and the principled reform of the UN.
June 1, 2006... When considering the threats to collective security in the twenty-first century outlined by the report of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, two issues stand out. First, in terms of general nonstate threats, I regard...

The crisis of global trust and the failure of the 2005 World Summit.
June 1, 2006... Certainly, most Americans would say the most significant threat the world faces today is terrorism. As an American, that is the issue of most concern to me. For citizens of developing countries who live in conflict and abject poverty, however,...

International governance and the fight against terrorism.
June 1, 2006... The present concerns about threats to international security from nonstate actors may lead to some significant strengthening of global governance. To support this claim, I will first discuss the nature of contemporary nonstate security threats...

Is globalization working?(Why Globalization Works)(In Defense of Globalization)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Why Globalization Works, Martin Wolf (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004), 416 pp., $30 cloth, $18 paper. In Defense of Globalization, Jagdish N. Bhagwati (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), 320 pp., $28 cloth, $15.95 paper. ...

Violence and Democracy.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Violence and Democracy, John Keane (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), 226 pp., $65 cloth, $23.99 paper. John Keane's book is an important intervention in the debate on the persistent proliferation of violence and its role in...

Beyond Justice: The Auschwitz Trial.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Beyond Justice: The Auschwitz Trial, Rebecca Wittman (Cambride: Harvard University Press, 2005), 352 pp., $35 cloth. What is the proper role for courts of law in confronting mass crimes? On the one hand, a justice system impotent to...

Democracy As Human Rights: Freedom and Equality in the Age of Globalization.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Democracy as Human Rights: Freedom and Equality in the Age of Globalization, Michael Goodhart (New York: Routledge, 2005), 256 pp., $90 cloth, $25.95 paper. Michael Goodhart's book is not advocating that democracy is a human right that...

The Debt Threat: How Debt Is Destroying the Developing World.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... The Debt Threat: How Debt Is Destroying the Developing World, Noreena Hertz (New York: HarperBusiness, 2004), 272 pp., $25.95 cloth. Last year's G-8 meeting in Gleneagles marked a major political commitment to cancel the debts that nineteen...