Ethics & International Affairs articles from March 22 2009

Ethics & International Affairs archives from March 22 2009

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Populism and democracy in Latin America.(Essay)
March 22, 2009... Paraphrasing Karl Marx, a specter is haunting Latin America--the specter of "populism." This label has been attached to a wave of radical left leaders in the region, including Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Evo Morales in Bolivia, and Rafael Correa...

The myth of "torture lite".(Essay)
March 22, 2009... Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 200l, the phrase "torture lite" has often appeared in public discourse, used by journalists, military intelligence personnel, and academics in discussions about the justifiability of the use of...

"Torture lite": a response.(Essay)
March 22, 2009... In "The Myth of 'Torture Lite,'" Jessica Wolfendale effectively demolishes the distinction between "torture lite" and "full-blown" torture, at least in so far as this distinction is understood in terms of the severity of pain or the permanence...

Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity.
March 22, 2009... Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity, Will Kymlicka (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007), 320 pp., $50 cloth, $28 paper. In Multicultural Odysseys, Will Kymlicka skillfully accomplishes a...

The Moral Force of Indigenous Politics: Critical Liberalism and the Zapatistas.
March 22, 2009... The Moral Force of Indigenous Politics: Critical Liberalism and the Zapatistas, Courtney Jung (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), 350 pp., $85 cloth, $29.99 paper. The scholarship on identity politics tends to be divided between...

Democracy Across Borders: From Demos to Demoi.(Book review)
March 22, 2009... Democracy Across Borders: From Demos to Demoi, James Bohman (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2007), 232 pp., $35 cloth. In this highly persuasive account of transnational democracy, James Bohman focuses on extending the political subject from...

International Trade and Labor Standards: A Proposal for Linkage.(Book review)
March 22, 2009... International Trade and Labor Standards: A Proposal for Linkage, Christian Barry and Sanjay G. Reddy (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008), 207 pp., $35 cloth. In this new collaboration, Christian Barry and Sanjay Reddy challenge us...

Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization.(Book review)
March 22, 2009... Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization, David Singh Grewal (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008), 416 pp., $30 cloth, $18 paper. David Singh Grewal's book is motivated by a paradox: many of the actors who try to...

The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order.(Book review)
March 22, 2009... The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order, Jeffrey Anderson, G. John Ikenberry, and Thomas Risse, eds. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2008), 312 pp., $60 cloth, $21 paper. Few topics within the world of...

The Security Dilemma: Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics.(Briefly Noted)(Book review)
March 22, 2009... The Security Dilemma: Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics, Ken Booth and Nicholas J. Wheeler (Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), 272 pp., $112 cloth, $38 paper. At the start of their long-awaited study of the "security...

Globalization and the Race to the Bottom in Developing Countries: Who Really Gets Hurt?(Briefly Noted)(Book review)
March 22, 2009... Globalization and the Race to the Bottom in Developing Countries: Who Really Gets Hurt? Nita Rudra (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), 314 pp., $90 cloth, $30 paper. Nita Rudra's insightful study explores the effects of...

Poverty, Participation, and Democracy: A Global Perspective.(Briefly Noted)(Book review)
March 22, 2009... Poverty, Participation, and Democracy: A Global Perspective, Anirudh Krishna, ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), 208 pp., $80 cloth, $24 paper. This volume--the outcome of a group project at Duke University, headed by the...

Contagion and Chaos: Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization.(Briefly Noted)(Book review)
March 22, 2009... Contagion and Chaos: Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization, Andrew T. Price-Smith (Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 2009), 296 pp., $48 cloth, $24 paper. This book is a compelling and distinctive extension of...