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JUN 13, 2008 • Journal

The Rights of Irregular Migrants

Irregular migrants are morally entitled to a wide range of legal rights, including basic human and civil rights. Therefore, states ought to create a firewall ...

JUN 13, 2008 • Journal

Just War Theory and the Privatization of Military Force

Private military companies are taking over a growing number of roles traditionally performed by the regular military. This article uses the framework of just war ...

JUN 13, 2008 • Journal

The Resurgent Idea of World Government [Full Text]

The idea of world government is returning to the mainstream of scholarly thinking about international relations. Will the world-government movement become a potent political force, ...

Pro-MDC expatriates in South Africa. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sokwanele/1380821576/in/set-72157602012405157/">Sokwanele-Zimbabwe</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 11, 2008 • Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Diplomatically Quiet on Zimbabwe

Matthew Hennessey interviews Patrick Bond, director of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, on post-election unrest in Zimbabwe ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/5809939090/">NASA Marshall Space Flight Center</a> (<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html">PD</a>).

JUN 11, 2008 • Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Rising Powers in Space

Balancing development and security in outer space will be an important international challenge in coming decades as rising powers force realignment here on Earth.

<a href="http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/asylum?page=gallery&gallery=2&photo=02" target=_blank>UNHCR / A. Di Loreto / July 2007.</a> Refugees Risk<br />Their Lives Traveling from Africa to Europe

JUN 10, 2008 • Article

Asylum in the EU: Between Ideals and Reality

Those who question the moral significance of borders often invoke the EU as a model of post-national belonging. Yet for asylum-seekers, "Fortress Europe" remains a ...

cover image, Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization, David Singh Grewal

JUN 4, 2008 • Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Networks Power Globalization

A globalized world isn't flat, it's networked, says David Grewal. This underlying social dynamic leads to shared standards as well as social exclusion.

Harvard Class of 2024? <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/gusgordon/2284832191/">Gus Gordon</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 2, 2008 • Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: No Skipping Class

Ivy League brand names are leading the globalization of higher education as increasing numbers of highly competitive applicants come from Asia.

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MAY 29, 2008 • Article

AN ENGAGING OUTLOOK: A New Foundation for U.S. Foreign Policy

A new U.S. foreign policy based on cooperation and engagement is not just morally appealing, but strategically smart, declares David Speedie.

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/joka2000/98211504/">Jun</a>   (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 28, 2008 • Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Unsustainable Inequities

Left unchanged, the U.S.-Japan alliance will drift into irrelevance, and the United States will lose an important component of its Asia policy just ...