Recent Articles
MAY 26, 1995 • Article
Morgenthau Lecture: The New Dimensions of Human Rights
"The interface between ethics and science will hence be the new frontier of politics—the third new dimension of human rights," warns Zbigniew Brzezinski.
DEC 7, 1994 • Article
Nizer Lectures (1994–1998): William Faulkner's Old Verities: "It's Planting Time in America"
"Faulkner's words stir a dark, punishing wisdom, a plain, spare design for civic conduct," says Jack Valenti. Introduction by Robert Myers.
MAY 26, 1994 • Article
Morgenthau Lecture: Intervention: From Theories to Cases
J. Bryan Hehir argues that the legal norm against intervention in other nations' affairs is eroded once it is impossible to ignore human rights violations.
MAY 4, 1994 • Article
Privatization Project (1991–1994): Privatization and Investment Opportunities in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has enormous resources and a literate population, but this large country is heir to exploitative methods of economic development that have ravaged the environment.
MAY 4, 1994 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 1 (Spring 1994): Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Articles: Refining Definitions of Human Rights
There is agreement in the West that human rights are absolute, but diverse opinion about the place of human rights in foreign affairs.&...
MAY 4, 1994 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 1 (Spring 1994): Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Articles: What Can and Should the International Community Do to Promote Human Rights?
In opening a discussion of human rights, countries must consider cultural and security contexts. The key to an effective human rights policy is ...
MAY 4, 1994 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 1 (Spring 1994): Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Articles: In Conclusion
This report deals especially with what the international human rights community should do to promote human rights in Asia. In doing so, it also describes ...
MAY 4, 1994 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 1 (Spring 1994): Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Articles: The Republic of Korea's Role in the Emerging Debate
While only a few years ago, Korea was alarming the international human rights community with egregious human rights violations toward its citizens, in 1993 it&...
MAR 2, 1994 • Article
Privatization Project (1991–1994): Improving Municipal Services through Empowerment
"There is no more clear experience of what happens when you allow government to establish a monopoly than that of driving a Trabant versus driving ...
FEB 11, 1994 • Article
Privatization Project (1991–1994): The Politics of Privatization in Argentina
The process of privatization provides the tool most needed to keep both the economy and politics working: it provides confidence and trust from the people--and ...