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11. Common Health Policy Interests and the Shaping of Global Pharmaceutical Policies

Author:
Meri Koivusalo
Publication Date:
10-2010
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
In order to achieve more ethical global health outcomes, health policies must be driven by health priorities and should take into account broader health policy requirements, including the needs of specific national health systems. It is thus important to recognize that the division of interests in key policy areas are not necessarily between the priorities of rich and poor countries, but between (1) pharmaceutical industry interests and health policy interests, and (2) national industrial and trade policy interests and public health policies. I argue that these issues are not solely the concern of developing countries because the diminishing national policy space for health in pharmaceutical policies presents a challenge to all governments, including rich ones.
Topic:
Government

12. "On Torture" Edited by Thomas C. Hilde

Author:
Karen Greenberg
Publication Date:
09-2009
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
This edited collection is an excellent addition to the literature on the torture policy of the Bush administration during its war on terror. The contributors explore the history and practice of torture beyond the U.S. and what these non-American examples say about the U.S role in this area.
Topic:
Government
Political Geography:
United States and America

13. "The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror" by Manfred B. Steger

Author:
Carole K. Fink
Publication Date:
09-2009
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
Faced with the political, economic, and social challenges of a globalized planet, are we bereft of any coherent political guideposts or do we still possess realistic and robust idea-systems? Steger, a prolific scholar of globalization, adopts a cautiously optimistic version of the second position.
Topic:
Economics and Government
Political Geography:
Europe

14. The Global War on Terror: A Narrative in Need of a Rewrite

Author:
Amy Zalman and Jonathan Clarke
Publication Date:
06-2009
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
This essay focuses on how the global war on terror was constructed and how it has set down deep institutional roots both in government and popular culture. The war on terror represents an "extraordinarily powerful narrative," which must be rewritten in order to change policy dynamics.
Topic:
Foreign Policy, Government, and War
Political Geography:
United States

15. Introduction

Author:
Alexandra Gheciu and Jennifer Welsh
Publication Date:
06-2009
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
This collection of articles focuses on the ethical assumptions that underpin views of postwar reconstruction, in particular on the question of whether (and under what circumstances) outsiders can legitimately take over the reins of government.
Topic:
Government
Political Geography:
Liberia and Rwanda

16. Just and Unjust Postwar Reconstruction: How Much External Interference Can Be Justified

Author:
Stefano Recchia
Publication Date:
06-2009
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
This article seeks to reconcile a fundamental normative tension that underlies most international reconstruction efforts in war-torn societies: on the one hand, substantial outside interference in the domestic affairs of such societies may seem desirable to secure political stability, set up inclusive governance structures, and protect basic human rights; on the other hand, such interference is inherently paternalistic-and thus problematic-since it limits the policy options and broader freedom of maneuver of domestic political actors. I argue that for paternalistic interference in foreign countries to be justified, it needs to be strictly proportional to domestic impediments to self-government and basic rights protection. Based on this claim, I model different degrees of interference that are admissible at particular stages of the postwar reconstruction process. Extrapolating from John Rawls's Law of Peoples, I suggest that full-scale international trusteeship can be justified only so long as conditions on the ground remain "outlaw"—that is, so long as security remains volatile and basic rights, including the right to life, are systematically threatened. Once basic security has been reestablished, a lower degree of interference continues to be justified, until new domestic governance structures become entirely self-sustaining. During this second phase of postwar reconstruction, external actors ideally ought to share responsibility for law-enforcement and administration with domestic authorities, which implies in practice that domestic and international officials should jointly approve all major decisions. I discuss various approximations of such shared responsibility in recent international peace operations and speculate about how best to ensure a timely transition toward full domestic ownership.
Topic:
Government and Governance

17. ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: For a Federation of Democracies (Response to Stephen Schlesinger)

Author:
John J. Davenport
Publication Date:
03-2009
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
Davenport argues for a federation of democracies to replace the United Nations Security Council. This new level of government, he says, is necessary to achieve the international cooperation needed to manage a global economy and address global problems.
Topic:
Government and United Nations

18. Online Exclusive, Response TO "Missile Defense Malfunction": Setting the Record Straight

Author:
Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering III
Publication Date:
03-2008
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
In the Spring 2008 Ethics International Affairs article, "Missile Defense Malfunction," Philip Coyle and Victoria Samson systematically misrepresent or ignore key facts to bolster their arguments against deploying defenses in Europe to protect our allies and forces in that region against an emerging intermediate and long-range Iranian ballistic missile threat. I want to set the record straight.
Topic:
Government
Political Geography:
Europe and Iran

19. Can There Be a "Kindered" Peace?

Author:
Alison M. S. Watson
Publication Date:
03-2008
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
There are more resources now devoted to the pursuit of peace than at any time in the history of the international system. The participating cast of actors—international, regional, state, and nonstate—seek to create a peace that is essentially Kantian in spirit, and thus heavily dependent upon the maintenance of an international liberal order through international governmental organizations, such as the United Nations. The resultant peace-building strategies are then often justified in terms of the promotion of human rights, democratization, and ''human security''—concepts that together form the cornerstone of what has come to be termed the ''liberal peace.'' Evidence increasingly suggests, however, that the mechanisms used to achieve such a peace typically fail to secure a sustainable peace, and in particular that they may not adequately take into account those actors whose claims for peace may prove especially intransigent—such as those with ethnic and identity claims, and those, ironically, for whom the achievement of human security is particularly pertinent.
Topic:
Democratization, Government, Human Rights, and United Nations

20. The Resurgent Idea of World Government

Author:
Campbell Craig
Publication Date:
07-2008
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
The idea of world government is returning to the mainstream of scholarly thinking about international relations. Universities in North America and Europe now routinely advertise for positions in ''global governance,'' a term that few would have heard of a decade ago. Chapters on cosmopolitanism and governance appear in many current international relations (IR) textbooks. Leading scholars are wrestling with the topic, including Alexander Wendt, perhaps now America's most influential IR theorist, who has recently suggested that a world government is simply ''inevitable.'' While some scholars envision a more formal world state, and others argue for a much looser system of ''global governance,'' it is probably safe to say that the growing number of works on this topic can be grouped together into the broader category of ''world government''—a school of thought that supports the creation of international authority (or authorities) that can tackle the global problems that nation-states currently cannot.
Topic:
Government and Governance
Political Geography:
Europe and North America