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21. "The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order"

Author:
John McCormick
Publication Date:
03-2009
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
This edited collection takes stock of the state of the Western alliance, seeking both to improve our theoretical understanding of conflict and crisis and to examine the relevance of theories of politics and international relations.
Topic:
International Relations and Politics
Political Geography:
Iraq and Europe

22. Book Review: Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism by Michael Walzer

Author:
Stuart A. Cohen
Publication Date:
06-2007
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
This volume of collected essays, most of which have been published in earlier volumes in the Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics, seeks to bring a more concentrated focus on specifically Jewish outlooks regarding three key themes: "Political Order and Civil Society"; "Territory, Sovereignty, and International Society"; and "War and Peace." According to Michael Walzer, "The point is to display a range of Jewish responses to some of the hardest questions posed by modern democratic politics"
Topic:
Politics, Sovereignty, War, and Law

23. The Politics of PEPFAR: The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

Author:
John W. Dietrich
Publication Date:
09-2007
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
In his January 2003 State of the Union Address, President Bush called for the U.S to commit $15 billion over five years to address the international HIV/AIDS epidemic. For several reasons, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) caught many people by surprise. The surprise quickly was followed by excitement, tempered by skepticism.
Topic:
Politics
Political Geography:
United States

24. Reading Tariq Ramadan: Political Liberalism, Islam, and "Overlapping Consensus"

Author:
Andrew F. March
Publication Date:
12-2007
Content Type:
Journal Article
Institution:
Carnegie Council
Abstract:
"Much of the disagreement and controversy over Ramadan's significance arguably stems not from a disagreement over what he is on record as having asserted or done but from unexamined or unarticulated assumptions about liberal principles and what they demand of Muslims."
Topic:
Islam and Politics