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12. War in an Age of Risk
- Author:
- Claudia Aradau
- Publication Date:
- 03-2010
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- This book adds several new elements to the relation between war and the risk society. They are anxiety, complexity, and the future, writes reviewer Claudia Aradau.
- Topic:
- War
- Political Geography:
- London
13. The Moral Standing of States Revisited
- Author:
- Charles R. Beitz
- Publication Date:
- 12-2009
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- The Moral Standing of States'' is the title of an essay Michael Walzer wrote in response to four critics of the theory of nonintervention defended in Just and Unjust Wars (of which I was one). The essay was written nearly thirty years ago and is still read today. This is not only because it clarifies and deepens the argument about the nonintervention principle presented in the book. That principle belongs to a wider conception of what we might call global political justice, so an account of the principle's grounds and requirements also sheds light on this wider conception. And the wider conception is a matter of both theoretical and practical interest, perhaps even more so now than when the book and article were written.
- Topic:
- War
14. In Pursuit of Peace
- Author:
- Kent J. Kille
- Publication Date:
- 12-2009
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- Traditional international relations scholarship has stressed the place of war and conflict in the world, but it has not provided deep theoretical consideration of the concept of peace. While the focus of each of the three books discussed here differs, they share a common goal: to better place "peace" into the study of international affairs. Editors Pierre Allan and Alexis Keller ask succinctly What Is a Just Peace?, stressing how the limited conceptual consideration of just peace in comparison to discussions of just war demonstrates the pressing need to address this question. David Cortright, meanwhile, through a detailed examination of both the history of peace movements and core themes connected to the study of peace, aims to provide a defense of the place of peace and the role of pacifism in global affairs. For his part, Oliver Richmond takes international relations theory to task for not providing much-needed critical evaluation and conceptual development of peace. Richmond addresses the failure of international relations theory to fully and properly address peace, arguing that instead "concepts of peace should be a cornerstone of IR interdisciplinary investigation of international politics and everyday life" (p. 7). The first part of his book reviews and critiques the main theoretical approaches in international relations and their versions of peace, with the first three chapters devoted to liberalism, realism, and structuralism. Richmond argues that the current mainstream approach, the liberal peace, represents a "hybridisation" (p. 13) of liberal-realist thinking based on a more pragmatic pacifist idealism.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Development, and War
15. "War, Torture and Terrorism: Rethinking the Rules of International Security"
- Author:
- Richard Jackson
- Publication Date:
- 12-2009
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- This volume provides a fresh and engaging set of discussions, approaches, and case studies on how rules established to promote peaceful international order can instead result in conflict.
- Topic:
- Security, Terrorism, and War
16. 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
17. Justifications of the Iraq War Examined
- Author:
- Richard B. Miller
- Publication Date:
- 03-2008
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- Imagine three cases: Corporal Greene returns to the United States in a body bag having been killed by an elite armed guard in a war that had been officially authorized as a defense of her country against foes who have the capability and desire to attack her fellow citizens and soldiers at home and abroad with acts of terrorism. Such foes may either be planning eventually to launch their own attacks or to facilitate attacks by others who have an established record of using terrorism against U.S. soldiers and citizens.
- Topic:
- Terrorism and War
- Political Geography:
- United States and Iraq
18. Planet of Slums
- Author:
- Ron Kassimir
- Publication Date:
- 03-2008
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- Planet of Slums is relentless. Mike Davis, the prolific author and social critic, piles on evidence in the service of a passionate, despairing, and at times furious analysis of the economic, social, and environmental state of cities in the global South. Davis might have just as readily titled his book The World Is a Ghetto, after the 1972 hit by the band War. But a key goal of the book is to show how much things have changed since that time, almost all for the worse. If the book tends to oversimplify enormously complex and diverse urban worlds, it has an undeniable virtue at its core. Whereas the War tune's chorus was ''don't you know / that it's true / that for me and for you / the world is a ghetto,'' Davis never stops asking who the ''me and you'' are. The growth and transformation of slums from Cairo to Manila, from Lagos to Lima, are both a symbol and a cause of a growing gap in life chances (socioeconomic and existential) between rich and poor—local, national, and global in scale.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Economics, and War
19. Just War Theory and the Privatization of Military Force
- Author:
- James Pattison
- Publication Date:
- 07-2008
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- Since the 1990 s there has been a marked growth in the private military industry. Private military companies (PMCs) have been taking on an ever-increasing number of roles traditionally performed by the regular military. These range from supplying training, logistics, and other support services to engaging occasionally in actual fighting. This is most notable in Iraq, where the U.K. and U.S. governments have employed a host of ''security'' companies, such as Aegis, Blackwater, Control Risks Group, Erinys, Vinnell, and KBR. The use of these companies has by no means been limited to Iraq, however. Nor is it only the U.K. and the U.S. that have made use of their services. Other states, multinational companies, NGOs, and even the U.N. have hired PMCs.
- Topic:
- Privatization, United Nations, and War
- Political Geography:
- United States and United Kingdom
20. Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War
- Author:
- Frances V. Harbour
- Publication Date:
- 07-2008
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- Bioethics and Armed Conflict is a book that people interested in ethics and international affairs will want to have on their shelves. It is important as an analysis of some of the least-discussed dilemmas related to warfare: the ethics of battlefield medical triage, the role of physicians in interrogational torture, weapons research, and peacemaking. The book's value, however, extends beyond its novel subject matter to include its innovative methodology. Michael Gross uses four key principles of bioethics— autonomy, right to life, dignity, and utility (p. 17)—to analyze moral dilemmas of armed conflict. Master's students in my class on ethics and international security loved this book for its real-world issues and systematic arguments.
- Topic:
- War
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