I was pointed to Paul Collier’s latest Guardian column on the violent political standoff in Ivory Coast by the always entertaining Wronging Rights blog. In the piece, Collier advocates for a military coup openly supported by regional and international powers. Indeed, he supports the option to: …generate a credible threat of force from the government’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sovereignty’
Collier and Côte d’Ivoire
Posted in Politics, tagged Côte d'Ivoire, Collier, economy, governance, law, realism, sovereignty on 13 January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Debate and casuistry
Posted in Politics, tagged justice, law, non-cooperation, Obama, otherness, realism, sovereignty on 9 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A tenet that will surely continue to be heard as the new administration establishes its image on the world stage is that compromises between ideals and security will no longer be tolerated. The notion featured prominently in the President’s inaugural, and was most recently repeated by the Vice President in his speech to the Munich [...]
Some ‘rule of law’ thoughts…
Posted in Policy, tagged just war, law, philosophy, reason, sovereignty on 7 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Following up on last week’s justice theme, it seems appropriate to get down some ideas about the rule of law. Particularly, I’m intrigued by the twisting and contorting of principles in order to fit morally and (I would hope) legally unambiguous events into palatable frameworks of understanding. Perhaps absolutism and relativism will constantly be at [...]
By what means?
Posted in Policy, tagged jus in bello, just war, philosophy, sovereignty on 28 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Gaza cease-fire ended this week and, predictably, hell has been unleashed on that wretched sliver of earth yet again. I’ve been trying to think of what I could add to the ongoing commentary on the Palestinian-Israeli situation, a topic that is already debated and spun ad nauseam. The truth is, not very much. Instead, [...]
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