Meditating on rights and responsibility: remarks on ‘the limits and burdens of rights’
Kratochwil's critique of rights as a dominant moral theory that cannot avoid ‘hegemonic’ politics appears to be too crude.
Research
Meaning in Lives Nearing Their End
In this paper, I consider the idea of meaning in life as I believe it has arisen in some discussions of ageing and death.
Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective
In this sweeping international perspective on reparations, Time for Reparations makes the case that past state injustice—be it slavery or colonization, forced sterilization or widespread atrocities—ha
Elements in International Relations
Research on international norms has yet to answer satisfactorily some of our own most important questions about the origins of norms and the conditions under which some norms win out over others.
Against the best interests of the child: the global injustice of migrant externalization
Countries and regions that have long prided themselves on their immigrant identity and histories of refugee protection are now at the forefront of draconian migrant exclusion practices.
Hatred against Roma in times of pandemic
This chapter discusses the historically entrenched practice of minority scapegoating during epidemics, exemplified by the return of anti-Roma racism as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Artificial Intelligence and the Past, Present, and Future of Democracy
Located at the intersection of political philosophy, philosophy of technology and political history, this essay reflects on medium and long-term prospects and challenges for democracy that arise from
Decolonizing knowledge within and beyond the classroom
This introduction to the second installment of a two-part special issue focuses on actors and spaces that facilitate different forms of progress or push-back in decolonizing African Studies.
Fault Lines of Refugee Exclusion: Statelessness, Gender, and COVID-19 in South Asia
Despite widespread recognition of the right to a nationality, statelessness and its attendant vulnerabilities continue to characterize the lives of millions in South Asia.
How to Construct A New Global Order
The global political-economic order is in flux. It is unclear what will replace the U.S-centric post-1990s “liberal” order and whether competition with China can be managed successfully.
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