Archive for February 12th, 2014

The ICC: Progress Toward a More Just International Order?

Valerie Luensmann • Feb 12 2014 • Essays

While the ICC remains an important step in ending impunity for the worst crimes, its existence does not suffice to significantly change the justice of our international order.

Balance of Power Theory in Today’s International System

Meicen Sun • Feb 12 2014 • Essays

Even if accept the premise that the balance of power is less applicable to unipolarity than to multipolarity and bipolarity, this hardly affects its relevance to our world.

The International Humanitarian Law Implications of the ‘Tallinn Manual’

Nam Khoa Nguyen • Feb 12 2014 • Essays

Despite some significant issues, the Tallin Manual still provides a foundation to assess the legality of cyber warfare in international and non-international armed conflict.

Of Great Debates and the History of IR: Why the ‘Great Debate’ Story is Wrong

Lucian M. Ashworth • Feb 12 2014 • Articles

Like our stories of a lost Arthurian world, the realist-idealist debate is a recent story that says more about IR over the last three decades than it does about the past.

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