June 2026
The Future in the Past by S.M. Sharei
Dr. Mahmud Sharei's book argues for UN constitutionalization through Article 109(3). The author traces the evolution of international law and global governance frameworks.
Book Review
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December 2018
The Responsibility to Protect: From Promise to Practice by Bellamy and Luck
Alex Bellamy and Edward Luck examine the decade-long gap between international endorsement of the Responsibility to Protect principle and its repeated failures in cases such as Syria and Libya in The Responsibility to Protect: From Promise to Practice. Bellamy, director of the Asia Pacific Centre for R2P, and Luck, former UN Special Adviser on R2P, recommend combining short-term emergency policies with longer-term structural reforms to close that gap.
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December 2018
Anthropocene by Edward Burtynsky
Anthropocene, a book by photographer Edward Burtynsky, documents human influence on the Earth through fine art photography and essays, accompanying a major museum exhibition shown in Toronto and Ottawa in 2018 and a film premiering at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The project combines photography, film, virtual reality, and scientific research to investigate the scale of humanity's impact on the planet.
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June 2020
Existing Legal Limits to Security Council Veto Power in the Face of Atrocity Crimes
This article examines the legal limits on the UN Security Council veto power, arguing that the P5 cannot use it to block measures against atrocity crimes. It explores three legal arguments demonstrating that the veto is constrained by international law, including jus cogens norms and the UN Charter.
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June 2019
“Straight Talk on Trade” by Dani Rodrik
Harvard economist Dani Rodrik's book 'Straight Talk on Trade' (Princeton University Press, 2018) argues that global governance should protect national democratic policy space rather than maximize economic integration, challenging the Chicago school's faith in autonomous markets. The reviewer finds Rodrik's 'federation lite' model useful for federalists but incomplete, because it underestimates how transnational political movements increasingly shape domestic trade and market stability.
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December 2019
The Crime of Aggression by Noah Weisbord
Noah Weisbord's The Crime of Aggression: The Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats offers an insider account of efforts to incorporate the crime of aggression into the International Criminal Court, drawing on Weisbord's personal involvement in its codification. The book examines how norms of international humanitarian law must adapt to modern warfare, including drone strikes and cyberattacks.
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December 2019
The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
Samantha Power's memoir The Education of an Idealist traces her path from a childhood in Ireland through her work as a war correspondent in Bosnia to her roles as a human rights advisor on the National Security Council and as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Barack Obama. Power reflects candidly on her idealism and her efforts to advance human rights within the constraints of American foreign policy.
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December 2019
SDR: from Bretton Woods to a World Currency by Elena Flor
Elena Flor's SDR: from Bretton Woods to a World Currency traces the evolution of the international monetary system from the gold standard through Bretton Woods, the rise of the euro, and today's multi-currency order anchored by the dollar, euro, and renminbi. Flor also examines the potential for Special Drawing Rights to play a larger role in global finance and considers emerging factors such as the growth of virtual currencies like bitcoin.
