Fantasies and Realities in International Relations

Fear Rules In The Nations Where Politics Is A Blood Sport Played Out In Real Blood, Yorkshire Post, February 15, 2011. "Yet the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, should remind us of one simple truth. The leaders of these countries, like autocrats around the world, were afraid. The autocrats are not just afraid of Western military power, though that does scare them. Nor are they simply afraid of freedom, though they know that if it triumphs, they will have lost. Nor are they worried about losing elections, for the simple reason that they never hold an honest one. They are afraid of their own people."

The Implications of Honorary Sovereignty

The Need for New International Institutions, The New Ledger, June 23, 2010. "A major challenge for conservatives, and indeed for everyone who believes in fundamental human rights, is to move away from de facto universal membership and towards a world with new international institutions. There is simply no way to derecognize abusive states – or to work effectively on a basis of genuine respect for sovereignty – unless we create new institutions to do it, ones that have standards for membership. That does not imply that all the existing institutions should disappear. But it does imply that, over time, they should lose their centrality."

Does Free Trade Promote Democracy? Yes But.

Free Trade, But Not Only Free Trade, New Ledger, May 6, 2010. "Let me begin by agreeing, in part, with Greg Scoblete’s response on Real Clear World to my piece on humanitarian intervention and sovereignty in TNL last week. I’m happy to add freer trade to my list of ways that, depending on the circumstances, we may be able promote democratic change in foreign tyrannies or autocracies. Indeed, as I’ve pointed out elsewhere, a free and open economy is not just good at generating economic growth: it’s also a broader social and political good."

Harold Koh and the Enforcement of Human Rights Treaties, Part 2

Harold Koh and the End of Human Rights, Redux, New Ledger, April 26, 2009.

Harold Koh and the Enforcement of Human Rights Treaties

Harold Koh and the End of Human Rights, New Ledger, April 23, 2009.