From In-Spire, a review of Critical Security Studies and World Politics. A review of Complexity in World Politics by Neil Harrison. Philip Stephens on why a global response is needed to the shifting world order. From The National Interest, Graham Allison, Joseph Cirincione and William Potter respond to John Mueller, who argued that the threat from nuclear proliferation was exaggerated. Could we have a little talk about World War III? It's back again, that phrase, and it doesn't look like it's going to go away soon. From the US Army War College's Parameters, an article on propaganda: Can a word decide a war? From Peace, terrorism has not always been considered a bad thing (Robespierre, for example, thought it a virtue) — thank goodness times are changing; and who failed the world's "failed states"? An interview with Stephen Krasner on the greatest threats to the stability of the international system. An interview with Christopher Coyne, author of After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy. After the empire: Despite its colonial roots, the Commonwealth offers an important model of genuine multilateralism for the world. When your only weapon is shame: Using its power to ostracise and exclude, the Commonwealth has had sporadic success as a promoter of democracy; other clubs find it harder. It's tough to live in stateless limbo: An article on the growing danger of falling between the cracks of geopolitics and war.
