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The new international politics

From the Carnegie Council, deflecting asteroids, eradicating polio, coordinating international time, mitigating climate change—Scott Barrett explains the different incentives and actors needed to supply these global public goods, where everyone benefits and none can be excluded. UN Food and Agriculture Organization warns the world food supply is dwindling rapidly and food prices are soaring to historic levels. A review of Interpretation and Revision of International Boundary Decisions by Kaiyan Homi Kaikobad. A review of Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity by Will Kymlicka. Must the rainbow turn monochrome in parliament? A look at how racial and religious minorities tend to be under-represented in legislatures around the world. A review of Trade, Aid, and Arbitrate: The Globalization of Western Law by Ronald Charles Wolf. A review of The Human Rights Impact of the World Trade Organisation by James Harrison. A vivid insider's account of realpolitik at the Milosevic trial: A review of Paix et chatiment: Les guerres secretes de la politique et de la justice internationales by Florence Hartmann. Covering the world: International journalism has the power the change the way readers see the world. An interview with Lakhdar Brahimi of the Institute for Advanced Study on the State of the World 2008.