The central task of our time is to evolve a new system of world order based on principles of peace and justice..

Historically, international law lent a measure of legality to the colonial system, and allowed the West to set the rules for participation as a sover….

Hamas retains the right to defend Gaza by the use of the weaponry at its disposal, and is thus not committed to nonviolence, but it does offer the po….

What both the state and the capitalist economy oppose is an understanding of what might be called "the true nature of things" (using the phrase witho….

We should not rule out the possibility that Trump's diplomacy could deescalate Middle East strife and international tensions, give the US a lower glo….

As Gandhi famously responded when asked about "Western civilization," "I wish they had one," the same applies to "international community": "I wish t….

An aggravating feature of this post-9/11 atmosphere is to cast suspicions on Muslims and on Islam as a religion that is interpreted as either inheren….

This issue of expanding the reach of international criminal law by reliance on the use of Universal Jurisdiction by domestic courts needs to be balan….

Our sense of the free market is variable, shifting from a more welfare-oriented model after the Great Depression to a capital-driven market after the….

There is no effort to acknowledge some equivalent accountability by associating "terrorism" with all violence that is deliberately aimed at civilians….

Post-1989 capitalism was far more unfriendly to economic and social rights than was the prior capitalism seeking to win public approval as a more com….

Capitalism is in crisis both morally, due to widening disparities of income and wealth and disclosures of abusive practices, and ecologically, due to….

The main challenge is what to do in the face of double standards. Those who should be rendered accountable under international criminal law, the Kiss….

It is possible that, in fact, Trump's call for "America First" (despite evoking unpleasant recollections that such a phrase was the invention of thos….

Already there exists a growing international concern that Israel has become "an apartheid state" pursuing policies manifesting a "settler colonial" m….

I do think there is an enhanced awareness of insecurity and vulnerability that induces anxiety that creates pressure on teachers and administrators t….

It is on balance desirable to encourage Universal Jurisdiction, and to create pressure from below to make application of such jurisdiction as consist….

On the one side, I welcome prosecutions of individuals such as Pinochet, and would welcome the indictment, prosecution, and punishment of Kissinger. ….

It would not be desirable to include 'terrorism' among international crimes subject to International Criminal Court jurisdiction if defined to apply ….

Looking more deeply at the emergence of ISIS or the chaos that exists in Syria, Yemen and Libya would clearly raise crucial doubts about reliance on ….

There is no doubt that this fusion of terrorist and Muslim feeds virulent forms of Islamophobia, which is also encouraged by such incidents as the We….