From Ethics & International Affairs, a review of War Crimes and Just War by Larry May; The Price of Peace: Just War in the 21st Century; and Rethinking the Just War Tradition; a review of Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad: In Search of Knowledge; a review of All Politics Is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes by Daniel Drezner; a review The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers by Ngaire Woods; and a review of Does Foreign Aid Really Work? by Roger C. Riddell and Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics by Carol Lancaster. From The Economist, an article on the end of cheap food: Rising food prices are a threat to many, but they also present the world with an enormous opportunity; and rising incomes in Asia and ethanol subsidies in America have put an end to a long era of falling food prices. Food (or not) for thought: The world's food system may be about to go into crisis, and the U.S. government's energy policy may be partly to blame. Is microfinance too rigid?: A group of young(ish) scholars are revolutionising development economics using new data sets, randomised trials and the best available economic theory to find out exactly what works and why. An interview with the WTO's Pascal Lamy, one of globalization's shrewdest observers, who rehabilitates the Marxist criticism of capitalism.
