Mark Luccarelli (Oslo): From Revolution to a New Global System: Reflections on the Breakdown of “Globalization” and the Future(s) of the International Order. A review of The Liberal Project and Human Rights: The Theory and Practice of a New World Order by John Charvet and Elisa Kaczynska-Nay. From TNR, can a liberal be both opposed to imperialism and devoted to human rights?: Richard Just reviews Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror by Mahmood Mamdani and The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All by Gareth Evans. From LPBR, a review of Our Nation Unhinged: The Human Consequences of the War on Terror by Peter Jan Honigsberg and Bad Advice: Bush's Lawyers in the War on Terror by Harold H. Bruff. From Harper's, an interview with Jack Balkin on the entrenchment of the National Surveillance State; and an interview with David Cole, author of The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable. Cheney's Jihad: Peter Bergen on why "enhanced interrogation techniques" don't enhance U.S. interests. Christopher Jayes on why an effective investigation into the breadth of the CIA's interrogation programs must be bipartisan, similar to the work of the Church Committee in the 1970s.
