April 17th, 2009
Joshua Cohen's Program on Global Justice joins Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)
CDDRL, FSI Stanford AnnouncementThe Program on Global Justice, which explores issues at the intersection of political norms and global political-economic realities, has joined CDDRL, Center Director Larry Diamond announced. Josh Cohen, a professor of political science, philosophy, and law, came to Stanford from M.I.T. in 2006 to launch a new program on global justice at FSI. Read more »
March 9th, 2009
Democracy 2.0 - An Upgrade?
FSI Stanford, CDDRL NewsHas the Internet democratized American politics? Did the Internet phenomenon Democracy 2.0 elect Barack Obama? Program on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen, professor of law, philosophy, and political science, offers his perspective that despite conventional wisdom, the Internet was not, in fact, responsible for putting a Democrat in the White House this election cycle. 
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February 25th, 2009
Supply Chain of the Future Research Roundtable
CDDRL In the NewsBuilding on two prior workshops held in 2008, one at MIT and the other here at Stanford ,this daylong discussion, attended by roughly 40 scholars and practitioners from universities, labor organizations, corporations and NGOs, focused on how companies can move beyond monitoring and compliance to build socially and environmentally responsible supply chains.
November 7th, 2008
Bloggingheads: Proud to Be American
FSI Stanford, CDDRL Op-ed: NYTimes.com on November 5, 2008Program on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen and Glenn Loury of Brown discuss how Barack Obama's victory changes international opinion of Americans. Read more »
October 30th, 2008
Program on Global Justice/Center on Ethics in Society seek postdoctoral fellows for 2009-2010
CDDRL AnnouncementThis year we again seek two candidates for the fellowship positions. One of the fellowships will be housed entirely in the Program on Global Justice, and one will be jointly sponsored by the Center and Program: candidates for these positions should additionally have research interests in international topics. Fellows will teach one class (typically a seminar), participate in the Political Philosophy and/or Global Justice Workshops, and help in developing an inter-disciplinary ethics community across the campus.
October 29th, 2008
Playing with Fire
FSI Stanford, CDDRL Op-ed: Bloggingheads.tv on October 27, 2008Program on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen talks with Glenn Loury of Brown University about Sarah Palin, what comes after the collapse of conservatism, and why a life defined by racial identity is poorly lived. Read more »
September 23rd, 2008
Program on Global Justice: Just supply chains, liberation technology, and human rights
FSI Stanford, CDDRL, PGJ, FSE NewsOne of Stanford's many remarkable attractions is the Rodin sculpture garden. And perhaps the most extraordinary Rodin sculpture is his Gates of Hell, inspired by Dante's Inferno. In his Divine Comedy, Dante tells us that the inscription over the Gates of Hell is "abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Read more »
August 8th, 2008
Working group takes environmental ethics in two directions
CDDRL NewsThe Environmental Ethics Working Group has embarked on two distinct and experimental approaches to environmental ethical research. One approach explores the normative dimensions of quantitative environmental research. The other approach seeks either to integrate scientific data into normative arguments or to examine the real world quantitative implications of such arguments. Read more »
July 23rd, 2008
Video blog: Cohen, Loury take another look at presidential politics
FSI Stanford, CDDRL Op-ed: Bloggingheads.tv on July 7, 2008PGJ Director Joshua Cohen talks to Glenn Loury of Brown University about which presidential candidate would be more likely to bring Bush to justice, what to do if Iran gets nukes, and how we might define the "genetics of social mobility."
This 67-minute "diavlog" is tabbed by topic and uses split-screen streaming videos to feature two people in remote locations. Read more »
July 22nd, 2008
Book Review: The Gunslinger
CISAC, CDDRL Op-ed: Boston ReviewFSI senior fellow Stephen Stedman reviews John Bolton's book, Surrender Is not an Option, in the July/August issue of the Boston Review. "The memoir reads like an international relations primer done in the style of a modern morality tale," he writes. "Imagine Kenneth Waltz's classic Man, the State, and War as written by Ayn Rand." Read more »
June 26th, 2008
Video blog: Cohen, Lindsay on 'Obamacons'
FSI Stanford, CDDRL Op-ed: Bloggingheads.tv on June 17, 2008Program on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen video debates Brink Lindsay from the Cato Institute on conservative judges, a war that goes on forever, and why we should care about inequality between the well-off and the filthy rich. Read more »
May 20th, 2008
Is it Africa's turn? FSI scholars look at progress in the world's poorest region
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, FSE, PGJ NewsBy the turn of this century, sub-Saharan Africa had experienced 25 years of economic and political disaster. In the May/June 2008 issue of Boston Review, economist Edward Miguel tracks comparably hopeful economic trends throughout sub-Saharan Africa and suggests that we may be seeing a turnaround. Nine experts, including Rosamond Naylor and Jeremy Weinstein, gauge Miguel's optimism. 
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May 1st, 2008
Video blog: Cohen, Loury square off on Obama's former pastor
CDDRL Op-ed: Bloggingheads.tv on May 1, 2008Program on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen and Brown University professor Glenn Loury analyze the controversy unfolding between Barack Obama and his former pastor Jeremiah Wright. The 52-minute "diavlog" on Bloggingheads is tabbed by topic and uses split-screen streaming videos to feature two people in remote locations.
Cohen debated Brink Lindsey on Bloggingheads in March and Charles Fried in February. Read more »
April 3rd, 2008
Blix talks to Boston Review, will hold Global Justice workshop
FSI Stanford, CDDRL NewsHans Blix, the U.N.'s chief weapons inspector from 2000-03, led the inspections in Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion. On the five-year anniversary of the invasion, Dr. Blix spoke with Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, associate editor of Boston Review Books, about what makes a good diplomat, the Iraq inspections, and his new book from Boston Review Books calling for new, global disarmament efforts. He will discuss his book, Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters, at a special Program on Global Justice workshop Friday, April 4. Read more »
March 24th, 2008
Boston Review editor talks about providing content for electronic public sphere
CDDRL, FSI Stanford In the NewsJoshua Cohen, co-editor of Boston Review, director of the Program on Global Justice, and Stanford professor of political science, law, and philosophy, discusses his editorship and how he has helped the magazine increase its visibility and impact. Read more »
March 11th, 2008
International grants totaling $1 million awarded to interdisciplinary Stanford research teams
FSI Stanford, CDDRL NewsFSI scholars Josh Cohen, Thomas Heller, Erik Jensen, Terry Karl, and Helen Stacy are part of research teams that received funding from Stanford's Presidential Fund for Innovation in International Studies (PFIIS), which in February awarded its third round of just under $1 million for interdisciplinary research. "It is especially gratifying to see the younger faculty competing for these grants, eager to generate new knowledge and new solutions and help train a new generation of leaders," said Coit D. Blacker, chair of the International Initiative Executive Committee and director of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Read more »
March 4th, 2008
Cohen's 10-week Google.org course on poverty and development now available on YouTube
FSI Stanford, CDDRL, PGJ, FSE NewsFull video of the Google.org course on poverty and development that Program on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen moderated from September to November 2007 is now available online at YouTube.com. The 10-week course, which focused on understanding poverty and development at the global, national, local, and personal levels, was the first of three courses on Google.org's main areas of philanthropic activity. Read more »
February 27th, 2008
Cohen, Charles Fried on Bloggingheads TV
FSI Stanford, CDDRL Op-edIn "A Stanford Liberal's Chat With a Harvard Conservative," Program on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen talks to Charles Fried, Harvard Law School professor and author of "Modern Liberty and the Limits of Government." Read more »
January 16th, 2008
Charles Beitz, visiting professor at Program on Global Justice
CDDRL NewsThe Program on Global Justice is very pleased to welcome Visiting Professor Charles Beitz to FSI and Stanford University. Professor Beitz is Edward S. Sanford Professor of Politics at Princeton University, author of Political Theory and International Relations and of Political Equality, and editor of Philosophy & Public Affairs. He will be visiting the Global Justice program this spring.
January 14th, 2008
Cohen a 'blogginghead' on NYTimes.com
FSI Stanford, CDDRL Op-ed: NYTimes.com on January 8, 2008Program on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen video debates Glenn Loury of Brown on whether Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton would be more effective in the White House. Read more »
November 29th, 2007
Panel talks workers' rights
FSI Stanford, CDDRL In the NewsA panel discussion on "Global Competitiveness: Economics, Ethics, and the Global Labor Force"--moderated by Joshua Cohen, director of the Program on Global Justice at the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for International Studies and professor of political science, philosophy, and law--focused on the global push to improve the working environment, mainly in the textile industry. The panel discussed the implication of such efforts for Stanford, which gives out licenses to manufacture its branded apparel.
October 8th, 2007
Cohen leads Google.org course on global poverty and development
FSI Stanford, CDDRL NewsIn September Google.org launched the first of three courses on its main areas of philanthropic activity--Global Development, Global Health, and Climate Change. Josh Cohen, director of the Program on Global Justice at FSI Stanford and professor of political science, philosophy, and law, is moderating the 10-week course, which focuses on understanding poverty and development at the global, national, local, and personal levels. "Google has an extraordinary collection of creative employees," says Cohen. "This course on global poverty aims to enlist their energetic creativity in addressing one of our most commanding moral challenges." Read more »
August 1st, 2007
Global Justice: Looking Forward
FSI Stanford, CDDRL NewsFSI's Program on Global Justice (PGJ), now finishing its first year, explores issues at the intersection between political values and the realities of global politics. The aim is to build conversations and research programs that integrate normative ideas--toleration, fairness, accountability, obligations, rights, representation, and the common good--into discussions about fundamental issues of global politics, including human rights, global governance, and access to such basic goods as food, shelter, clean water, education, and health care. Read more »
May 14th, 2007
Cohen gives Tanner lectures at Berkeley
FSI Stanford, CDDRL NewsProgram on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen delivered the prestigious Tanner Lectures on Human Values at the University of California at Berkeley from April 10 to April 12, 2007. In his lectures on "Power, Reason, and Politics," Cohen discussed the role of public reason in a democratic society and global political society. Commentators included Charles Larmore, Elizabeth S. Anderson, and Avishai Margalit. Read more »
January 18th, 2007
Laurence Simon, Visiting Professor at Program on Global Justice
CDDRL NewsThe Program on Global Justice is pleased to welcome Professor Laurence Simon to FSI and Stanford University. Simon is professor at Brandeis University's Heller School, director of Heller School's Sustainable International Development Programs, and associate dean, Academic Planning. He will be visiting the Global Justice program this winter and spring. Read more »
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