http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/Recent news from PGJen-usPublic domainhttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/60http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1656PGJ 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."]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1656?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1654FSI 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."]]>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1654?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1619Program on Global Justice Director %people1% 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.]]>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1619?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1545By 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.]]>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1545?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1523Program 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.]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1523?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1485Hans 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, %event1%, at a special Program on Global Justice workshop Friday, April 4.]]>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1485?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1477Joshua 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.]]>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1477?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1466FSI 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.]]>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1466?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1454Full 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.]]>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1454?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1445In "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."]]>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1445?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1401The 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.]]>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1401?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1395Program 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.]]>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1395?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1357A 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.]]>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1357?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1319In 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."]]>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1319?http://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1194Program 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.]]>Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://globaljustice.stanford.edu/news/1194?