The World Order and International Law

In: International affairs: a Russian journal of world politics, diplomacy and international relations, Band 56, Heft 6

Abstract

The author traces the idea of international, cosmopolitan ideas of government throughout Western history to the present. The article is particularly interested in how Russians have received these ideas, with attention to the ideas of pro-Western Soviet intellectuals such as Eduard Shevardnadze. The author also discusses the intellectual climate that engendered the Helsinki Process, noting that it was the product of the West's determination to advance its doctrine of the supranational nature of the human rights issues. K. Cargill