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Bibliographical reference in "Notes" ; "Some of the material in this book had already appeared in the Political quarterly, the New Republic, the Forum, the Annals of the American academy, and elsewhere."--Pref. ; Mode of access: Internet.

'Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives' by Cynthia Enloe is reviewed.

"States, at least in the modern era, tend not to move (at least not much). Borders are adjusted, some states disappear, but they seldom move to entirely new geographic positions if they reappear. It wasn't always true that states, state-like formations, or political communities didn't move. The nomadic empires of the steppes of Asia moved a great deal. It also wasn't always true that states were defined by reference to geometrically defined spaces. Sovereignty over physical space has often been relational, relative, and conceived of as rights to seasonal migration routes, sea lanes, or, more often, the spaces inhabited by kith and kin wherever they happened to be"--

On September 9, 2013, diplomats and civil society activists gathered in a ballroom in New York to welcome Jennifer Welsh as the UN Secretary-General's new Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP). In her first public appearance in that role, Special Adviser Welsh explained that one of her top priorities would be "to take prevention seriously and to make it meaningful in practice." "In the context of RtoP," Welsh added during the discussion, "we are talking about crimes, and crimes have implications in terms of how we deal with them. You'll hear me say that a lot." Welsh's approach of treating RtoP as a principle that is primarily concerned with prevention and is firmly linked to international crimes neatly captures the evolution of RtoP since its formal acceptance by states at the 2005 UN World Summit. Paragraphs 138 to 140 of the World Summit's Outcome Document not only elevated the element of prevention to a prominent place within the principle of RtoP but also restricted the scope of RtoP to four specific crimes under international law: genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. The crime and prevention–focused version of RtoP has subsequently been defended and promoted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and by UN member states. This article seeks to systematically explore some of the implications of linking RtoP to the concept of international crimes, with a particular focus on the preventive dimension of RtoP, the so-called responsibility to prevent. What, then, are the consequences of approaching the responsibility to prevent as the prevention of international crimes?In order to systematically examine this question, this article turns to literature from criminology. While the criminological perspective has so far been neglected in debates on RtoP, the prominent criminologists John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond argue vehemently that "criminology is crucially positioned to contribute understanding and direction to what the United Nations has mandated as the 'Responsibility to Protect' groups that are threatened with mass atrocities." For the purpose of this article, the label "criminology" comprises domestic criminology, supranational criminology, and international criminal law. While insights from supranational criminology and international criminal law are directly applicable to international crimes, translating knowledge generated in relation to crimes at the domestic level to atrocity crimes at the international level is, of course, not without challenges. Reasoning by analogy is an important method in this regard, though given the anarchical nature of international society some analogies will inevitably be imperfect. The benefits of such an approach, if carefully employed, however, outweigh the risks.

Since the ending of the Cold War and in the light of an increased risk of nuclear terrorism, a shift in focus has taken place from nuclear safeguards to nuclear security. 0This book presents 8 lectures delivered at the NATO Advanced Training Course,?Non-Proliferation from an International Perspective?, held in Rabat, Morocco, in December 2014. 0 0The aim of the course was to inform participants with regard to the advanced political and legal concepts related to nuclear security, as well as equipping them with the necessary tools to apply such concepts in practice. The papers collected here cover the principal political and international topics related to the evolution of the international institutions or regional agencies which manage nuclear threat, with special attention being given to the theoretical and political bases of nuclear security as an answer to that nuclear threat. 0 0The book will be of particular interest to all those whose work involves the political and legal aspects of nuclear security, particularly those who must deal with public opinion or decision makers with regard to this important area of national and international security. 0One of the eight lectures presented here is written in French, the remaining seven are in English.

Cet article décrit un projet porté par Albert Thomas, directeur du Bureau international du travail entre 1919 et 1932 : rapprocher les coopératives agricoles de production des coopératives de consommation, afin de transformer le régime capitaliste en un régime de justice sociale. Il s'agit, à l'instar du programme d'économie sociale de Charles Gide, de sortir d'une conception misérabiliste de la coopération pour en faire un instrument plus général de transformation économique et sociale du monde marchand. Ce projet, dont les fondements intellectuels sont exposés dans cet article, est aussi étudié au prisme des activités du Bureau international du travail, dont le point d'orgue fut la constitution en 1932 d'un Comité international des relations intercoopératives.