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Dr Savigear's 'Philosophical Idealism and International Politics: Bosanquet, Treitschke and War' is especially welcome because this important topic has not been much discussed. However, on a subject so complex and controversial, some disagreement is to be expected. I shall suggest that Dr Savigear's argument requires qualification because it underemphasizes the cosmopolitanism which provides continuity to this aspect of Idealist moral and political philosophy.

Internationale Politik wird längst nicht mehr nur von Nationalstaaten betrieben – Global Cities sind insbesondere seit Ende des Kalten Krieges zu neuen Machtzentren aufgestiegen. Die vorliegende Analyse gibt, basierend auf der Theorie des Neoklassischen Realismus, Aufschluss über die Akteursqualität von Global Cities in der internationalen Klimapolitik am Beispiel Londons. Dabei steht die Netzwerkmacht der Städte, also ihr Engagement in Städteverbänden und -netzwerken, im Fokus. Welche Faktoren beeinflussen die Transnationalisierung der Politik globaler Städte? Welche Rolle spielen die Bürgermeister? Welcher Strategien bedienen sie sich, und innerhalb welcher Strukturen handeln sie?London ist ein besonders ergiebiges Beispiel. Die Weltstadt hatte bis zum Jahr 2000 keine eigene Stadtregierung und -verwaltung; ihre Akteursqualität stieg entscheidend erst mit dem Einsetzen des Mayor of London. Boris Johnson diente diese Funktion gar als Sprungbrett zum britischen Premierminister.

This article focuses upon the writings of John R. Bolton who was for four years US Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. He is currently the US Ambassador to the United Nations. His position with regard to international law is, at least for non-Americans, extraordinary, but also extraordinarily important since it resonates with the views of many in the current Bush administration. In essence, he is sceptical of the entire category of international law and argues that it cannot ever be accepted as superior to US domestic law. He doubts that it can be distinguished from international relations. These views need to be taken seriously if the implications for the world of diplomacy and international relations, and indeed domestic law, are to be understood. This the article attempts to do.

Chapter 1. EU External Action in International Economic Law and the Challenges Posed by the EU's Hybrid Nature -- Chapter 2. Emerging Principles of European Investment Protection – After the Example of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) -- Chapter 3. Pushing Limits: The Principle of Autonomy in the External Relations Case Law of the European Court of Justice -- Chapter 4. The European Parliament's Role in the EU Treaty-Making Procedure from Primary Law to Inter-Institutional Agreements and Internal Rules -- Chapter 5. The European Union's External Trade and Investment Policy Post-Lisbon: Competence, Procedure and Scope of Action -- Chapter 6. Investor-State Dispute Resolution: Constitutional Challenges and Pitfalls -- Chapter 7. Consensual Termination of Investment Agreements Between EU Member States -- Chapter 8. EU Law as Applicable Law in International Disputes and its Procedural Implications -- Chapter 9. Is CETA the Promised Breakthrough? Interpretation and Evolution of Fair and Equitable Treatment and (Indirect) Expropriation Provisions -- Chapter 10. Investor-State Dispute Settlement in EU Trade Agreements in the Light of EU Policy and Law -- Chapter 11. The European Union and The Energy Charter Treaty: What Next after Achmea? -- Chapter 12. The International Responsibility of the European Union and of its Member States for Breaches of Obligations Arising From Investment Agreements: Lex Specialis or European Exceptionalism? -- Chapter 13. Convergences and Divergences of Commercial and Investment Arbitration under Achmea (C-284/16).

After publishing in its November issue the resolutions adopted by the XXIst International Conference of the Red Cross and an article by Mr. J. Pictet, member of the ICRC, on the significance and work of this important meeting, the International Review now quotes from speeches which were delivered by the President of the Turkish Republic and by leading officials of the Red Cross movement at the Opening Session of the Conference.