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From the ""Facebook"" revolutions in the Arab world to the use of social networking in the aftermath of disasters in Japan and Haiti, to the spread of mobile telephony throughout the developing world: all of these developments are part of how information and communication technologies are altering global affairs. With the rise of the social web and applications like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, scholars and practitioners of international affairs are adapting to this new information space across a wide scale of issue areas. In conflict resolution, dialogues and communication are taking the.

Law, legitimacy, and the United Nations / Ramesh Thakur -- Legitimacy norms as change agents : examining the role of the public voice / Andrew Joseph Loomis -- Defending legality in the age of empire's law / Amy Bartholomew -- Leaving sovereignty behind? : an inquiry into the politics of post-modernity / Friedrich Kratochwil -- International law and power in the multipolar and multicivilizational world of the Twenty-first Century / Yasuaki Onuma -- The trans-civilizational, the inter-civilizational, and the human : the quest for the normative in the legitimacy debate / Giles Gunn -- Rethinking legality/legitimacy after the Iraq War / Christine Chinkin -- Lawful authority and the responsibility to protect / Anne Orford -- The legitimacy of invading religious regimes / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Legality and legitimacy in the international order : the changing landscape of nuclear non-proliferation / Asli U. Bali -- Legality and legitimacy : the environmental challenge / Lorraine Elliott -- Legality and legitimacy of international criminal tribunals / Vesselin Popovski -- Legality and legitimacy of exporting democracy / Daniele Archibugi and Mariano Croce.

A long-overdue introduction to the multifaceted nature of African American participation in global affairs.

Introduction : why human rights still matter in contemporary global affairs / Mahmood Monshipouri -- How do human rights matter? / Michael Goodhart -- Broadening human rights : the case for a pluralistic approach / Hussein Banai and Anthony Tirado Chase -- Non-Western experiences of the (un)persuasive practice of human rights / Shadi Mokhtari -- Assessing regional human rights systems : from convergence to divergence / Daniel J. Whelan and Andrew McWard -- State responsibility and international law / Mark Gibney -- Human rights and humanitarian action will endure : the case of International Committee of the Red Cross / David P. Forsythe -- Denial and debilitation : environmental rights and the harm of climate change denial / Richard P. Hiskes -- Transitional justice : from accountability to peace / Mahmood Monshipouri and William V. Dunlap -- Labor rights as human rights : theoretical foundations and practical implications / Carol C. Gould -- The trajectory of the right to food in Brazil : the debate between means and access / Anthony Pahnke -- Social movements, development policy, and human rights / Shareen Hertel and Rajeshwari Majumdar -- Migrant workers and human rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries / Zahra Babar -- Human rights and inequality / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann -- Threats to freedom of the press / Andrei Richter -- Addressing religious intolerance in an increasingly illiberal world / Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan -- Neoliberalism and women's rights / Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat -- Climate refugees, forced migrants, and the Syrian crisis / Mahmood Monshipouri -- The resilience of rights in a post-liberal world / Alison Brysk.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Navigating Unchartered Waters -- Chapter 2. The Turbulent Future of International Relations -- Chapter 3. A Kaleidoscopic Future: The State and Assemblages in Global Affairs -- Chapter 4. The Empiricism Strikes Back: Strategies for Avoiding a Post-Truth World -- Chapter 5. Towards an Enlightened Form of Capitalism: The Changing Role of Private Organizations in the Context of Global Affairs -- Chapter 6. International Justice and The International Criminal Court at a Critical Juncture -- Chapter 7. Feminist Principles in Global Affairs: Undiplomatic Practice -- Chapter 8. Taking Conflict Transformation Education Seriously -- Chapter 9. A Changing Agenda for International Development -- Chapter 10. Cyber Competition and Global Stability -- Chapter 11. The Upending of the Geopolitics of Energy: Disruption is the New Normal -- Chapter 12. The Future of Climate Action: From Systems Change to Behavior Change -- Chapter 13. The United Nations: Managing Unrealistic Expectations.

The idea of responsibility : China looking inside out -- China's responsibility in global affairs -- China's compliance in global affairs -- China's WTO compliance -- China's compliance in arms control and non-proliferation -- China's compliance in environmental protection -- China's compliance in human rights -- Conclusion.