John R. Bolton

Review Essay
Jan/Feb
1999
John R. Bolton

Aryeh Neier wants to try the planet's war criminals under international law. Martha Minow, rightly, is less keen. International law leads logically to world government.

Essay
Jan/Feb
1994
John R. Bolton

The Bush administration set out to clear relief channels and avert mass starvation in Somalia, resisting a more ambitious U.N. agenda. But the Clinton administration embarked on "nation-building" and "assertive multilateralism." The resulting violence and embarrassment cast doubt on the United Nations' competence in peaceenforcement and "nation-building."