Arms Control & Disarmament Sep 9, 2013 Snapshot A Taboo Worth Protecting Some opponents of a strike in Syria contend that the norm against chemical weapons is pointless, since they generally produce far fewer fatalities than conventional... Sohail H. Hashmi and Jon Western
Syria Mar 26, 2013 Snapshot R2P After Syria If the 2011 intervention in Libya revived the responsibility to protect (R2P), the lack of intervention in Syria has seemed to bury it. But the doctrine was never... Jon Western and Joshua S. Goldstein
Law & Institutions November/December 2011 Essay Humanitarian Intervention Comes of Age Despite the fall of the Qaddafi regime in Libya, humanitarian intervention still has plenty of critics. But their targets are usually the early, ugly missions of the... Jon Western and Joshua S. Goldstein
Political Development Jun 23, 2011 Snapshot The Balkans After Mladic In an update to their 2009 Foreign Affairs article, "The Death of Dayton," McMahon and Western write that Mladic's recent arrest is an opportunity for the... Patrice C. McMahon and Jon Western
Peacekeeping September/October 2009 Essay The Death of Dayton Bosnia was once a poster child for successful postwar reconstruction; today, it is on the verge of collapse. The 1995 Dayton accord ended a war, but it also created a... Patrice C. McMahon and Jon Western