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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: World Politics and the Voice of Justice | |
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| Globalization | |
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| Is Economic Globalization a Positive Trend? | |
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| Yes: from "Expanding Trade and Unleashing Growth: The Prospects for Lasting Poverty Reduction," Remarks at the International Monetary Fund Seminar on Trade and Regional Integration, Dakar, Senegal (December 6, 2004) | |
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| No: from "Globalisations Misguided Assumptions," OECD Observer (September 2001) | |
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| Does Globalization Threaten Cultural Diversity? | |
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| Yes: from "Cultural Imperialism: An American Tradition," The Humanist (May/June 2004) | |
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| No: from "In Defense of Globalization," The International Economy (Summer 2003) | |
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| Will State Sovereignty Survive Globalism? | |
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| Yes: from "Sovereignty," Foreign Policy (January/February 2001) | |
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| No: from "The Waning State of Sovereignty," An Original Essay Written for This Volume (2002) | |
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| Regional and Country Issues | |
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| Should the United States Decrease Its Global Presence? | |
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| Yes: from "Neo-Imperialism and U.S. Foreign Policy," Foreign Service Journal (May 2004) | |
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| No: from "A World Without Power," Foreign Policy (July/August 2004) | |
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| Should the United States Continue to Encourage a United Europe? | |
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| Yes: from Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Europe, Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives (March 13, 2002) | |
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| No: from "Laying Down Clear Markers: Protecting American Interests from a Confusing European Constitution," The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder (December 12, 2003) | |
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| Is Russian Foreign Policy Taking an Unsettling Turn? | |
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| Yes: from "Recent Changes in Russia and Their Impact on U.S.-Russian Relations," The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder (March 9, 2004) | |
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| No: from Testimony During Hearings on "U.S.-Russia Relations in Putin's Second Term," Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives (March 18, 2004) | |
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| Does a Strict "One China" Policy Still Make Sense? | |
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| Yes: from Testimony During Hearings on "The Taiwan Relations Act: The Next Twenty-Five Years," Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives (April 21, 2004) | |
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| No: from Testimony During Hearings on "The Taiwan Relations Act: The Next Twenty-Five Years," Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives (April 21, 2004) | |
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| Should North Korea's Nuclear Arms Program Evoke a Hard-Line Response? | |
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| Yes: from "Aiding and Abetting the 'Axis,'" The New American (February 24, 2003) | |
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| No: from "The North Korea Nuclear Issue: The Road Ahead," Policy Forum Online (September 14, 2004) | |
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| Would It Be an Error to Establish a Palestinian State? | |
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| Yes: from "Twelve Bad Arguments for a State of Palestine," A Time to Speak, http://www.israel.net/timetospeak/bad.htm (December 2002) | |
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| No: from "Why a Palestinian State," An Original Essay Written for This Volume (2004) | |
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| Was War with Iraq Justified? | |
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| Yes: from "Meeting the Challenge of the War on Terrorism," Address at the Heritage Foundation (October 17, 2003) | |
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| No: from "Invasion of Iraq," Remarks in the U.S. Senate, Congressional Record (November 25, 2003) | |
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| Are Strict Sanctions on Cuba Warranted? | |
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| Yes: from "Hastening Cuba's Transition," Report to the President: 2004 (May 6, 2004) | |
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| No: from "The U.S. Embargo Against Cuba Is an Abysmal Failure. Let's End It," Hoover Digest (Winter 2004) | |
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| Economic Issues | |
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| Is Capitalism the Best Model for the Global Economy? | |
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| Yes: from "Three Cheers for Global Capitalism," American Enterprise Online (June 2004) | |
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| No: from "Justice, Equity and Peace Are the Thrust of Our Movement," Acceptance Speech at the Right Livelihood Award Ceremonies (December 8, 2003) | |
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| Should the Rich Countries Forgive All the Debt Owed by the Poor Countries? | |
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| Yes: from "The Unbreakable Link-Debt Relief and the Millennium Development Goals," a Report from Jubilee Research at the New Economics Foundation (February 2002) | |
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| No: from "Debt Relief," Foreign Policy (November/December 2001) | |
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| Issues About Violence | |
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| Is Preemptive War an Unacceptable Doctrine? | |
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| Yes: from "A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility," A Report to the Secretary General of the United Nations (December 2, 2004) | |
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| No: "The National Security Strategy Under the United Nations and International Law," Strategy Research Project, U.S. Army War College (March 19, 2004) | |
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| Is the War on Terrorism Succeeding? | |
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| Yes: from "On the Global War on Terrorism," Address to the Council on Foreign Relations (November 13, 2003) | |
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| No: from "A Secure America in a Secure World," Report of the Foreign Policy in Focus Task Force on Terrorism (September 1, 2004) | |
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| Is Government-Ordered Assassination Sometimes Acceptable? | |
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| Yes: from "Is Assassination an Option?" Hoover Digest (Winter 2002) | |
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| No: from "Assassination as a Weapon," National Catholic Reporter (September 6, 2002) | |
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| International Law and Organization Issues | |
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| Is the United Nations Fundamentally Flawed? | |
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| Yes: from "U.N. Requires Fundamental Reforms," Heritage Lecture #842, Heritage Foundation (June 16, 2004) | |
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| No: from "Relevance of the United Nations," Address to the Plenary Session of the Conference on the Relevance of the United Nations (June 26-28, 2003) | |
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| Should the United States Ratify the International Criminal Court Treaty? | |
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| Yes: from Statement Before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives (July 25, 2000) | |
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| No: from Statement Before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives (July 25, 2000) | |
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| Is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Worthy of Support? | |
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| Yes: from Statement Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate (June 13, 2002) | |
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| No: from Statement Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate (June 13, 2002) | |
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| People and the Environment | |
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| Do Environmentalists Overstate Their Case? | |
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| Yes: from "Debating 'The Skeptical Environmentalist,'" A Debate Held at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (April 9, 2002) | |
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| No: from "Debating 'The Skeptical Environmentalist,'" A Debate Held at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (April 9, 2002) | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Index | |