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Criterion asked Messrs. Carlson and Owens to offer some reflections on the lessons of the conference. The first essay, by Mr. Owens, considers the topic of the morning session: the various traditions that address the use of force in international politics, namely the just war tradition and its boundaries with the realist and pacifist traditions. The second essay, by Mr. Carlson, ponders themes from the afternoon session, namely the sovereignty of international institutions, be they religious, political or quasi-governmental... Accountability is also the central theme of this Reader's essay by John Shattuck, a legal theorist and former Assistant Secretary of State. Shattuck details the new and complex challenges to human rights that have evolved since the end of the Cold War, and argues that that the time is ripe for communities advocating democracy and human rights to work together to address the problem. They can reconcile their differences, he writes, if they recast the issues in..

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