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		<title>Not sure I sanction this, either</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/11/01/not-sure-i-sanction-this-either/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News reports that some Western companies continue to work in Burma despite pressure from governments and activists. The European Union bans and penalizes commercial activity that clearly supports the Burmese military regime and its repression. The United States and a few other countries impose sanctions that make business in the country nearly impossible. On [...]


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		<title>I don’t sanction that</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC reports that the United States has imposed sanctions on key Iranian officials for human rights abuses dating from the crackdown on anti-government protesters in the summer of 2009. The sanctions consist of travel bans and asset freezes. As far as diplomatic tools go, sanctions like these –small, targeted ones- are mostly symbolic in [...]


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		<title>Police and thieves</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/28/police-and-thieves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>han</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rise of China and America’s military responsibility A piece in The Atlantic reports on a joint US/Japan rehearsal to defend Japan from a possible Chinese invasion.  According to the article, while there is no immediate threat of any Chinese invasion, there is no doubt that China is a rising power that one day will [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/03/24/google-vs-china/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Google vs. China'>Google vs. China</a></li>
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		<title>Iraqi getaway</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/22/iraqi-getaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ethan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent news coverage of the three American hikers detained in Iran since 2009 raises important questions about  ‘danger tourism’ and its role in foreign policy. The hikers’ trip to mountainous northern Iraq took an unpleasant turn when they wandered into Iran and were promptly accused of espionage by the Iranian government. Media response to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/17/iran-the-times-they-are-a-changin%e2%80%99/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Iran: The Times They Are A-Changin’'>Iran: The Times They Are A-Changin’</a></li>
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		<title>Did Petraeus go too far?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/14/did-petraeus-go-too-far/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free expression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When can military leaders criticize constitutionally protected speech? Last week General David Petraeus made news for speaking out against a Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Koran. While many commended General Petraeus for his comments, a few others felt his tone was inappropriate. Over at the Democracy Arsenal,  Michael Cohen worries that Petraeus [...]


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		<title>Bullet the blue sky revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/10/bullet-the-blue-sky-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>han</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A response to Luke&#8217;s criticisms On Tuesday, Luke criticized my defense of targeted drone attacks in the Middle East.  In my response to a piece by Ron Rosenbaum, I argued that killing targets that do not pose immediate threats does not violate the “proportionality” criteria of Just War Theory, the established canon that sets out [...]


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		<title>State Department throws Arizona under the bus</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/01/state-department-throws-arizona-under-the-bus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why the State Department&#8217;s criticism of Arizona&#8217;s law is a strike for states&#8217; rights The AP reports that the US State Department listed its objection to Arizona&#8217;s immigration law as a step the State Department is taking to protect human rights. Understandably, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer disagrees, writing: &#8220;The idea of our own American government [...]


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		<title>Trading values</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/30/trading-values/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Distributive Justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project Syndicate has an ongoing series by Columbia University economist Jagdish Bhagwati on “The Open Economy and its Enemies.” There is more or less a consensus among economists that free trade promotes economic growth; the law of comparative advantage still holds nearly two centuries after it was formulated. But the opinions of both the public [...]


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		<title>Who deserves sympathy?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/26/who-deserves-sympathy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On both the 11th and the 23rd of this month there have been stories on BBC citing the inadequacy of the international aid response to the Pakistani floods. At the moment, there are seven mentions of the Pakistani floods on the front pages of the BBC site. U.S. news outlets have less to say. CNN, [...]


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		<title>Statelessness sucks</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/23/statelessness-sucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Soros writes at Project Syndicate that the recent expulsion of the Roma from France is tantamount to collective punishment. His outrage is echoed by a French priest who prays for Sarkozy to have a heart attack. Although every state obviously has a right to protect public order, critics of the expulsion wonder “what harm [...]


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