We have come together for this conference to think deeply about the kind of creative and courageous leadership that is needed at the local and global level to address the urgent challenges that face our world, including climate change, violent…
My approach to such a daunting challenge seeks to be attentive to the urgings of Professor Shin Chiba that “..our quest for a grand theory of peace should be made in response to the crisis of the present age as…
Unless the emergence of an effective form of global governance is adequately democratized it will not only reproduce existing acute inequities and exploitative patterns of present world order, but will almost certainly intensify these malevolent features. Such forebodings are based on…
Noah Feldman has written an ambitious and learned essay that seems to be asking whether cosmopolitanism as a tradition of political theory can contribute to a humane approach by American government, including courts, to the application of law in the…
It now seems all but certain that John McCain will be the Republican candidate for president of the United States, and will be likely opposed by Barack Obama or possibly by Hilary Clinton. At first glance such a contest poses…
CERCLE TRIGLAV, OUGNY 10-11 JUILLET 2010 ORDRE DU JOUR LA CIVILITE: CONDITION POUR LA DEMOCRACIE DANS UN MONDE PLURAL Le sous-titre de ce sujet propose pour la réunion des 10-11 Juillet est le suivant : rapprocher les cultures par une meilleure compréhension…
Preliminary ideas for a project of the Triglav Circle The issue Since the last quarter of the 20thcentury, religions have an increasing presence in world affairs. A number of armed conflicts and tensions within countries have a religious dimension and…
TRIGLAV GATHERING, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 27-28 March 2010 ETHICS AND DIALOGUE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF WORK Given the circumstances of its creation, the Triglav Circle is keenly aware of the political philosophy and international law provisions embodied in…
TRIGLAV CIRCLE MEETING, OUGNY/LE VIGNOT, 5-10 JULY 2009 WORKING PAPER No 1 ISSUES/QUESTIONS SUGGESTED BY CONVERSATIONS OF THE CIRCLE I The ambition, the raison d’etre of the Circle is to enrich the public discourse. Questions: Is there a “public discourse”?…
TRIGLAV CIRCLE- MEETING IN FRANCE –LE VIGNOT- 9-10 JULY 2009 SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION The subject was “Revisiting the notion of “material and spiritual needs of individuals and societies”. This “notion” is a quote from the text adopted by the…