David Bosco

The Security Council's road trip takes an unexpected turn.

The Security Council visits Darfur.

A discussion of Francis Lieber essay in the American Scholar.

The first code of conduct during warfare, created by a Civil War–era Prussian immigrant, reflected ambiguities we struggle with to this day.

From Argentina to Zambia, investment firms are snatching up the poor world’s debt. To turn a buck, they sue, harass, and otherwise claw their way into making debtor states pay. Poverty activists say these so-called vulture funds are preying on the impoverished. But they’re only doing what the international financial system can’t—holding corrupt and irresponsible regimes to account.

As the United States careens toward a new Iraq policy, human rights experts must bring their insight to bear.

David Bosco reviews Paul Kennedy's The Parliament of Man: the Past, Present and Future of the United Nations

By cynically and recklessly blending military and humanitarian missions, the charge goes, the United States has blurred the line that once kept aid workers safe and has made them attractive targets for extremists seeking to attack American interests.

Most people don't support the war because it's not seen as the grave humanitarian crisis that it is.

Not only is NATO forfeiting the intelligence benefits that can come with real-time interrogation, it's sending detainees into an Afghan prison system poorly equipped to handle them and rife with abuse.