Can Rules Make Us Safer? International Security and the Dilemma of Rules

Sep 5, 2007

About the Series

GPI's mission: To highlight the best new thinking on a fairer globalization. It launched Policy Innovations, an online magazine that covers innovative ideas for a fairer globalization.

Anthony F. Lang, Jr. explores what rules can and cannot do in the war on terrorism, pointing toward a possible world order that emphasizes constitutionalism as a way to reorder international security.

Anthony F. Lang, Jr. explores what rules can and cannot do in the war on terrorism, pointing toward a possible world order that emphasizes constitutionalism as a way to reorder international security.

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