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If torture works…

Michael Ignatieff — 23rd April 2006 — Issue 121

The debate over torture is not as simple as it seems. Those of us who oppose torture under any circumstances should admit that ours is an unpopular policy that may make us more vulnerable to terrorism

Empire lite

Michael Ignatieff — 20th February 2003 — Issue 83

The case for empire is that it has become, in a place like Iraq, the last hope for democracy and stability. America is an imperial power for a post-imperial age – but like the empires of old it faces over-extension and defeat if it does not share the burden. Even the powerful need friends and allies

Subject: History & heritage, North America

Virtual war

Michael Ignatieff — 20th April 2000 — Issue 51 Free entry

In Kosovo, war enlisted western citizens only in virtual ways. If future wars don’t require mobilisation or sacrifice then what democratic restraints will remain on the resort to force?

Subject: Europe

Ascent of Man

Michael Ignatieff — 20th October 1999 — Issue 45

The Enlightenment idea of moral progress is under siege from all sides. But on the cusp of a new millennium, it is worth hanging on to the battered idea.

Subject: History & heritage, Intellectuals & ideas

Less race, please

Michael Ignatieff — 20th April 1999 — Issue 40

Contrary to the Lawrence inquiry, blacks and whites want to live in a society less aware of race, not more

Subject: Law & government, People & populations

Gut wrenching

Michael Ignatieff — 20th December 1998 — Issue 36

The 1970s student generation now in power assumed that Pinochet was a synonym for infamy. They had to think again

Subject: International politics, Latin & Central America, Law & government

Identity parades

Michael Ignatieff — 20th April 1998 — Issue 29 Free entry

The dilemma for modern liberal states is how to combine tolerance for diversity with a commitment to universal civic values. Michael Ignatieff considers how Britain, and British identity, is dealing with this dilemma in the face of ethnic and religious difference, Celtic devolution and European integration

Subject: British society, Law & government, People & populations

The lesser evil

Michael Ignatieff — 20th March 1998 — Issue 28

At a gathering in Paris, French intellectuals conclude that they must support the Algerian government’s “armed solution.” Michael Ignatieff considers what, if anything, Europe can do

Subject: Europe, Human rights

The Meaning Of Diana

Michael Ignatieff — 20th October 1997 — Issue 23

It was an extraordinary episode but what does it tell us? Prospect writers (and guests) try to make some sense of the events of the past few weeks

Subject: Law & government

Where are they now?

Michael Ignatieff — 20th August 1997 — Issue 22

Once our credulity was based on ignorance-now it is based on overload. More than ever before, we need independent intellectuals to sort the wheat from the chaff. But they have disappeared

Subject: People & populations