Arguing for a middle ground between idealism and realism, this book considers the most pressing ethical and moral issues in contemporary international politics, including intervention, human rights and aid, and sets about reasoning how to resolve them in politically realistic ways.

Mikael Baaz is Senior Lecturer of International Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden Chris Brown is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, UK Molly Cochran is Lecturer in International Relations at Oxford Brookes University, UK Mikulas Fabry is Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Mervyn Frost is Professor and Head of the Department of War Studies at King's College, London, UK Andrew Hurrell is Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, UK Anthony F Lang Jr. is a Reader in the School of International Relations at St. Andrews University, UK Terry Nardin is Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore Milla Vaha is a Research Student at the European University Institute, Italy Daniel Warner is Founder and former Executive Director of the Centre for International Governance, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Austria