European Institute

"The International Criminal Court Bares its Teeth" from The Economist. The ICC, often described as an offspring of European guilt over war crimes in the 1990s, has enjoyed little credibility in Africa or in the U.S. (or in Russia or China). That now may be changing because of Libya and the Obama administration's policy shift to reset the U.S.' "default [position] from hostility to positive engagement." Recommended by European Affairs. (6/8)