Marc Buchner
The
IPPR
started
six
years
ago
as
a
very
worthwhile,
if
slightly
ad‐hoc,
student‐ lead
journal.
While
it
has
certainly
seen
year
on
year
development
and
growth,
 this
year
it
has
been
transformed
into
a
genuinely
important
and
unique
forum
 for
the
discussion
and
analysis
of
international
public
policy.
It
has
been
a
great
 privilege
to
steer
the
International
Public
Policy
Review,
and
to
help
it
undergo
 such
a
transition.
I
have
had
the
fortune
to
work
with
an
outstanding
team,
and
 have
 received
 support
 from
 a
 very
 dedicated
 and
 generous
 faculty.
 As
 well
 as
 introducing
our
new
issue,
I’d
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
highlight
some
of
 these
changes.
Firstly,
our
new
website
is
now
online
and
offers
a
modern
and
coherent
way
to
 access
 the
 journal.
 It
 will
 also
 offer
 an
 opportunity
 to
 keep
 abreast
 of
 various
 contemporary
debates
in
the
field
in
different
ways
–
we
will
shortly
be
adding
 various
 new
 features
 which
 will
 serve
 to
 make
 it
 a
 thought
 provoking
 and
 interactive
 home
 for
 the
 IPPR,
 and
 we
 welcome
 your
 contributions
 and
comments.
Secondly,
 the
 inaugural
 IPPR
 Forum,
 ‘The
 MDGs:
 A
 Mission
 Impossible?’
 saw
 a
 fascinating
 debate
 with
 contributions
 from
 influential
 academics
 and
 practitioners
 alike.
 We
 were
 delighted
 to
 co‐host
 the
 event
 with
 the
 Overseas
Development
 Institute,
 and
 to
 hear
 impressions
 from
 our
 keynote
 speakers
 –
Justin
Byworth,
David
Stuckler,
Caroline
Hurford
and
Rebecca
Holmes,
as
well
as
 the
 various
 esteemed
 members
 of
 our
 floor
 who
 posed
 some
 searching
 questions.
 If
 you
 missed
 the
 forum,
 it
 can
 be
 found
 online
 here
 http://www.odi.org.uk/events/details.asp?id=2395&title=millennium‐ development‐goals‐mission‐impossible#audio‐video 
 –
 and
 is
 essential
 viewing
 before
our
next
issue
to
be
released
in
January
2011,
in
which
you’ll
be
able
to
see
commentaries
from
those
same
speakers,
six
months
on.
Thirdly,
 the
 journal
 itself
 –
 the
 IPPR
 seeks
 to
 place
 itself
 firmly
 where
 theory
 meets
policy,
and
to
provide
a
forum
for
applied
and
practicable
theories
to
be
 both
 established,
 and
 tested.
 International
 public
 policy
 is
 by
 its
 very
 nature
 interdisciplinary,
 and
 the
 IPPR
 embraces
 this.
 Though
 we
 do
 not
 necessarily
 require
 each
 article
 to
 draw
 on
 several
 fields,
 we
 approach
 issues
 uniquely,
 encouraging
 diversity
 of
 perspective
 and
 soliciting
 contributions
 from
 sister
 disciplines
 and
 related
 practitioners.
 Our
 articles
 of
 new
 research
 in
 this
 issue
 show
an
intriguing
range
and
a
global
reach.
Each
one
loosely
considers
the
idea
 of
 world
 order,
 or
 issues
 closely
 relating
 to
 it,
 but
 from
 very
 different
 angles,
again
emphasising
our
perspectival,
thematic
and
methodological
plurality.

Perhaps
the
most
representative
change
in
the
IPPR
this
year
is
the
calibre
of
the
 contributions.
 The
 commentary
 section
 is
 an
 opportunity
 for
 distinguished
 scholars
to
freely
apply
their
expertise
to
new
areas,
to
discuss
nascent
ideas
in
 their
research,
or
to
define
long‐term
beliefs
that
may
not
have
previously
been
 put
to
paper.
This
issue
sees
Lord
Hannay
draw
on
his
sophisticated
experience
 at
 the
 operational
 end
 of
 international
 relations
 and
 initially
 consider
 ‘An
Alternative
to
New
World
Disorder’.
It
is
compelling
to
see
this
piece
tackled
in
 very
 different
 ways
 ‐
 the
 hard
 economist
 Paul
 Ormerod
 places
 his
 considered,
 technical
 stance
 alongside
 the
 qualitative,
 sociological
 approach
 of
 the
 great
 communitarian
 Amitai
 Etzioni.
 Andrew
 Hurrell
 similarly
 assesses
 the
 international
political
system,
but
with
classic
IR
sensibilities,
and
considers
the
 current
 position
 of
 global
 liberalism.
 We
 are
 delighted
 to
 have
 been
 able
 to
 facilitate
the
interaction
of
such
influential
and
potent
scholars
of
global
issues,
 and
we
hope
you
find
this
issue
articulate,
powerful
and
challenging.
Finally,
I’d
like
to
introduce
and
welcome
our
new
steering
committee
chaired
by
Dr.
 David
 Hudson
 (to
 see
 the
 complete
 list
 follow
 the
 ‘About
 Us’
 links
 on
 our
 website).
 They
 are
 a
 fitting
 representation
 of
 the
 breadth
 of
 our
 field,
 and
 our
 approach
and
we
are
thrilled
that
so
many
brilliant
minds
have
shown
so
much
 faith
in
our
production.
We
are
very
grateful
to
be
benefitting
from
their
support
and
the
hugely
diverse
experience
they
bring.
All
 that’s
 left
 is
 to
 say
 thank
 you
 to
 each
 member
 of
 the
 team
 who
 worked
 so
 hard
this
year
to
make
the
IPPR
the
fantastic
project
it
undoubtedly
is.
I
would
 also
like
to
thank
everyone
who
contributed
their
time,
energy
and
advice,
and
to
 the
partners
of
the
IPPR
who
have
contributed
their
resources
and
experience.
On
behalf
of
all
of
us,
we
hope
that,
as
well
as
engaging
with
the
current
issue,
we
 will
see
you
at
the
next
forum,
and
find
you
contributing
to
the
online
life
of
the
 project.
 It
 is
 the
 collaboration
 of
 many
 that
 we
 hope
 will
 continue
 to
 keep
 us
 asking
 the
 right
 questions,
 and
 creating
 original,
 important
 and
 insightful
 dialogues
 that
 would
 find
 no
 home
 elsewhere.
 We
 welcome
 your
 future
 contributions
and
readership.