Bruce Cronin is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of Community under Anarchy: Transnational Identity and the Evolution of Cooperation (1999), which was awarded the International Studies Association's 2000 Chadwick Alger Prize for the best book on international organization.

• 1. International relations theory and the common good; 2. International protection regimes in an international order; 3. The national state and the protection of ethnic minorities; 4. The liberal state and the protection of European citizens; 5. The multicultural state and the protection of ethnic communities; 6. The nation-state and the protection of refugees; 7. Conclusion.

Bruce Cronin is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of Community under Anarchy: Transnational Identity and the Evolution of Cooperation (1999), which was awarded the International Studies Association's 2000 Chadwick Alger Prize for the best book on international organization.

• 1. International relations theory and the common good; 2. International protection regimes in an international order; 3. The national state and the protection of ethnic minorities; 4. The liberal state and the protection of European citizens; 5. The multicultural state and the protection of ethnic communities; 6. The nation-state and the protection of refugees; 7. Conclusion.

Bruce Cronin is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of Community under Anarchy: Transnational Identity and the Evolution of Cooperation (1999), which was awarded the International Studies Association's 2000 Chadwick Alger Prize for the best book on international organization.

• 1. International relations theory and the common good; 2. International protection regimes in an international order; 3. The national state and the protection of ethnic minorities; 4. The liberal state and the protection of European citizens; 5. The multicultural state and the protection of ethnic communities; 6. The nation-state and the protection of refugees; 7. Conclusion.