human ▁and ▁post - natural ▁techn ologies , ▁from ▁birth ▁techn ologies ▁to ▁medic ation ▁to ▁G M ▁food s ; ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁' mil it ary ▁human itar ian ism ' ▁in ▁the ▁NAT O ▁B alk ans ▁inter vent ions ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁and ▁its ▁continu ation ▁and ▁expansion ▁in ▁Ira q ; ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁' m and atory ▁det ention ' ▁regime ▁im posed ▁on ▁refuge es ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s . ▁Import antly , ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁deb ates ▁problem at ised ▁elements ▁of ▁progress ive / rad ical ▁disc ourse , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁instrument al ▁policies ▁like ▁mult icult ural ism , ▁the ▁' no - b orders ' ▁approach ▁to ▁refuge e ▁issues , ▁or ▁un reflect ive ▁te ch no - ut op ian ism ▁that ▁rose ▁with ▁the ▁internet ▁and ▁spread ▁of ▁post - human ▁techn ologies . ▁ ▁In ▁more ▁recent ▁years ▁the ▁Arena ▁edit ors ▁have ▁been ▁particularly ▁concerned ▁to ▁position ▁the ▁environmental ▁movement ▁within ▁a ▁general ▁critique ▁of ▁the ▁ne o - li ber al ▁traject ory . ▁Arena ▁Journal ▁especially , ▁with ▁its ▁more ▁direct ▁focus ▁on ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁theoretical - p ract ical ▁concerns , ▁has ▁sought ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁more ▁fundamental ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁Arena ▁critique . ▁Its ▁brief ▁is ▁to ▁promote ▁eth ically ▁and ▁theoret ically ▁concerned ▁discussion ▁about ▁the ▁prospect s ▁for ▁co oper ative ▁life ▁through ▁a ▁central ▁focus ▁on