This letter to the editor was written in response to a review of The Cult of the Child Genius, which appeared in the May 31, 2014 issue of theWall Street Journal.

At the end of 2012 there were 15.4 million refugees worldwide, a number that continues to grow.

"The international refugee system is in a perpetual state of crisis," says International Security Program Research Fellow Jill Goldenziel.

This article explains how international organizations can improve human rights outcomes under conditions where treaty regimes have failed. By using their authority to create more flexible standards than those contained in international human rights law, facilitating linkage of human rights practices to economic incentives and providing valuable legal cover for state actions, international organizations may succeed in getting even rogue states to improve their human rights practices.

Revolution 2.0 will be better than beta only if the new constitutional process includes broad participation and representation from all social and political groups — including the Brotherhood, which will not disappear as a political force any time soon. Such an inclusive, consensual approach has been an integral part of nearly every successful transition from military rule to democracy. Even in a society as divided as post-apartheid South Africa, an inclusive process helped the population heal from violence by giving traditionally unrepresented groups political voice.