I am working on a project that conisders (with Luke Glanville at ANU) how states should prioritise their global responsibilities, such as to tackle mass atrocities, global poverty, disease, and climate change, when they cannot fulfill them all. 

Luke Glanville and James Pattison (2021) “Where to Protect? Prioritization and the Responsibility to Protect”, Ethics & International Affairs, 35/2: 213-25.

James Pattison (2020) "Opportunity Costs Pacifism", Law and Philosophy, 39: 545-76. Open Access.