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DEC 8, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

Ethics and Aid in Ukraine

What is the acceptable level of risk in investing in Ukraine's reforms, knowing there is a chance of failure?

François Hollande addressing world leaders at COP21. CREDIT:<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cop21/22799169364/" target="_blank">COP 21</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

DEC 4, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Does the Legally Binding Character of the Paris Climate Change Agreement Matter and, If So, Why?

How much does the legal form of the Paris outcome matter? Opinions on these questions differ widely.

CREDIT:<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/la_bretagne_a_paris/22779585433/" target="_blank">Yann Caradec</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

DEC 2, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: International Efforts to Curb Emissions: Will Paris Succeed Where Others Have Failed?

Questioning the effectiveness and capacity of the UN to solve this global problem is highly relevant.

DEC 1, 2015 Journal

Winter 2015 (29.4)

This issue includes essays by Alexander Betts on the global refugee regime and Andrej Zwitter on big data and international affairs; a roundtable on global ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/GVLhWdib3BU" target="_blank">Petter Rudwall</a>.

NOV 30, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Short-term Goodies versus Long-term Harm: The Ethical Dilemmas of Climate Change

A conversation with philosopher Stephen Gardiner on how humanity should confront the climate change debate.

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/windwalkernld/6283815544/" target="_blank">Jeroen Mul</a>

NOV 24, 2015 Article

Report: Conference on Cultural Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2015

Can cultural rights become a global discourse for supporting inclusive social and political development, and for fostering intercultural dialogue for the mutual understanding of cultures? ...

Syrian Refugees, Turkey-Syria Border, February 2015. CREDIT: <a href="www.shutterstock.com/pic-326208443/stock-photo-sanliurfa-turkey-february-syrian-refugees-walking-on-turkey-syria-border-in-suruc-district.html">Shutterstock</a>

NOV 19, 2015 Article

Beyond Paris: The Refugee Crisis in Europe

"Closing borders in the West will not only worsen the already unimaginable human rights disaster that asylum seekers are facing, but it will also add ...

Nov 14, 2015: French Police checking vehicles on bridge between France and Germany after Paris attacks. CREDIT: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nku4sjt">Shutterstock</a>

NOV 16, 2015 Article

Why France Should Not Close Its Borders

Since September 11, 2001, both the U.S. and Europe have merged anti-terrorism strategies with immigration policy, and with little success.

NOV 10, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

Rethinking Public-Private Partnerships for Ethical Outcomes

If state-to-state diplomacy is leading to a dead-end for pursuing human rights change, is it time to consider whether the private sector may have more ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/balintfoeldesi/12523285134/" target="_blank">Balint Földesi</a>

NOV 10, 2015 Article

The Aging of the Cuban Embargo and the Coming Era in U.S.-Latin American Relations

The decades-long U.S.trade embargo is still in force, yet meanwhile time has not stood still for Cuba. Lynn Holland looks at Cuba's network ...