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AUG 6, 2015 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Gandhi"

This film is a textbook on Gandhi's political philosophy and the Indian quest for statehood. And for many, Ben Kingsley's performance in the title role, ...

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JUL 30, 2015 Article

"Soft Power": The Values that Shape Russian Foreign Policy

In the increasingly frigid environment of U.S.-Russia relations, much attention is given to what may be seen as Russia's strategic "interests." Of at ...

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JUL 29, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Creating Standards for Multi-Stakeholder Governance

Many people in civil society and in governmental circles feel ambivalent about this new global governance approach. Should multi-stakeholders be in charge of "solving" global ...

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JUL 28, 2015 Article

To Sow the Wind: An Argument Against the War on Terror

The just war tradition--a tradition that once thought war tragically endemic and sometimes justified, but never simply, unambiguously just--has lost its profound Augustinian political skepticism ...

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JUL 24, 2015 Article

The Ethics of Nuclear Power: Reflections on Carnegie Council Site Visit to Fukushima, Japan

As part of Carnegie Council's Global Ethical Dialogues site visits to eight countries around the world, in June 2015 the Council led a team of researchers, ...

Learning Initiative - Namie Township, Fukushima, Japan, Case Study

JUL 24, 2015 Article

Namie Township, Fukushima, Japan, Case Study

This case study of ethical decisions, developed by Learning Initiative Inc., is based on archival data at Namie Township, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, from the March 2011 ...

JUL 21, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

A Conversation on Climate Change with Conservation International's M. Sanjayan

M. SANJAYAN AND ZACH DORFMAN In this interview, M. Sanjayan, senior scientist at Conservation International, discusses our climate-changed world, and why—on some days at ...

JUL 16, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

How Obama Solved U.S.-Iran Relations' "Trolley Problem"

HUSSEIN BANAI The announcement of a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program is a significant achievement of international diplomacy. The predicament faced—and perhaps ...

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JUL 15, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: China's Disruptors: How Alibaba, Xiaomi, Tencent, and Other Companies are Changing the Rules of Business

Entrepreneurs emerging from China are redefining the nature of business—not just in China, but everywhere in the world. The new millionaires and billionaires are ...

JUL 13, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

The Risks of the "Shaming" Approach to Policy

The Bosnian tragedy is a case where unwillingness to really get involved should have been the spur to finding a compromise.