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APR 10, 2023 Article

The Ethics and Geopolitics of the Electric Vehicle Transition

As electric vehicles become more common, policymakers will have a new set of ethical dilemmas to confront, writes Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev, as questions about ...

APR 3, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

What We've Been Reading

Welcome to our roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here’s some of what we’ve been reading this ...

Image from All Quiet on the Western Front

MAR 14, 2023 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "All Quiet on the Western Front"

Read a discussion of ethical issues in this film concerning parallels to the Russia-Ukraine War, violence in movies, and the controversy in Germany.

MAR 14, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

The Ethics of “Doing Politics” in the Aftermath of a Tragedy: Reflections on the Turkish Earthquake

On February 6, two earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude, respectively, shook Turkey and Syria. State agents and President Erdoğan’s supporters say that this is no ...

MAR 13, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

Uncharted Territory: Navigating Africa’s Sovereign Debt Crisis with the Emergence of China as the Continent’s Largest Bilateral Creditor

The COVID-19 economic shock has highlighted the unprecedented amount of influence that China has in Africa, particularly as to issues of debt and development. This ...

MAR 13, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

Addressing Debt Crises, Healthcare Access, and the Pandemic

Most developing countries continue to wrestle with dramatic health and economic crises spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. Many countries were and still are ill-prepared to ...

MAR 13, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

Voice at the Point of Sovereign Default

Much has been written about the questionable legitimacy of extending credit to states where it is likely that the funds will benefit corrupt leaders, or ...

MAR 13, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

Introduction: Emerging Issues in Sovereign Debt

Indebtedness has long played a role in the struggle of countries in the Global South to achieve economic and social development. The essays in this ...

MAR 13, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

Roundtable: Emerging Issues in Sovereign Debt

The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present an online exclusive roundtable on emerging issues in sovereign debt. The collection examines China's growing ...

MAR 5, 2023 Journal

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