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FEB 23, 2023 Article

Is Humanity Risking Disaster? The Necessity of Autonomous Weapons System Governance

Expanding on themes discussed at the REAIM Summit in the Netherlands, Senior Fellow Wendell Wallach writes that humanity is risking disaster if governments don't start ...

FEB 21, 2023 Article

Human Rights Should be at the Heart of AI and Technology Governance

Building on a recent article from Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach, Chatham House's Kate Jones writes that human rights need to be central to a ...

FEB 10, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

What We've Been Reading

Welcome to our roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs.

U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams tanks

FEB 6, 2023 Article

Ethics, Escalation, and Engagement in Ukraine and Beyond

Now that HIMAR and Patriot missiles as well as Leopard and Abrams tanks are on the way to Ukraine, NATO unity is at a high ...

FEB 3, 2023 Article

"Forced Migrants," Human Rights, and "Climate Refugees"

Senior Fellow Michael Doyle explores arguments for assistance and asylum that those who are driven by climate to cross international borders can and should claim.

Avatar theatrical poster

FEB 1, 2023 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Avatar: The Way of Water"

Read a synopsis of James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" with a discussion of ethical issues in the film related to colonialism, cultural appropriation ...

JAN 26, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

"Jus Ex Bello" and the Continued Justice of Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia

On December 28, 2022, Reinhard Merkel wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that the government in Kiev has a duty to “accept ex bello negotiations and end ...

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in lit up in Ukraine's colors, February 2022.

JAN 26, 2023 Article

Is the West at "war" with Russia?

What does it mean precisely when German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says that the Euro-Atlantic community finds itself at "war” with Russia in Ukraine? Senior ...

JAN 24, 2023 Article

Now is the Moment for a Systemic Reset of AI and Technology Governance

How can we ensure that the technologies currently being developed are used for the common good, rather than for the benefit of a select few? ...

JAN 23, 2023 Journal Online Exclusive

Making Global Ethics More Global

What does it mean to speak of and write about “global ethics” when the field of international ethics, like academia more broadly, disproportionately reflects the ...