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CREDIT: &copy; <a href="http://www.ipmglobal.org/">International Partnership for Microbicides</a>.

SEP 26, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: New Family Planning Technologies Expand Options for Women

New sexual and reproductive health innovations have the potential to revolutionize options for women by diversifying delivery forms, varying product duration, and targeting multiple health ...

CREDIT: <a href ="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-151731818/stock-vector-distressed-syria-chemical-weapon-graphic.html?src=WElREIA3ZW_TvZ7WoiPnmw-1-0">Syria chemical weapon graphic</a> via Shutterstock

SEP 25, 2013 Article

Syria and the Just Use of Force Short of War

The Obama administration has spoken of punishing the Assad regime, of deterring future attacks, of reinforcing the norm against chemical weapons use, and of diminishing ...

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SEP 24, 2013 Article

Ethics Primer Part II: Concepts and Methodologies

The core of ethics and international affairs can be accessed through three normative concepts: pluralism; rights and responsibilities; and fairness. A standard method of inquiry ...

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SEP 24, 2013 Article

Ethics Primer Part I: Background and Theories

The discipline of ethics begins with Socrates’ question: How should one live? Ethics is about choice. What values guide us? What standards do we use? ...

SEP 24, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

Syria and the Just Use of Force Short of War

The Obama administration has spoken of punishing the Assad regime, of deterring future attacks, of reinforcing the norm against chemical weapons use, and of diminishing ...

SEP 23, 2013 Article

Threats Beyond the Headlines

“The Fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” So begins Isaiah Berlin’s essay, “The Hedgehog and Fox.” One year after ...

SEP 19, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

What We're Reading: Ethics Around the Web

Here are a few links to interesting and relevant stories around the web on ethics, political theory, international affairs, and more.

Journalist Seymour Hersh at the Torture & Foreign Policy Seminar

SEP 17, 2013 Article

Update from the Carnegie Global Oregon Learning Community

The Carnegie Global Oregon Freshman Interest Group and learning community (CGO) is a pioneering effort that partners the University of Oregon with Carnegie Council to ...

Citadel of Aleppo, 2007. Damaged by shelling, 2012. CREDIT: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/kkuwfw3">Watchsmart</a>,  (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>)

SEP 17, 2013 Article

The Fate of Cultural Property in Wartime: Why it Matters and What Should Be Done

Cultural property protection in conflict is often neglected as people argue that the lives of individuals in warzones are far more important than old buildings, ...

SEP 16, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

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