Recent Articles
DEC 16, 2021 • Journal
Helping Refugees Where They Are
Some policies are not politically feasible. In the context of refugees, many claim it is not politically feasible to start admitting significantly more refugees into ...
DEC 16, 2021 • Journal
Briefly Noted: Postliberal Politics: The Coming Era of Renewal,
Postliberal Politics discusses a variety of ideas regarding systemic changes primarily to Western political systems that would allow these societies to move past traditional notions ...
DEC 10, 2021 • 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 ...
DEC 9, 2021 • Journal Online Exclusive
Secretary-General selection process and the P5 stranglehold on power
On September 10, 2021, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 75-325. Behind the resolution, which concerns the selection process for the Secretary-General, were two months of ...
DEC 1, 2021 • Journal
Winter 2021 (35.4)
The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present the Winter 2021 issue of the journal! The highlight of this issue is a book symposium ...
NOV 24, 2021 • Article
Why we should worry about AI-powered online marketing
The trade-off of personal data for improved online experience may seem straightforward. But AI-powered marketing is creating subtle and multifaceted vulnerabilities, which, as individuals and ...
NOV 22, 2021 • Journal Online Exclusive
Is a Bad Deal Better than no Deal?: A Perspective from Africa on the G7’s Agreement to Restructure International Corporate Taxation
On June 5, 2021, the G7 finance ministers reached a landmark agreement to restructure the global system of corporate taxation. While this has been widely hailed as ...
NOV 11, 2021 • Journal Online Exclusive
Revisiting the Historical Memory and Significance of the Berlin Wall
This week marks the thirty-second anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The occasion is a moment to reflect on the human cost endured ...
NOV 10, 2021 • Article
Why Are We Failing at the Ethics of AI?
As you read this, AI systems and algorithmic technologies are being embedded and scaled far more quickly than existing governance frameworks (i.e., the rules ...
NOV 9, 2021 • Article
Seven Myths of Using the Term “Human on the Loop”: “Just What Do You Think You Are Doing, Dave?”
As AI systems are being leveraged and scaled, frequently calls are made for, “meaningful human control” or “meaningful human interaction on the loop.” Originally an ...