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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 ...