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Reflection pool at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. CREDIT: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/ei68SS">Steve Gardner</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

SEP 10, 2021 Article

After 20 Years of Grey Wars, a Moment to Consider a Different Course

"As we approach the 20-year commemoration of 9/11, a chapter in the history of U.S. foreign policy is closing," writes Carnegie Council President Joel H. ...

A United States Marine escorts a Department of State employee to evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2021. CREDIT: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Afghanistan_withdrawal_Image_3_of_7.jpg">Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/Public Domain</a>

AUG 23, 2021 Article

The Ethics of Exit from Afghanistan

Carnegie Council President Joel H. Rosenthal discusses the post-9/11 evolution from counterterrorism to counterinsurgency and analyzes the ethics surrounding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. ...

AUG 12, 2021 Journal Online Exclusive

EIA Summer 2021 Issue--Out Now!

The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present the Summer 2021 issue of the journal! The issue looks at the responsibility to protect in ...

AUG 12, 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 ...

AUG 12, 2021 Journal

Climate Displacement and the Legal Gymnastics of Justice: Is It All Political?

The future for people becoming displaced due to climate processes is still unknown. The effects of climate change are more apparent every day, and those ...

AUG 12, 2021 Journal

On Obedience: Contrasting Philosophies for the Military, Citizenry, and Community

Pauline Shanks Kaurin has written an important, engaging, and timely book on obedience. As her book’s subtitle suggests, it is a work of military ...

AUG 12, 2021 Journal

The Laws of War in International Thought

Essential reading for any scholar interested in the laws and ethics of war, The Laws of War in International Thought reopens the questions pertaining to ...

AUG 12, 2021 Journal

No Refuge: Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis

In No Refuge: Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis, Serena Parekh masterfully accomplishes a goal that often eludes many publicly engaged philosophers: to advance an ...

AUG 12, 2021 Journal

Briefly Noted: Out of the Dark Night: Essays on Decolonization

In Out of the Dark Night: Essays on Decolonization, Achille Mbembe tackles everything from precolonial sexuality to modern immigration to the repatriation of African artworks. ...

JUL 19, 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 ...