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MAY 7, 2021 Journal

Interrogation and Torture: Integrating Efficacy with Law and Morality

It is ironic that there exists virtually no systematic research that assesses the effectiveness of torture in gaining accurate information.

MAY 7, 2021 Journal

Territorial Sovereignty: A Philosophical Exploration

Anna Stilz's Territorial Sovereignty offers a robust defense of the international system of states, understood as self-governing, spatial units with territorial boundaries that make and ...

APR 26, 2021 Journal Online Exclusive

Realism in the Age of Cyber Warfare

World politics is currently undergoing an epic transformation that has rekindled the age-old realist-liberal debate. Two trends are driving this change. The first is a ...

APR 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 ...

APR 6, 2021 Article

Are Americans Facing an Undemocratic Future?

Faith in democracy is waning, and the events of the past year have done little to inspire confidence. Today, the presumption of democracy as an ...

APR 1, 2021 Journal

Spring 2021 (35.1)

The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present the Spring 2021 issue of the journal! The highlight of this issue is a roundtable organized ...

United States President James Monroe presides over a cabinet meeting, 1823. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Monroe_Cabinet.jpg">Granger Historical Picture Archive/Wikimedia</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/">(Public Domain)</a>

MAR 30, 2021 Article

Learning (Ethical) Lessons from the Greek Revolution

In this blog post, U.S. Global Engagement Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reacts to an article from Paul Glastris in the "Washington Monthly." Nearly 200 years ...

President Macron at the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda, January 2021. <br>CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/50877135273">World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

MAR 30, 2021 Article

ESG Offers Capacity, Capital, and Consensus for Global Challenges

In this article, Carnegie New Leader Ravipal Bains outlines an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) led reorientation of the global financial system. The core idea ...

MAR 26, 2021 Journal Online Exclusive

Learning (Ethical) Lessons from the Greek Revolution