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MAR 24, 2020 Journal Online Exclusive

EIA Spring 2020 issue--Out Now!

The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present the Spring 2020 issue of the journal! This issue looks at world peace, the global refugee ...

MAR 24, 2020 Journal

Rescuing Human Rights: A Radically Moderate Approach

With the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and the ratification of the nine core international human rights treaties over the subsequent ...

MAR 24, 2020 Journal

Towards a Westphalia for the Middle East

Could the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years’ War in Central Europe in 1648, serve as a source of inspiration for new ideas, instruments, ...

MAR 24, 2020 Journal

Clear and Present Safety: The World Has Never Been Better and Why That Matters to Americans

It has been said before but cannot really be said too often: By a large number of measures, human welfare has massively improved over the ...

Taiwan, February 2020. CREDIT: <a href=“https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:蔡總統視導33化學兵群_02.jpg“>Military News Agency Zhou Lihang (CC)</a>.

MAR 17, 2020 Article

Does COVID-19 Change International Relations?

Does a global pandemic change the nature of international affairs? Is it likely to foster international cooperation, or will it promote disintegrative tendencies within the ...

MAR 17, 2020 Journal Online Exclusive

Does Covid-19 Change International Relations?

Health checkpoints at an airport in Milan, Italy on February 7, 2020. CREDIT: <a href= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emergenza_coronavirus_(49501382461).jpg> Protezione Civile (CC)</a>.

MAR 14, 2020 Article

Peace By Poison: How the Coronavirus Could Fix Globalization Problems

How is the COVID-19 pandemic stress-testing the international system? Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev writes that the virus is accelerating a series of disintegrative processes, which ...

MAR 11, 2020 Journal Online Exclusive

A Luxury Carbon Tax to Address Climate Change and Inequality: Not All Carbon Is Created Equal

Just as there is income inequality, there is also inequality in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A luxury carbon tax is worth considering. It can help ...

CREDIT: 2020 <a href=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpvqqGDGeLgoWIH_1EGK4N5vdof8jru7wT33gEJBGJs0mEmQ/viewform>survey of attitudes</a>, U.S. Global Engagement program. Map provided by <a href=https://pixabay.com/photos/blur-close-up-continent-exploration-1869546/>Pixabay (CC)</a>.

MAR 9, 2020 Article

What Do Americans Think . . .

The U.S. Global Engagement program at Carnegie Council has been conducting a survey of attitudes about U.S. foreign policy with an eye to ...

MAR 6, 2020 Journal Online Exclusive

What Do Americans Think ...