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AUG 21, 2019 Journal Online Exclusive

The Ethics of Trade with China and Authoritarian Upgrading

In an earlier posting, I discussed some of the ethical frameworks for assessing the trade war with China, themes that were expanded upon in a ...

President Donald J. Trump and President Xi Jinping hold a bilateral meeting in Beijing on November 9, 2017. CREDIT: <a href=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/more-photos-foreign-trip/>The White House (CC)</a>.

AUG 20, 2019 Article

Ethical Considerations in a Trade War with China

Are there ethical considerations that need to be factored in as part of assessing the merits of a "trade war" with the People's Republic of ...

President Donald J. Trump walks off the stage at the Southsea Common in Portsmouth, England. CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/48012260898/>The White House (CC)</a>.

AUG 20, 2019 Article

Beyond Trump

Some countries are now coming to the same conclusions reached by the U.S. Global Engagement program: the 2016 election was not a "blip," but represents ...

Detail from book cover.

AUG 19, 2019 Article

Book Review: Northern Ireland’s Ghosts, Living in Plain Sight

Even though much of the fighting in Northern Ireland has subsided, how has the lack of true reconciliation in the region influenced its society? This ...

AUG 19, 2019 Journal Online Exclusive

Beyond Trump

AUG 19, 2019 Journal Online Exclusive

Ethical Considerations in a Trade War with China

Are there ethical considerations that need to be factored in as part of assessing the merits of a "trade war" with the People's Republic of ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sustainable_Development_Goals.jpg">UNDP (CC)</a>

AUG 8, 2019 Article

Prioritizing the Linkages Between Sustainable Development Goals to Eradicate Child Marriage

"Child marriage is both a cause and consequence of the other societal ills outlined in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals," writes human rights attorney Megan ...

Senator Elizabeth Warren in Las Vegas, April, 2019. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Warren_(47699370372).jpg">Gage Skidmore (CC)</a>

JUL 31, 2019 Article

Democratic Candidates and Foreign Policy

Which foreign policy narratives have emerged from the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates? Will it be restorationist, democratic community, America First, retrenchment/redefinition, reindustrialization/regeneration, or climate ...

JUL 30, 2019 Journal Online Exclusive

Democratic Candidates and Foreign Policy

JUL 24, 2019 Journal Online Exclusive

Sri Lanka 2.0: Independent Inquiry Shows UN “Systemic Failure” in Myanmar

A recent independent inquiry into the involvement of the UN in Myanmar from 2010 to 2018 assigns collective responsibility for the atrocities committed during the 2017 Rohingya crisis ...