Recent Articles
SEP 12, 2018 • Article
Unsafe Harbor: Shrinking Space of Free Expression in Hong Kong
"Since the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, the Communist leadership in Beijing—and the Hong Kong government acting at its behest—has made a concerted effort ...
SEP 12, 2018 • Journal Online Exclusive
Advising the Next Administration: Finding a New Foreign Policy Approach
SEP 4, 2018 • Journal
The Empire of International Legalism
In this essay, Ian Hurd uses the provocative term “empire” to show how the international legal system is also a political system based on the ...
SEP 4, 2018 • Journal
Introduction: Alternatives to War
Some of the most controversial foreign policy issues in the first years of the Trump administration have involved alternatives to war. This roundtable seeks to ...
SEP 4, 2018 • Journal
The Case for Foreign Electoral Subversion
In this essay Cécile Fabre argues that, under certain conditions and subject to certain constraints, foreign electoral subversion may be justified as a means ...
SEP 4, 2018 • Journal
Covert Positive Incentives as an Alternative to War
In this essay, James Pattison argues that covert positive incentives are preferable to both overt incentives and covert force.
SEP 4, 2018 • Journal
The Ethics of Countering Digital Propaganda
Corneliu Bjola argues in this essay that the concept of moral authority offers an original framework for responding to digital disinformation campaigns.
SEP 4, 2018 • Journal
Backfire: The Dark Side of Nonviolent Resistance
In this essay, Michael L. Gross examines the ethics of provoking backfire in the context of nonviolent resistance.
SEP 4, 2018 • Journal
Ending Atrocity Crimes: The False Promise of Fatalism
Some commentators suggest that the best way to minimize harm in atrocity situations is to let the state win as quickly as possible. Could this ...
SEP 4, 2018 • Journal
The Moral Limits of Territorial Claims in Antarctica
This article evaluates the moral weight of the initial territorial claims to Antarctica, which stand as a cornerstone of the Antarctic Treaty.