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President Trump with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, March 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/33971295103/in/photostream/">The White House</a> (Public Domain)

NOV 28, 2017 Article

Don't Be Fooled by Cosmetic Changes: The West-Saudi Alliance Is More Morally Dubious Than Ever

"Aside from inertia and vague promises of support in fighting terrorist groups, there is little to justify the continuation of the close relationship between self-professed ...

NOV 18, 2017 Journal Online Exclusive

Can America Still Find a Purpose?

Can the United States, which played such a critical role in the development of the institutions that shaped the post-World War II environment, repeat that ...

NOV 3, 2017 Journal Online Exclusive

Collateral Displacement in War

Military strategists fail to consider collateral displacement in their in bello proportionality calculations, and that's a mistake.

OCT 27, 2017 Journal Online Exclusive

Self-Determination versus State Integrity: Catalan and Kurdish Issues

Two crises are brewing, one in Iraq and one in Spain, over the perennial problem of whether self-determination takes precedence over territorial integrity.

OCT 25, 2017 Journal Online Exclusive

Upcoming Conferences of Interest 2018

We have compiled a list of upcoming conferences related to the fields of ethics and international affairs through the end of 2018. We hope you find ...

OCT 16, 2017 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 what we’ve been reading this month.

Coltan/tantalum mining, Congo. CREDIT <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/sourcingnetwork/7589135402/">Responsible Sourcing Network</a>

OCT 11, 2017 Article

Let’s Be Frank: The Impact of Dodd-Frank and International Legislation on Congolese Extractive Industry

President Trump proposes killing off elements of the Dodd-Frank Act that require energy and mineral resource companies to hold U.S. companies accountable for their ...

OCT 3, 2017 Journal Online Exclusive

EIA Interview with Amitav Acharya on the Multiplex World Order

In this interview, Amitav Acharya and Adam Read-Brown discuss the decline of the liberal world order and the rise of a "multiplex world."

OCT 1, 2017 Journal

Fall 2017 (31.3)

We are pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2017 issue of Ethics & International Affairs! This issue contains essays by Amartya Sen on the foundations ...

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SEP 27, 2017 Article

The Evolution of Corporate Ethics: A Strategic Case for Profit Maximization through Responsible Behavior

"We are now transitioning from a world where philanthropic social contributions, i.e., Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), influenced behavior, to one where authentic Positive Impact ...