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JUL 12, 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.
JUL 1, 2017 • Journal
Summer 2017 (31.2)
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Summer 2017 issue of Ethics & International Affairs! This issue contains a special section on legitimate authority, war, ...
JUN 28, 2017 • Article
Humanitarians Hope for ‘Risk Management Framework’ on Geoengineering – a Carnegie Discussion
"The potential impacts of geoengineering remain so uncertain as to be quite unknown; what seems clear is that in a geoengineered future there would be ...
JUN 23, 2017 • Journal Online Exclusive
Afghanistan and the Ethics of Triage
What would a democracy triage approach to Afghanistan look like?
JUN 19, 2017 • Journal Online Exclusive
The Ethics of Saying No
Sometimes the ethical statesperson or policymaker must be prepared to refuse requests for action on the grounds that aid cannot credibly be rendered and/or ...
JUN 19, 2017 • Article
Steps To Resolve the Suicide Crisis among India's Farmers
In 2015, government statistics reported that over 12,000 farmers committed suicide, with bankruptcy/indebtedness cited as the top reason for ending their lives, and the numbers continue ...
JUN 19, 2017 • Journal Online Exclusive
Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador
Recently there have been two giant wins for democracy, human rights, and the environment in an unlikely spot: the small, embattled nation of El Salvador. ...
JUN 13, 2017 • Journal Online Exclusive
Yvonne Terlingen on the UN Secretary-General Selection Process
In this interview, Yvonne Terlingen discusses the recent reforms to the UN secretary-general selection process, including the role of civil society in the reforms. She ...
JUN 13, 2017 • Journal Online Exclusive
Engaged Buddhism, Anger, and Retribution
What can Engaged Buddhism contribute to political philosophy?
JUN 9, 2017 • Journal
A Better Process, a Stronger UN Secretary-General: How Historic Change Was Forged and What Comes Next
In the past, UN secretaries-general were chosen on the basis of a haphazard and secretive process behind closed doors. Yet over the last two years, ...