Recent Articles
MAY 8, 2017 • Article
Syrian Women: Peace Will Come only with Accountability
There can be no lasting peace in Syria without justice for detainees and accountability for war crimes. says Syrian Women's Committee Member Mariam Jellabi. Syrian ...
MAY 4, 2017 • Journal Online Exclusive
Rebirth of Universal Jurisdiction?
A recent NGO report documented a 30 percent rise in universal jurisdiction cases worldwide just when it seemed like the principle was on the decline. What's ...
APR 21, 2017 • Article
The Main(e) Concern in the South China Sea
On the 119th anniversary of the start of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. is facing another potential maritime conflict, this time with China. What ...
APR 20, 2017 • Journal Online Exclusive
A Conversation on Statelessness with Kristy Belton
In this interview, Kristy A. Belton talks about statelessness--which affects more than ten million people worldwide--including why it persists and how we can end it. ...
APR 20, 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.
APR 11, 2017 • Journal Online Exclusive
Tomahawk Foreign Policy: Trump and The Use of Force Short of War
What can just war thinking and the use of force short of war tell us about Trump's strike against Syria?
APR 1, 2017 • Journal
Spring 2017 (31.1)
The Spring 2017 issue includes essays by Michael Ignatieff on human rights and the ordinary virtues; Kristy A. Belton on the prospect of ending statelessness in ...
MAR 28, 2017 • Article
President Trump's Dangerous Foreign Policy Know-Nothingism and the Lessons of Nixon and Kennedy
Kennedy kept his cool. Nixon fell to pieces. How will Trump behave under stress--a president who not only lacks a coherent theory of statecraft or ...
MAR 22, 2017 • Article
No Place for Eritreans
Eritreans are fleeing their repressive homeland at the rate of 5,000 a month. Yet once they manage to leave, new dangers await these hapless refugees, from ...
MAR 10, 2017 • Journal
Human Rights, Global Ethics, and the Ordinary Virtues
Drawing on research from site-visits to eight countries, this essay explores whether human rights has become a global ethic, and, if so, how the concept ...