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AUG 12, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

What Should You Do if You Are Not an "Effective Altruist"?

Peter Singer argues that a significant portion of one’s income should go toward alleviating global poverty. But this is just a start.

JUL 24, 2015 Podcast

A Conversation on Climate Change with Conservation International's M. Sanjayan

In late June, "Ethics & International Affairs" senior editor Zach Dorfman sat down with M. Sanjayan, senior scientist at Conservation International, at the Aspen Ideas Festival ...

JUL 21, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

A Conversation on Climate Change with Conservation International's M. Sanjayan

M. SANJAYAN AND ZACH DORFMAN In this interview, M. Sanjayan, senior scientist at Conservation International, discusses our climate-changed world, and why—on some days at ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/19408153016/">Thomas Hawk</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JUL 21, 2015 Podcast

When CEOs Become Activists

Corporate leaders' influence reaches beyond the walls of their businesses. How do they use that power, and what are the ethical, business, and political consequences? ...

L to R: David C. Speedie, Dr. Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Ambassador John A. Cloud. CREDIT: Gusta Johnson, Carnegie Council

JUL 20, 2015 Podcast

Ukraine and the Future of Reforms

In May 2015, a time of crisis not only for Ukraine but also for the future of the entire EU, Cloud and Gvosdev went to Lithuania, ...

Asha Castleberry in Kuwait.

JUL 16, 2015 Podcast

Iraqi Unity & the Fight Against ISIL with U.S. Army Veteran Asha Castleberry

"The most important thing right now is that the Iraqis have to defeat ISIL, and in order to do that, they have to achieve national ...

JUL 16, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

How Obama Solved U.S.-Iran Relations' "Trolley Problem"

HUSSEIN BANAI The announcement of a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program is a significant achievement of international diplomacy. The predicament faced—and perhaps ...

JUL 14, 2015 Podcast

Eighteen Months On: Post-Maidan Ukraine

Professor Nicolai Petro was a Fulbright scholar in Odessa, southern Ukraine, for a year in the aftermath of the Maidan revolution. In Odessa once again, ...

JUL 13, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

The Risks of the "Shaming" Approach to Policy

The Bosnian tragedy is a case where unwillingness to really get involved should have been the spur to finding a compromise.

JUL 2, 2015 Podcast

The Republic of Conscience

According to former U.S. Senator Gary Hart, Congress, the military, and even the Supreme Court have fallen victim to special interests and ignored America's ...