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Listen to the latest insights from Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Tune in to hear from leading experts and thinkers, identifying and addressing the most critical ethical issues of today and tomorrow.
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
The Ethics of Preventive War, Edited by Deen K. Chatterjee
Must states comply with the strict standards of international law when they have sound consequentialist reasons for waging preventive wars to avoid future threats of ...
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
International Judges: Is There a Global Ethic?
RICHARD J. GOLDSTONE Thousands of judges from across the globe now sit on international courts. It is time to systematically consider professional ethical standards.
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
Rescuing Democracy in the Age of the Internet
DAVID RUNCIMAN There is a growing awareness that the greatest threat to democracy may no longer derive from human agency, but from new forms of ...
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
The Paradox of Liberation by Michael Walzer
REVIEW BY GEORGE RUPP This book provides a masterly refutation of a remarkably resilient array of stereotypes about religion and secularism.
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
Rough Justice by David Bosco
This is the best account so far of the trajectory of the ICC from its optimistic origins to the more constrained court of today.
AUG 24, 2015 • Podcast
Bridging the Civilian-Military Gap with Veterans4Diplomacy's Jayson Browder
"I think there's a new breed of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are very entrepreneurial. A lot of the missions that they had in Iraq, ...
AUG 21, 2015 • Podcast
Global Tax Avoidance: Who's Responsible?
We investigate the complex world of tax avoidance, starting with the mining industry in Zambia. Activists, documentarians, and economists give perspectives on how corporations avoid ...
AUG 20, 2015 • Podcast
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran: Assessment and Prospects
Professor Gary Sick, Iran expert at Columbia University and lead White House negotiator during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, assesses the merits of the recently negotiated ...
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 ...