JUL 10, 2013 • Article
Venezuela: An Ethical Foreign Policy?
Some observers see Venezuela's foreign policy as promoting international solidarity with the oppressed, combating poverty, and pushing for a just world order free of uni-polar ...
JUL 8, 2013 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "The Island President"
As "The Island President" makes clear, it is impossible to overstate the catastrophic effect global warming will have on the Maldives. During the 2009 Copenhagen Summit, ...
JUL 8, 2013 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: UNDP Uses a New Human Development Eco Footprint
The 2013 Human Development Report has brought hybrid economic-ecologic metrics into a new era, providing a clear path to a broader meaning of development.
JUL 7, 2013 • News
Michael Ignatieff: "No hay democracia verdadera sin limitación y control efectivo del poder"
In this interview with the Argentinian newspaper, "Clarin," which took place during the Council's site visit to South America, Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff discussed democracy ...
JUL 6, 2013 • News
The New Global Ethic
"The nation-state is in many ways becoming an antique, because the conditions of humanity have changed," argues Kishore Mahbubani, National University of Singapore. This was ...
JUL 5, 2013 • News
51% Show #1251
WAMC Northeast Public Radio's "51%." show included a 2011 Global Ethics Corner on democracy in Turkey to contextualize a discussion about recent developments there. Does Turkey offer ...
JUL 3, 2013 • News
Why the West Fears Islam: An Exploration of Muslims in Liberal Democracies
Are Muslims threatening the core values of the West? In her latest book, Global Ethics Fellow Jocelyne Cesari examines this question through the lens of ...
JUL 2, 2013 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: China's Ecological Pivot
The World Cultural Forum held this spring in Hangzhou witnessed what may be an epochal pivot by the Chinese leadership toward an ecological future.