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Empty Pews in the Church of Atlanticism
Timothy Garton Ash uses the image of “empty pews” to describe a declining commitment, not only on the part of the U.S. public, but even some American foreign policy experts, to the cause of Atlanticism–the notion that the United States has compelling interests to remain involved in European affairs. As he notes in his essay […]
The Ethics of the “Doorstep”
Asha Castleberry raised a great point in her discussion with Ali Wyne (the panel on “Making Foreign Policy Relevant Again“) at the Carnegie Council: connecting the broad swath of national security matters to the “doorstep” (a formulation that participant Simran Maker amplified) of the American voter. In other words, the “doorstep test” requires the policymaker […]
What We’ve Been Reading
Welcome to our roundup of monthly news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here’s what we’ve been reading in September.
Advising the Next Administration: Finding a New Foreign Policy Approach
The Center for American Progress has released a report laying out a foreign policy approach that the next administration might consider adopting. Securing a Democratic World: The Case for a Democratic Values-Based U.S. Foreign Policy takes as its starting point the important recognition that one cannot simply turn the clock backwards and ignore the reality […]
What We’ve Been Reading
The UN report on Myanmar, child refugees in Nauru, and foreign aid for India. Current events in international affairs, paired with EIA and Carnegie Council resources.
Upcoming Conferences of Interest 2018-2019
We’ve put together a list of conferences related to ethics and international relations for the 2018-2019 academic year. We hope you find a conference to attend!
The Vision: Saving the Old or Building the New?
Steve Walt writes in Foreign Policy about why he chose not to endorse an open letter to the Trump administration by various international relations scholars about the need to save and preserve the U.S. role in the “liberal international order.” Ultimately, his point has to do with the vision the United States has for how world […]
