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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 […]
The Montenegro Test
The discussion over Montenegro has ethical dimensions that have been largely overlooked.
Stamford Grapples with American Engagement
I am very grateful to the World Affairs Forum in Stamford, CT, for hosting a discussion forum on the topic of American engagement in global affairs. This conversation, held on July 10, 2018, builds upon earlier conversations held in other parts of the country (in March and April) as well as assessments as to what […]
