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Online Exclusive 02/27/2026 Blog

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Online Exclusive 11/17/2025 Online Essay

Department of Violence

Pete Hegseth's speech and the U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats reveal an American policy of war without rules, violence without constraint.

Online Exclusive 10/23/2025 Online Essay

Beware the Boomerang Effect: Why U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats Pose a Profound Threat to American Freedom

The U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats point toward an intensification of unchecked destructive and coercive power that directly threatens civil and political freedom.

Online Exclusive 03/13/2023 Essay

Uncharted Territory: Navigating Africa’s Sovereign Debt Crisis with the Emergence of China as the Continent’s Largest Bilateral Creditor

The COVID-19 economic shock has highlighted the unprecedented amount of influence that China has in Africa, particularly as to issues of debt and development. This ...

Online Exclusive 03/13/2023 Essay

Addressing Debt Crises, Healthcare Access, and the Pandemic

Most developing countries continue to wrestle with dramatic health and economic crises spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. Many countries were and still are ill-prepared to ...

Online Exclusive 03/13/2023 Essay

Voice at the Point of Sovereign Default

Much has been written about the questionable legitimacy of extending credit to states where it is likely that the funds will benefit corrupt leaders, or ...

Online Exclusive 03/13/2023 Essay

Introduction: Emerging Issues in Sovereign Debt

Indebtedness has long played a role in the struggle of countries in the Global South to achieve economic and social development. The essays in this ...

Online Exclusive 03/13/2023 Essay

Roundtable: Emerging Issues in Sovereign Debt

The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present an online exclusive roundtable on emerging issues in sovereign debt. The collection examines China's growing ...