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Online Exclusive 06/27/2025 Online Essay

The Cosmic Precipice: Why Weaponizing Space Hurts Us All

Online Exclusive 06/11/2025 Online Essay

The Impact of Pope Francis: The Pope as a Moral Leader on the Global Stage

The late Pope Francis was widely seen as a significant and influential figure during his time in office.

Online Exclusive 03/17/2025 Online Essay

Diplomacy as Stagecraft: Ambush, Performance, and the Ethics of the Trump–Zelenskyy Encounter

This essay examines five core breaches of diplomatic norms during the Trump–Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting.

Online Exclusive 11/8/2019 Blog

A Washington Insider Take on the Narratives

Are we in a moment?  Ever since Trump was elected I have been trying to sort out whether we have reached a critical turning point ...

Online Exclusive 11/7/2019 Online Essay

Book Symposium: A Discussion on Clifford Bob's Rights as Weapons

The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present an online exclusive book symposium featuring responses to Rights as Weapons: Instruments of Conflict, Tools ...

Online Exclusive 11/7/2019 Online Essay

Rights as Weapons: A Rejoinder

It is an honor for Ethics & International Affairs to have chosen my book, Rights as Weapons: Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power, for an online ...

Online Exclusive 11/7/2019 Online Essay

Rethinking the Politics of Rights

Many international human rights advocates have long assumed that rights are natural, universal, indivisible, and absolute–or, as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights puts ...

Online Exclusive 11/7/2019 Online Essay

Law, Morality, and Culture in Rights as Weapons

I distinctly remember meeting Clifford Bob three years ago at an International Studies Association conference, and learning about the fascinating ways in which Catalan nationalists ...