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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 07/24/2017 Blog

The Costs of Solar Geoengineering

While Harvard’s research program could help us to better understand solar geoengineering, they should be careful not to oversell their program at the cost ...

Online Exclusive 07/12/2017 Blog

What We’ve Been Reading

Welcome to our roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here’s what we’ve been reading this month.

Online Exclusive 06/23/2017 Blog

Afghanistan and the Ethics of Triage

What would a democracy triage approach to Afghanistan look like?

Online Exclusive 06/19/2017 Blog

The Ethics of Saying No

Sometimes the ethical statesperson or policymaker must be prepared to refuse requests for action on the grounds that aid cannot credibly be rendered and/or ...

Online Exclusive 06/19/2017 Essay

Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador

Recently there have been two giant wins for democracy, human rights, and the environment in an unlikely spot: the small, embattled nation of El Salvador. ...