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Online Exclusive • 05/20/2026 • Online Essay

Trump’s Imperial Infantilism and Europe’s Failure of Moral Witness: What Arendt Can Teach us About Political (Im)Maturity

By Hossein Dabbagh & Patrick Hassan

Online Exclusive • 05/14/2026 • Essay

Leverage through Complicity

The essay explores risks of the U.S. presidential pardon system, analyzing how individuals can be compelled to do bad things through complicity in wrongdoing.

By Drew Thompson

Online Exclusive • 04/27/2026 • Online Essay

Humanitarian Aid for Minerals: Trump’s Transactional Statecraft and the Weaponization of Dependency

Framed as a pragmatic “America First” foreign policy, conditioning aid risks institutionalizing exploitative dynamics and contributing to human suffering under the guise of development cooperation.

By Ben Hazelton

Online Exclusive • 09/20/2024 • Blog

What We've Been Reading

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

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Online Exclusive • 08/20/2024 • Blog

What We've Been Reading

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Online Exclusive • 07/23/2024 • Blog

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Online Exclusive • 07/17/2024 • Online Essay

The Olympics, War, and Political Neutrality

In July 2024, Paris will host one of the biggest stages in the world of sport: the 2024 Summer Olympic Games followed by the Paralympic Games.

By Drew Thompson

Online Exclusive • 06/25/2024 • Blog

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