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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.

By Christopher Kutz

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.

By Christopher J Finlay

Online Exclusive • 04/11/2017 • Blog

Tomahawk Foreign Policy: Trump and The Use of Force Short of War

What can just war thinking and the use of force short of war tell us about Trump's strike against Syria?

By John R. Emery

Online Exclusive • 03/6/2017 • Blog

The Yemen Raid and the Grievability of Lives Lost

Framing the debate about the Yemen raid around whether President Trump is to blame misses other crucial matters that ought to be explored, particularly about ...

By John R. Emery

Online Exclusive • 03/5/2017 • Blog

The Great Divide: Democracy's Future

By Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Online Exclusive • 02/21/2017 • Blog

Democracy Promotion and a Trump Administration

By Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Online Exclusive • 02/16/2017 • Essay

30th Anniversary Volume Editors' Picks

Ethics & International Affairs is pleased to present a special collection of “Editors’ Picks” from its 30th Anniversary Volume. Access the selections here.

By The Editors

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