Online Exclusives

Online Exclusive 10/14/2025 Online Essay

Global Ethics Day 2025: Ethics Re-envisioned

For the 12th annual Global Ethics Day, the editors of Ethics & International Affairs invited brief essays for an online roundtable on “Ethics Re-envisioned.”

Online Exclusive 10/10/2025 Online Essay

Ethics in a Complex World: Why Moral Clarity Is Not Simple

When acknowledging moral complexity, we do not face one simple right answer, but a field of “side-by-side” truths.

Online Exclusive 07/21/2015 Interview

A Conversation on Climate Change with Conservation International's M. Sanjayan

M. SANJAYAN AND ZACH DORFMAN In this interview, M. Sanjayan, senior scientist at Conservation International, discusses our climate-changed world, and why—on some days at ...

Online Exclusive 07/16/2015 Blog

How Obama Solved U.S.-Iran Relations' "Trolley Problem"

HUSSEIN BANAI The announcement of a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program is a significant achievement of international diplomacy. The predicament faced—and perhaps ...

Online Exclusive 07/13/2015 Blog

The Risks of the "Shaming" Approach to Policy

The Bosnian tragedy is a case where unwillingness to really get involved should have been the spur to finding a compromise.

Online Exclusive 06/22/2015 Essay

Response to "Against Moral Absolutism: Surveillance and Disclosure After Snowden"

WILLIAM E. SCHEUERMAN U.S. officials have acted irresponsibly, and because of thoughtful critics like Greenwald and Snowden, they may finally pay a modest price ...

Online Exclusive 06/15/2015 Blog

FIFA and the Reform vs. Representation Conundrum

If you want a peek at what the future holds for the international system, FIFA provides a useful microcosm.