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 10/21/2014 Blog

The Ottoman Road to War: Mustafa Aksakal on the Ottoman Empire and WWI

For Aksakal, World War I informs national identities in the Middle East even today, even though it is itself poorly understood.

Online Exclusive 10/18/2014 Blog

The Ethics of Intervention

An overly literal application of just war concepts might eliminate many of the proposed and recently undertaken U.S. interventions; on the other hand, using ...

Online Exclusive 10/14/2014 Blog

Why Fossil Fuel Divestment Is Working

Fossil fuel divestment has its limitations and will only be successful in conjunction with broader action. Nonetheless, the movement is already having significant positive impacts ...

Online Exclusive 10/6/2014 Blog

The Paradox of Using Human Shields in War

MICHAEL GROSS May guerrillas use human shields? The short answer is yes, but not always.

Online Exclusive 09/30/2014 Blog

ISIS and the Ethics of Delegation in Fighting Terrorism

NICK GVOSDEV Just because groups may benefit from U.S. support and air power in fighting ISIS does not mean that they are prepared to ...