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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

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.

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.

Online Exclusive 01/16/2015 Blog

After Gitmo and Charlie Hebdo: Rethinking Citizenship in the 21st Century

The Charlie Hebdo massacre and the release of additional inmates from the Guantanamo prison raise questions about the most effective ways to protect ourselves against ...

Online Exclusive 01/14/2015 Blog

The Charlie Hebdo Massacre and the Question of Hate Speech

When does protected expression venture into the realm of hate speech, and who should determine when a particular expression qualifies as such?

Online Exclusive 12/18/2014 Blog

Restoring Diplomatic Relations with Cuba: Ethical Dilemmas

What, if any, are America's moral duties to the Cuban state and the Cuban people? And what do these duties say about America's commitment to ...

Online Exclusive 12/16/2014 Blog

EIA Podcast: Introducing the Winter 2014 Issue

In this podcast, EIA Associate Editor Zach Dorfman speaks with Carnegie Council Communications Director Madeleine Lynn on the winter 2014 issue of the journal.

Online Exclusive 12/16/2014 Blog

How Norms Die: A Response

Authoritarian regimes routinely use torture against domestic political opponents; democracies hardly ever do. What the two regimes share is that they place little weight on ...