Fall 2016 (30.3) • Review
Can Microfinance Work? How to Improve Its Ethical Balance and Effectiveness by Lesley Sherratt
By 2009 the reckless greed of subprime mortgage lenders in the United States had become clear. Housing prices had collapsed by 30 percent or more, and families, ...
Fall 2016 (30.3) • Review
Briefly Noted
Democratic peace theory rests on the largely untested assumption that leaders of liberal democratic states will be held publicly accountable for the costs of war.
Online Exclusive • 08/22/2016 • Blog
The Stateless and the New UN Secretary-General
When it comes to the crisis of the stateless—those who have fled their homes, been ejected from their states by war, conflict, natural disasters ...
Online Exclusive • 08/19/2016 • Blog
Insecurity and the U.S. Election
Is a sense of insecurity the principal driver of the 2016 election in the United States? I wonder whether what we are witnessing reflects a sense "...
Online Exclusive • 08/17/2016 • Essay
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Climate Change: A Test of American Leadership
Climate change is urgent, and it commands a moral dimension. The dry, strategic terminology about competition, conflict and instability shrouds a terrible toll of simple ...
Online Exclusive • 08/16/2016 • Interview
EIA Interview with Robert Sparrow on Autonomous Weapon Systems and Respect in Warfare
In this interview, Professor Robert Sparrow of Monash University speaks to the journal about his work on ethical issues raised by new technologies. The conversation ...
Online Exclusive • 08/2/2016 • Blog
Managed Pluralism
One of the subtexts of recent and forthcoming elections in Europe and in North America is the extent to which liberal democracies can permit high ...
Online Exclusive • 07/28/2016 • Blog
What We've Been Reading
Welcome to our first roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here's what we've been reading this summer.