Online Exclusive • 07/12/2016 • Blog
Decisions, Perspectives, and Ethics
Over the summer, as we refresh the curriculum at the Naval War College, it has given me an opportunity to ponder the ethical implications of ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Journal Issue
Summer 2016 (30.2)
The second issue in EIA’s 30th anniversary volume includes an essay by John R. Emery on the humanitarian applications of drones; a roundtable on ...
Online Exclusive • 06/24/2016 • Blog
Brexit and the revenge of the demos
By a narrow majority, British voters have decided their country should leave the European Union (the so-called Brexit). One of the continent's largest economies, military ...
Online Exclusive • 06/16/2016 • Blog
Why we need better central bank accountability
As pundits debate whether the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again this summer or fall, we are reminded of just how much of ...
Online Exclusive • 06/10/2016 • Blog
Pacta Sunt Servanda, Treaties, and the U.S. Election
How would each presidential candidate approach what is one of the bedrock ethical principles of how the United States conducts foreign policy: pacta sunt servanda, ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Review
Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Rights
Alan Patten’s Equal Recognition is the most significant systematic attempt at deriving a theory of minority rights from the basic tenets of liberalism since ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Review
Scientists at War: The Ethics of Cold War Weapons Research
In this important new work, historian Sarah Bridger explores the ambivalent role of scientists in U.S. policy debates over national defense issues from the 1950...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Review
Sexualities in World Politics: How LGBTQ Claims Shape International Relations
As states mobilize popular sentiment, diplomatic pressure, and foreign aid over the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons, it is no ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Essay
When Democracies Denationalize: The Epistemological Case against Revoking Citizenship
Discomfort with denationalization spans both proceduralist and consequentialist objections. I augment Patti Lenard’s arguments against denationalization with an epistemological argument. What makes denationalization problematic ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Essay
The Democratic Roots of Expatriation
Patti Tamara Lenard assesses the justifications given for the right to revoke citizenship in democratic states and concludes that this practice is inconsistent with a ...