Summer 2016 (30.2) • Feature
Should We Take the "Human" Out of Human Rights? Human Dignity in a Corporate World
In recent years philosophical discussions of human rights have focused on the question of whether “humanist” and “political” conceptions of human rights are genuinely incompatible ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Essay
Lost in Transformation? The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals
On September 25, 2015, the world’s leaders adopted a new suite of development goals—the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—that are to guide policymakers for the ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Essay
Transformative Equality: Making the Sustainable Development Goals Work for Women
It is generally agreed by most observers that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have fallen short of achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. Today, ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Essay
Equality as a Global Goal
The MDGs were often criticized for having a “blind spot” with regard to inequality and social injustice. Worse, they may even have contributed to entrenched ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Essay
Accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals: A Lost Opportunity?
The question of accountability—or, more precisely, the question of how governments will be held to account for implementing the commitments made in this new ...
Summer 2016 (30.2) • Essay
The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Humanitarian Drones
What comes to mind when we hear the word “drone”? For many of us, it is the image of a General Atomics MQ-1B Predator ...
Online Exclusive • 05/20/2016 • Blog
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Trump
Listening to Marketplace's discussion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, two things jumped out at me: the first is the assessment that, after all the heavy lifting ...
Online Exclusive • 04/28/2016 • Blog
The Ethics of Trump's Foreign Policy vs. Obama's Long Game
Much of the reaction to Donald Trump's foreign policy speech, beyond the campaign-related questions of whether this address makes him look more presidential or electable, ...
Online Exclusive • 04/1/2016 • Blog
Communitarian Approach? New China-U.S. Agreements
Do the agreements reached at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington between Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping represent an evolution towards the communitarian vision ...
Spring 2016 (30.1) • Journal Issue
Spring 2016 (30.1)
We are pleased to announce the publication of the first issue in EIA’s 30th anniversary volume. This issue includes an essay by Amitai Etzioni ...