Online Exclusive • 06/2/2015 • Essay
The Role of Ideal Theory in Developing an Applied Ethics of International Law
In his book, Steven Ratner impressively integrates the concerns and perspectives of international lawyers with a philosophically compelling normative analysis, demonstrating by example the importance ...
Online Exclusive • 06/1/2015 • Interview
Interview with Shefa Siegel on Liberia, Ebola, and the Cult of Bankable Projects
SHEFA SIEGEL AND ZACH DORFMAN It's not for lack of money that international organizations failed to prevent the disastrous spread of Ebola, says Shefa Siegel. ...
Online Exclusive • 06/1/2015 • Essay
Introducing The Thin Justice of International Law
Ratner describes the major themes and arguments of his new book, The Thin Justice of International Law, the featured work in a new joint EJILTalk-EIA ...
Online Exclusive • 05/13/2015 • Blog
What Thucydides Can Teach Us About Imperial Overreach
Athens’ history reminds us that military power and technological advancement do not guarantee safety or perpetual prosperity.
Online Exclusive • 04/25/2015 • Blog
Killer Robots: Toward the Loss of Humanity
Robots should not be allowed to make life and death decisions. These should stay firmly within the human purview.
Spring 2015 (29.1) • Essay
Ebola, Liberia, and the "Cult of Bankable Projects"
SHEFA SIEGEL Instead of addressing core issues of state failure, development aid continues pushing narrowly focused agendas that have little meaning in places where institutions ...
Online Exclusive • 04/14/2015 • Blog
Ethics and the Iran Talks
Have the participants negotiated in good faith, with an intent to execute faithfully any and all obligations undertaken?
Spring 2015 (29.1) • Journal Issue
Spring 2015 (29.1)
This issue includes an essay by Shefa Siegel on “Liberia, Ebola, and the ‘Cult of Bankable Projects’”; a symposium on imagining a “Drone Accountability Regime,” ...
Online Exclusive • 03/25/2015 • Blog
EIA Podcast: Introducing the Spring 2015 Issue
In this podcast, EIA Senior Editor Zach Dorfman speaks with Carnegie Council Communications Director Madeleine Lynn on the spring 2015 issue of the journal.
Online Exclusive • 03/23/2015 • Essay
Terminator Ethics: Should We Ban “Killer Robots”?
JEAN-BAPTISTE JEANGÈNE VILMER Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems are the subject of significant debate, and certain NGOs are demanding their preventive prohibition. But these systems ...