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Online Exclusive 11/12/2014 Blog

Challenge from the East

An alternative vision to global order—distinct from the assumptions put forward in Washington and Brussels—is acquiring coherence.

Online Exclusive 11/10/2014 Blog

EIA Interview with Philip Alston on a World Court for Human Rights

A special EIA interview between Philip Alston, author of "Against a World Court for Human Rights," and John Tessitore, editor of the journal.

Online Exclusive 10/21/2014 Blog

The Ottoman Road to War: Mustafa Aksakal on the Ottoman Empire and WWI

For Aksakal, World War I informs national identities in the Middle East even today, even though it is itself poorly understood.

Online Exclusive 10/18/2014 Blog

The Ethics of Intervention

An overly literal application of just war concepts might eliminate many of the proposed and recently undertaken U.S. interventions; on the other hand, using ...

Online Exclusive 10/14/2014 Blog

Why Fossil Fuel Divestment Is Working

Fossil fuel divestment has its limitations and will only be successful in conjunction with broader action. Nonetheless, the movement is already having significant positive impacts ...

Online Exclusive 10/6/2014 Blog

The Paradox of Using Human Shields in War

MICHAEL GROSS May guerrillas use human shields? The short answer is yes, but not always.

Fall 2014 (28.3) Journal Issue

Fall 2014 (28.3)

This issue features an essay by Mark Osiel on identifying the perpetrators of atrocity crimes; a centennial roundtable on climate change featuring Stephen M. Gardiner, ...

Online Exclusive 09/30/2014 Blog

ISIS and the Ethics of Delegation in Fighting Terrorism

NICK GVOSDEV Just because groups may benefit from U.S. support and air power in fighting ISIS does not mean that they are prepared to ...

Online Exclusive 09/30/2014 Blog

The Impending Failure of the Sustainable Development Goals

SCOTT WISOR The Millennium Development Goals suffered from serious design flaws, but these were perhaps understandable. Those putting together the successor agreement have no such ...

Online Exclusive 09/22/2014 Blog

Why Climate Change Divestment Will Not Work

Instead of devoting scarce resources toward a divestment campaign, we need to direct attention to the more urgent and effective task of placing a price ...