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Winter 2013 (27.4) Essay

The Ethical Imperative of Curbing Corporate Tax Avoidance

If the future of human rights is dependent on the capacity of the state to fulfill them, then one must focus on how the private ...

Online Exclusive 12/5/2013 Blog

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We want to hear from you! Ethics & International Affairs is conducting a short survey to get a sense of how the journal is used within ...

Winter 2013 (27.4) Journal Issue

Winter 2013 (27.4)

This issue features an essay by David Scheffer on curbing corporate tax avoidance; a roundtable on the ethics of rebellion, with contributions from James Turner ...

Online Exclusive 11/26/2013 Blog

An Ethical Nuclear Posture for the 21st Century?

What is the appropriate role (and size) of a U.S. nuclear force that would make both strategic and ethical sense? The U.S. still ...

Online Exclusive 10/15/2013 Blog

After the Catastrophe: Ian Buruma on 1945

In his recent visit to Carnegie Council, Ian Buruma gave a fascinating talk about the postwar world, which originated during what he calls "year zero"...

Online Exclusive 10/8/2013 Blog

The UN’s Unprecedented Gamble in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Forward Intervention Brigade represents an unprecedented use of the Security Council’s Chapter VII peacekeeping mandate, and risks undermining peacekeeping’s core tenets of ...

Online Exclusive 10/4/2013 Blog

See No Evil: Drones and Public Opinion

When it comes to drone strikes, Americans often have to juggle two mutually exclusive beliefs. On the one hand, only a quarter of respondents believe ...

Fall 2013 (27.3) Journal Issue

Fall 2013 (27.3)

This issue features an essay by Richard Schiffman on poverty, food security, and the land grab in Africa; a policy brief by Frances Moore Lappé, ...

Online Exclusive 09/26/2013 Blog

Theory Meets Reality: Reacting to WMD Use in Syria

Since the end of the cold war, debates over the ethical propriety of the possession and the willingness to use WMD were seen as largely ...

Online Exclusive 09/24/2013 Blog

Syria and the Just Use of Force Short of War

The Obama administration has spoken of punishing the Assad regime, of deterring future attacks, of reinforcing the norm against chemical weapons use, and of diminishing ...