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EIA Spring 2019 issue–Out Now!
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Spring 2019 issue of Ethics & International Affairs. Access the Table of Contents here.
Secessionist Conflict: A Happy Marriage between Norms and Interests?
In secessionist conflicts, actors tend to choose norms that align with their interests. But there are important outlier cases that complicate this picture, writes Rafael Biermann.
Tackling Climate Change: Why Us Now?
Professor Henry Shue writes that we are the pivotal generation, and acting now is not only a matter of self-interest but also of our unique moral responsibility.
EIA Interview with Ronald Deibert on a Human-Centric Approach to Cybersecurity
Discussions around cybersecurity often focus on the security and sovereignty of states, not individuals, says Professor Ronald Deibert, director of University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. If you start from a “human-centric perspective,” it could lead to policies focusing on peace, prosperity, and human rights. How can we work toward this approach?
After Katowice: Three Civil Society Strategies for Ratcheting Up Climate Ambition
The recent climate conference in Katowice, Poland was a milestone for the Paris Agreement, and it points to the role NGOs can play in encouraging states to ratchet up climate ambition.
Japan’s Withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission: A Disaster that Could Have Been Avoided
Former IWC chair Cristian Maquieira writes that Japan’s decision was a long time coming, but it didn’t have to be this way.
EIA Winter 2018 issue–Out Now!
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Winter 2018 issue of Ethics & International Affairs. Access the Table of Contents here.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Seventy: Progress and Challenges
In this essay, Ş. İlgü Özler examines global progress toward achieving the ideals enshrined in the UDHR, which was adopted seventy years ago in 1948.
