Tag: NATO
The Montenegro Test
The discussion over Montenegro has ethical dimensions that have been largely overlooked.
A “Values-Free” Trans-Atlantic Relationship?
A shift to more transactional modes of doing business–a “values-free” approach–is a risky way to sustain support for existing trans-Atlantic policies and institutions.
The Implications of “The World is Not a Global Community”
“The world is not a ‘global community.’” Last year, in attempting to discern the ethical and philosophical bases of candidate Donald Trump’s approach to world affairs, the first point I made was this: “There is no such thing as an international community. The “buck” stops with the nation-state and the nation-state decides what commitments it […]
Pacta Sunt Servanda, Treaties, and the U.S. Election
How would each presidential candidate approach what is one of the bedrock ethical principles of how the United States conducts foreign policy: pacta sunt servanda, or the absolute ethical requirement that treaties, agreements and commitments must be upheld.
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 creating this massive free-trade arrangement will require, the net benefits are quite modest.
