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Global Ethics Corner: Should the International Community Intervene in Syria? - February 17, 2012

It's been almost a year since demonstrations started in Syria and the government crackdown gets bloodier every day. With sanctions not producing results, is it time for a military intervention? Or do conditions on the ground and possible civilian deaths make this option too risky?

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Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:00 AM
Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America (with live webcast)
Enrique Krauze

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The Emergency State: America's Pursuit of Absolute National Security at All Costs (with live webcast)
David C. Unger

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Suhas Apte, Tamara C. Belinfanti, Holly J. Gregory, Alice Korngold

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Welcome to Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Carnegie Council is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational institution. Its core mission is to broadcast to the world the message that ethics matter, regardless of place, origin, or belief. Watch, read, and listen to resources on three broad themes: ethics, war, and peace; global social justice; and religion in politics.  > More

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China Deng Xiaoping was one of the most important leaders of the 20th century. Scholar Ezra Vogel discusses Deng's life, focusing on his work in opening up China to other countries. Vogel also grapples with the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. > More

North Korea: The World's Principal Violator of R2P The 2005 UN World Summit made a commitment to protect populations from genocide, ethnic cleansing,  and crimes against humanity. Has North Korea violated this norm to the degree that intervention is warranted? The answer is an unequivocal yes. > More

Samantha Brennan: Microinequalities Inflicted on Women Why is it that a woman can lead a country, yet women are slower to be served in coffee shops? In the West, women and men share equal status under the law. But in countless practical ways, women experience inequality on a daily basis. > More

Why Are We Surprised at Egypt's Backlash against Foreign NGOs? The outrage over Egypt's arrest of 43 NGO workers is understandable and well deserved. But it also speaks to a little acknowledged paradox: These organizations are conducting democracy-building work that would never be tolerated in the U.S. > More

Policy Innovations Magazine: Resolving the Food Crisis The recent spikes in global food prices served as a wake-up call to the global community, but what has really changed in the global policy response? > Go

Is Humanitarian Intervention Legal? The Rule of Law in an Incoherent World Free access till Feb 26! (Editors' pick from 2011) The legality of humanitarian intervention is essentially indeterminate. No amount of debate over the law or recent cases will resolve its status; it is both legal and illegal at the same time. > More

Policy Innovations Online Magazine for a Fairer Globalization The Council's critically acclaimed website is updated weekly with a rich mix of articles, video, events, and analysis on how ethical innovation shapes global society. > More