Recent Articles
MAY 14, 2026 • Journal Online Exclusive
Leverage through Complicity
The essay explores risks of the U.S. presidential pardon system, analyzing how individuals can be compelled to do bad things through complicity in wrongdoing.
APR 27, 2026 • Journal Online Exclusive
Humanitarian Aid for Minerals: Trump’s Transactional Statecraft and the Weaponization of Dependency
Framed as a pragmatic “America First” foreign policy, conditioning aid risks institutionalizing exploitative dynamics and contributing to human suffering under the guise of development cooperation.
APR 21, 2026 • Journal Online Exclusive
What We've Been Reading
Welcome to our roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here’s what we’ve been reading this past week.
APR 9, 2026 • Article
Realism vs. Pragmatism: Understanding America’s New Rhetorical Landscape
Amid Trump's fiery rhetoric and debates over "realism," Professor Jason Ralph writes that "pragmatism" may offer a better alternative for the American public.
MAR 30, 2026 • Article
A Conversation with Carnegie Ethics Fellow Harsh Suri
This conversation features Harsh Suri, CEO and co-founder of The Geostrata, a youth-led independent policy and research think tank, based in India.
MAR 20, 2026 • Article
Zero Introspection
The rejection of introspection and moral duties by America's business leaders—combined with an unwillingness to defend the very system that incubated their success—is ...
MAR 10, 2026 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "One Battle After Another"
This review of Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-winning "One Battle After Another" discusses gender roles, white supremacy, and the motivations of revolutionaries.
FEB 27, 2026 • Journal Online Exclusive
What We've Been Reading
Welcome to our roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here’s what we’ve been reading this past week.
FEB 24, 2026 • Journal
Briefly Noted: "Captured Futures: Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics"