Recent Articles
SEP 23, 2025 • Journal
The Diffusion of Global Power and the Decline of Global Governance
This essay makes the case that the changing global distribution of state power has led to a decline in global governance: that is, the attempt ...
SEP 16, 2025 • Journal
The Institutional Dynamics of Global Governance in Hard Times: Innovation or Decline?
This introduction to the roundtable argues that global governance currently faces hard times because it is affected by a set of significant developments, and identifies ...
SEP 16, 2025 • Journal
New Issue Out Now: Global Governance in Hard Times, the Politics and Morality of Transnational Corporate Accountability, and more
The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present the latest issue of the journal. The issue features a roundtable on global governance in ...
SEP 12, 2025 • Article
When Philosophy Meets Power: How Metaethics Shapes International Influence
ICR Research's Stuart MacDonald explores how metaethics—the study of what makes moral claims valid—might help us understand the difficulties of values-based diplomacy.
SEP 2, 2025 • Article
A Conversation with Carnegie Ethics Fellow Josh Acosta
This interview series profiles members of the second Carnegie Ethics Fellows cohort. This discussion features Josh Acosta, a nonresident fellow at George Mason University.
AUG 28, 2025 • Article
Ethics in a Post-Liberal World
Seven months into Trump's second term, liberal principles hang in the balance. Bringing these norms back to life will require courage.