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FEB 2, 2009 Article

Letter from the United States to Iran

In a possible letter from the United States to Iran, David Speedie writes of the two nations' shared interests, the causes that divide them, and ...

JAN 30, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: How Real Is Virtual?

Virtual worlds are online environments in which users interact via self-designed persona called avatars. Virtual reality can be entertaining and educational, but at what point ...

JAN 28, 2009 Podcast

Public Ethics Radio: Jeff McMahan on Proportionality

Israeli officials insist that their attacks on Gaza were judiciously planned so as to minimize harm to civilians. What role do civilian casualties play in ...

JAN 27, 2009 Podcast

Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

For Bundy, the ultimate actor in Vietnam was not the military, the secretary of state or of defense, or the national security advisor. It was ...

JAN 27, 2009 Podcast

The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism in the Twenty-First Century

Was George W. Bush the true heir of Woodrow Wilson, the architect of liberal internationalism? Was the Iraq War a result of liberal ideas about ...