Ethics & International Affairs Journal

The quarterly journal of Carnegie Council

The aim of Ethics & International Affairs, the quarterly journal of Carnegie Council, is to help close the gap between theory and practice (and between theorists and practitioners) by publishing original articles, essays, and book reviews that integrate rigorous thinking about principles of justice and morality into discussions of practical dilemmas related to current policy developments, global institutional arrangements, and the conduct of important international actors.

Theoretical discussions that originate in philosophy, religion, or the social sciences should connect with such interests and concerns as the function and design of international organizations (for example, the United Nations, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund); institutions of accountability (such as the International Criminal Court and ad hoc tribunals); arrangements governing trade and the global economy; as well as issues of human rights, the environment, and the use of force.

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Leadership

Joel H. Rosenthal

President, Carnegie Council

Adam Read-Brown

Editor, Carnegie Council's journal, "Ethics & International Affairs"

Priya Chokshi

Associate Editor, Carnegie Council's journal, "Ethics & International Affairs"

Issues

MAR 14, 2016 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 30.1 (Spring 2016): "The Assault on International Law" by Jens David Ohlin

Jens David Ohlin seeks to expose the shaky social scientific and philosophical foundations of what he calls "New Realism," which questions whether international law can ...

MAR 14, 2016 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 30.1 (Spring 2016): Defining Down Sovereignty: The Rights and Responsibilities of Nations

The international community should spell out the kinds of failures to protect civilians that can justify armed interventions by other states, and should establish a ...

MAR 14, 2016 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 30.1 (Spring 2016): Table of Contents Volume 30.1 (Spring 2016)

This issue includes an essay by Amitai Etzioni on how to define national sovereignty through rights and responsibilities; a roundtable on the relationship between Hans ...

DEC 16, 2015 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 29.4 (Winter 2015): Children's Rights as Human Rights

Fundamental state failures--to recognize and act in children's best interest; to afford them the right to be heard; and to respect, protect, and fulfill ...

DEC 16, 2015 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 29.4 (Winter 2015): Global Governance and Power Politics: Back to Basics

The fundamental challenge of global governance today is not a shortage of cooperative mechanisms but the rapid shift in power away from the United States ...

DEC 16, 2015 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 29.4 (Winter 2015): Table of Contents Volume 29.4 (Winter 2015)

This issue includes essays by Alexander Betts on the global refugee regime and Andrej Zwitter on big data and international affairs; a roundtable on global ...

OCT 14, 2015 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 29.4 (Winter 2015): The Normative Terrain of the Global Refugee Regime

The issues of who, why, and how to protect refugees pose a series of normative challenges that can only be addressed by recognizing the dynamic ...

SEP 10, 2015 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 29.3 (Fall 2015): "The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions" by Michael Walzer

This book provides a masterly refutation of a remarkably resilient array of stereotypes about religion and secularism.

SEP 10, 2015 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 29.3 (Fall 2015): "Rough Justice: The International Criminal Court in a World of Power Politics" by David Bosco

There is a growing awareness that the greatest threat to democracy may no longer derive from human agency, but from new forms of technology.

Book cover image - The Ethics of Preventive War

SEP 10, 2015 Journal

Ethics & International Affairs Volume 29.3 (Fall 2015): "The Ethics of Preventive War" edited by Deen K. Chatterjee

Must states comply with the strict standards of international law when they have sound consequentialist reasons for waging preventive wars to avoid future threats of ...