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CREDIT: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/lt9vr2d/">UN Women/Marielos Mora</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>) <br>Costa Rican President Chinchilla & former UN Women Director Bachelet

OCT 21, 2013 Article

Chile's Opportunity to Eradicate Violence Against Women—and Set an Example for the Region

If Michelle Bachelet regains the Chilean presidency in the 2013 election, she has the opportunity to create a lasting legacy for women. What's needed is a ...

Citadel of Aleppo, 2007. Damaged by shelling, 2012. CREDIT: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/kkuwfw3">Watchsmart</a>,  (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>)

SEP 17, 2013 Article

The Fate of Cultural Property in Wartime: Why it Matters and What Should Be Done

Cultural property protection in conflict is often neglected as people argue that the lives of individuals in warzones are far more important than old buildings, ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-123301510/stock-photo-shanghai-skyline-in-sunrise-china.html">Shanghai Skyline at Sunrise</a>  via Shutterstock

AUG 14, 2013 Article

Some Thoughts on the Ethics of China's Rise

In this nuanced and knowledgeable piece, Wyne analyses China's changing values and challenges as the country takes a more prominent role on the world stage, ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/agecombahia/3568970666/">Manu Dias</a>, (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>)

JUL 10, 2013 Article

Venezuela: An Ethical Foreign Policy?

Some observers see Venezuela's foreign policy as promoting international solidarity with the oppressed, combating poverty, and pushing for a just world order free of uni-polar ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=73396402&src=id">Chinese Dragon</a> via Shutterstock

JUN 13, 2013 Article

China's Unilateral Sanctions

China's opposition to economic sanctions is legendary, yet there has been a subtle but significant shift in its own use of such sanctions. This represents ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nortonarchie99/4734275309/">andyteo99</a> (<a href=/zh_CN/publications/ethics_online/"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC</a>)

MAY 9, 2013 Article

The World of Wal-Mart

With the deadly April 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, once again the spotlight is on multi-national companies like Wal-Mart, whose production is ...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39971069@N02/3737832877">Courtesy of Extraordinary Chambers <br>in the Courts of Cambodia</a>, <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">(CC)</a>

APR 23, 2013 Article

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Should the International Community Stay or Go?

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal is in big trouble, much of it financial. But the financial deficit is the result of something  deeper: a responsibility deficit. ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5302/5755016315_f22847bb1b_z.jpg">UK Ministry of Defence</a>

MAR 19, 2013 Article

Drones: Legal, Ethical, and Wise?

The U.S. drone program raises serious ethical concerns, particularly about accountability and due process. Congress, with support from President Obama, must develop new oversight ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_National_Conversation_launch.jpg">Scottish Government</a>

FEB 25, 2013 Article

Scotland, Independence, and Internationalism

The debate over Scotland's future is one that not only has ramifications for Scotland and Britain, but for the rest of the world as well.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25195310@N02/2692782619/in/photostream/">Danielle Walquist Lynch </a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">(CC)</a>

JAN 2, 2013 Article

Will 2013 Launch the Asian Century? Don’t Count on It

If an Asian Century means one in which Asian culture and politics dominate the globe, it won't be coming any time soon. Instead, for many ...