Ethics in a Violent World (2005-2006)

Overview

Focusing on the institutions regulating war and peace, this initiative engages scholars, policymakers, and concerned citizens through major public lectures, policy briefings, and journal articles.

DEC 13, 2005 Article

The UN Charter and the Neoconservative Challenge

Preventive war and democracy promotion are the two main prongs of the neocon challenge to traditional UN norms governing the use of force. Farer criticizes ...

DEC 13, 2005 Transcript

"A Threat to One Is a Threat to All:" Nonstate Actors, Collective Security, and the Reform of the UN

In this roundtable discussion, eminent authorities discuss the ethics of collective security. What constitutes a "global threat" from a nonstate actor, and who gets to ...