A year and a half into the Trump presidency, its most consequential feature thus far is its assault on ethics. What began as a curiosity and a jolt—reality TV comes to politics— is now routine. Demonstrably false statements arrive daily. Name-calling and outright...
BOOK REVIEW—The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World By Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro Almost since the day of its signing on August 27, 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact—formally known as the General Treaty for Renunciation of War...
War is mankind’s oldest story. In the Iliad war is presented as a choice of the gods. Insecure, vengeful and proud, it is the gods who direct soldiers into brutal and deadly combat. As Homer tells it, the force of war is so deeply ingrained in the human experience...
This lecture was delivered as the 2016 Dorsett Fellow Lecture at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, January 21, 2016 What will 2015 be remembered for? The image that comes to mind is “rising fences.” If we took a satellite photo of the planet, that would be the story;...
Dear Mr. Carnegie, As the current president of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, it is my privilege to report to you on the eve of the 100th anniversary of our founding. It is not often that we have an opportunity to think in terms of 100...
This article originally appeared in The Christian Science Monitor (on March 5 online and March 18, 2013 in the print edition) and was entitled “Three questions to ask about U.S. drone strikes.” Reposted with kind permission. The white paper released in February 2013...
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