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Online Exclusive 03/17/2025 Online Essay

Diplomacy as Stagecraft: Ambush, Performance, and the Ethics of the Trump–Zelenskyy Encounter

Online Exclusive 02/7/2025 Online Essay

Trump, Territory, and Greenland: Mixed Claims for Ownership, Rights, and Control

When we look at what Trump has said about Greenland, we can see that there are different claims about territory.

Online Exclusive 02/3/2025 Online Essay

Should States Use Social Media to Warn Civilians in Armed Conflict?

The cardinal principle of the modern laws of war is the duty to distinguish between civilians and combatants when attacking the enemy.

Online Exclusive 12/18/2008 Essay

On Goodhart's Global Democracy (A Critique)

In this critique of Michael Goodhart's "Human Rights and Global Democracy," Eva Erman argues that Goodhart has reconceptualized democracy and therefore does not offer a ...

Online Exclusive 04/28/2008 Essay

Torture Can Be Self-Defense: A Critique of Whitley Kaufman

In this online response, Uwe Steinhoff argues that Whitley Kaufman's denial that torturing the "ticking bomb terrorist" can be justifiable is incorrect.

Online Exclusive 04/28/2008 Essay

The Distributive Justice Theory of Self-Defense (Response to Whitley Kaufman)

Segev argues for a theory of distributive justice and considers its implications. This theory includes a principle of responsibility that was endorsed by others within ...

Online Exclusive 04/28/2008 Essay

On U.S. Plans to Deploy ABM Systems in Europe and Possible Compromise Solutions

Petr Romashkin and Pavel Zolotarev argue that the current state of Russian-U.S. relations in the area of missile defense cannot be evaluated without taking ...

Online Exclusive 04/28/2008 Essay

Setting the Record Straight (Response to Coyle and Samson)

Lt. Gen. Obering: "Coyle and Samson systematically misrepresent or ignore key facts to bolster their arguments against deploying defenses in Europe to protect our allies ...