Global Ethics

The Constraints of Transitional Justice in Promoting Intergroup Reconciliation

Pham Quang Dung • Apr 15 2020 • Essays

To promote reconciliation after conflict, there must be a combination of top down methods, like criminal prosecutions and truth commissions, and local initiatives.

Eating Last and the Least: Analysing Gender in Global Hunger

Arpita Wadhwa • Apr 8 2020 • Essays

The level of coordination between international and national actors is a critical determinant of global hunger rates for women.

The Resonance of Name-Shaming in Global Politics: The Case of Human Rights Watch

Johanna Sjöholm • Mar 30 2020 • Essays

While Human Rights Watch has brought critical attention to sexual violence in conflict, it cannot transform the issue’s underlying structural determinants.

Morality, Media and Memes: Kony 2012 and Humanitarian Virality

Nathan Olsen • Mar 26 2020 • Essays

The Kony 2012 campaign simplified the crisis in Uganda to achieve viral status, which highlights the problems that come when humanitarian NGOs achieve virality.

The Impact of Globalisation on Poverty and Inequality in the Global South

Julia Heinze • Mar 22 2020 • Essays

While some countries benefit from globalisation, the argument that globalisation has left the Global South worse off appears to be accurate.

Can the Use of Torture in Intelligence Gathering Be Justified?  

Clara Assumpção • Mar 20 2020 • Essays

Torture can never be justified as a form of intelligence gathering as it is inherently flawed and unethical.

International Law on Cyber Security in the Age of Digital Sovereignty

Abid A. Adonis • Mar 14 2020 • Essays

The present international law on cyber relations does not effectively apply to states given challenges of jurisdiction, arbitration, and legal instruments.

Revisiting Wendt: An Argument for the Normativity of Wendtian Constructivism

Daniel Boston • Mar 7 2020 • Essays

While Wendt does not offer a comprehensive ethical framework, he does have a normative side where he offers a goal to strive towards and a moral way for state to act.

Gendered Implications of Neoliberal Development Policies in Guangdong Province

Hannah Roberts • Mar 3 2020 • Essays

Development policies informed by neoliberal economics fail to challenge the underlying patriarchal structures that impede women’s development.

What’s Stopping Us? The Failures Behind Famine Prevention in the 21st Century

Ryan J. Bain • Mar 3 2020 • Essays

Famine classification should be based upon a combination of both quantitative and qualitative factors to improve international and local responses to the issue.

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