Global Ethics

Is Human Security Part of the International Security Agenda?

Katy Edwards • Mar 25 2016 • Essays

Human security is falling short of the developmental, humanitarian impact that it had intended, despite being entrenched on the international security agenda.

Can Non-Violent Resistance Be an Effective Strategy for Challenging State Power?

Madeleine Nyst • Mar 25 2016 • Essays

Examining the Arab Uprisings in 2011, the effectiveness of non-violent resistance movements for challenging state power is evinced.

Are Military Interventions Inevitably Doomed to Backfire?

Flamur Krasniqi • Mar 23 2016 • Essays

Military interventions are always liable to backfire and cause unintended harm to an intervening state on various grounds, such as ideological, political, and economic.

Transitional Justice in Cambodia–Too Little Too Late?

Emily Gleeson • Mar 22 2016 • Essays

Understanding the events and interests that led up to the creation of the ECCC gives insight into the current government’s attempts to achieve legitimacy.

Continued Challenges in Rebuilding Haiti

Tsz Ching Kwok • Mar 11 2016 • Essays

Although NGOs have been criticised for their failure to address the issues facing Haiti in the aftermath of her earthquake, preexisting issues exacerbate the challenge.

The Impact of Human Rights Mobilization on Colombia’s Justice and Peace Law

Veronika Hoelker • Mar 7 2016 • Essays

Colombia’s controversial ‘Justice and Peace’ Law has unified human rights advocates on anti-amnesty attitudes while contributing to new disputes on accountability.

Forgetting Politics: The Impossibility of Humanitarian Intervention

Lisa Whitten • Mar 3 2016 • Essays

‘Humanitarian military intervention’ is critiqued as a de-politicizing discourse, with four proposals for re-politicization suggested.

Morgenthau’s Utilitarian Version of Realism

Nicholas Pugh • Feb 20 2016 • Essays

Morgenthau’s realist doctrine is neither amoral nor bellicose because it is informed by a set of utilitarian ethics which aim to prevent major conflict via lesser evils.

Challenges and Opportunities for Walzer’s “Jus ad Vim” for the 21st Century

Jonathan Haseldine • Feb 15 2016 • Essays

“Jus ad vim” undoubtedly has a role in the ethical evaluation of military and government activities, especially in the realm of emerging technology such as drones.

Hasan al-Banna and the Political Ideologisation of Islam in the 20th Century

Camille Mulcaire • Feb 2 2016 • Essays

Hasan al-Banna, founder of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, has played a significant role in the political ideologisation of Islam in the twentieth century.

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