Global Ethics

The Importance of ‘Intersectionality’ for Feminist Political Theory and Activism

Natalie Lovell • Dec 29 2015 • Essays

Intersectionality compels us to tackle complexity and to address categories of difference, recognizing that identity categories are dynamic, fluid and indivisible

A Moral Vindication of Morgenthau’s Classical Realism

Francesco Bortoluzzi • Dec 26 2015 • Essays

Some observers claim that realism is an amoral doctrine. However, in Morgenthau’s realism, morality is a constitutive feature that argues for a reasoned foreign policy.

Should Irregular Fighters Be Excluded From Legal Protections Such As POW Status?

Dean Cooper-Cunningham • Dec 14 2015 • Essays

‘Irregular’ is a demonising exclusionary weapon of war applied only to those opposing US goals for the purposes of improving the legitimate guise of its actions.

Human Rights and Terrorism: A Comparative Security Analysis

Alex Chung • Nov 25 2015 • Essays

Liberal values are under siege from terrorism, but questions exist concerning Eurocentric notions of terrorism and the source of supposedly illegitimate violence.

Democratic Peace Theory, Power, and Economic Interdependence

Joseph Jegat • Nov 24 2015 • Essays

In order to be a successfully explanatory theory, Democratic Peace Theory needs a dose of economic interdependence.

Is the Refusal to end Poverty a form of Violence?

Matthew Frost • Nov 20 2015 • Essays

Despite the causes of poverty, the wealth exists to ensure that it need not. Negligence and adiaphorisation do not excuse the violence, they only clarify its existence.

Global Pandemics: A Security Threat?

Joseph Jegat • Nov 17 2015 • Essays

This essay has argued that global pandemics are a threat to state security, the extent to which they are a threat however, is determined by how developed the state is.

Moralities and Modes of Inquiry in International Relations

Sacha Blumen • Sep 27 2015 • Essays

The morality of states approach, which defends both universal and non-universal moral duties, implies people can hold cosmopolitan and communitarian notions concurrently.

Justice in a World of Climate Change and the Distribution of Responsibilities

Sacha Blumen • Sep 6 2015 • Essays

Notions of global justice are irrevocably connected with the economic and social costs of climate change, which affect global social justice and the world as a whole.

Are India and China on a Collision Course of Maritime Strategies?

Andreas Fabian • Sep 6 2015 • Essays

The Chinese and Indian maritime strategies and their aspirations have disposed two powers into a collision course in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

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