World Affairs

More and more refugees are resorting to backchannel paths to safety, including human trafficking. This often ends in death instead of freedom.

Seventy years later, the Hiroshima bombing's legacy requires a reexamination.

Reflections on being an outsider while studying the conflict in Bosnia.

As with all history, the Indiana Quakers' opposition to slavery before the Civil War was anything but clear-cut.

The centrality of truth, untruth and the observer in Kosovo today.

Seventy years after the Trinity nuclear test, remembering the victims of atomic warfare is of utmost importance.

Kosovo's parallel education system demonstrates the state of memory and competitive history in the country.

On the ethics of studying abroad in a post-conflict city like Sarajevo.

Debating the Confederate flag's meaning requires an analysis of its history.

The difficult struggle between saving antiquities and practicing cultural colonialism.

While they show promise, safety-based navigational apps also create significant ethical problems.

In Serbia, traces of postwar trauma can be found in the use of a single word.

Lingering ultranationalism continues to plague Serbian politics, identity and attempts to seek justice.

In February, Dr. Danielle Wenner presented her talk “Autonomy and Non-Domination in International Clinical Research” as a part of the Young Philosophers Lecture Series hosted by the Prindle Institute and the … Continue reading "Autonomy and Non-Domination in International Clinical Research"

Studying in the former Yugoslavia forced me to face the impossibilities of complexity.

The development of "killer robots" stands to change the way we think about warfare.

Drawing on images of beauty and atrocity alike, the poems of ISIS spark questions of how literature is defined.

The captain going down with the ship is a trope used in literature and movies, although it does stem from reality. Captain Smith’s decision to go down with the ship … Continue reading "Going Down With The Ship"

One of the many reasons that weighing ethical dilemmas is such a challenge is because we’re often faced with a conflict between measurable and immeasurable value. We see this often in relation to environmental issues. Because we can’t … Continue reading "Mes Aynak’s Intrinsic Cultural Value"

There has been much debate recently over the potential Iran nuclear deal. The US and Iran have a long and complicated history and this diplomatic move is certainly a continuation … Continue reading "Ethical Dilemma: Iran’s “Signing Bonus”"