Roby Barret: Special Edition, Summer 2024
Zaydi Yemen, Western interests, and the protection of global trade pose a complicated set of riddles for US policy makers. A clan-dominated, sectarian tribal faction in upland Yemen, the al-Houthi family, is determined to disrupt global trade and regional stability while largely ignoring its own population, which is teetering on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. The juxtaposed issues of strategic interests and concerns about the humanitarian disaster have resulted in Western policies that have been confused, inconsistent, at times misguided, and almost always ineffective. Pseudo-ethical considerations, i.e., handwringing over narrow, unsolvable humanitarian issues in southwest Arabia, have undermined pragmatic interest-based policies while at the same time offering no workable alternatives.
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Northern Plains Ethics Journal (NPEJ)
Call for Papers Northern Plains Ethics Journal 2024
The Northern Plains Ethics Journal’s editorial board welcomes submissions in the humanities focusing on ethical issues affecting the Northern Plains – very broadly understood – for the 2024 edition of the journal. Submissions need not be focused solely upon the United States of America’s Northern Plains, but the ethical issues which the submissions address should be made relevant to the region.
The Northern Plains Ethics Journal is the first peer-reviewed ethics and philosophy journal in North Dakota. The NPEJ’s mission is to create a high-quality dedicated publication platform to promote democratic participation in social and ethical issues affecting the Northern Plains and beyond.
To fulfill this charge, the NPEJ has become a marketplace for the accumulation, dissemination, discussion, and recognition of scholarship, ideas, and other work related to ethical issues affecting the USA’s Northern Plains. The NPEJ’s provides a broad foundation for accessing work related to understanding and investigating past and present social and ethical issues, which is instrumental and critical in finding solutions for challenges faced by communities in the region, country, and world.
Submissions and questions should be sent by email to Professor Dennis Cooley, Managing Editor, at dennis.cooley@ndsu.edu by no later than 30 September 2024. There is no limit to word length.
All submissions that pass an initial editorial review are peer-reviewed.
Upon acceptance, please use the Chicago Manual of Style to format your final paper, including endnotes and a bibliography. You can access the CMS here.
