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MAY 22, 2026 • Video

Nuclear Ethics

Play Video: Nuclear Ethics

This "Values & Interests" panel discussion, held in partnership with PBS and moderated by acclaimed journalist Ann Curry, is available to view in full. Watch.

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Ann Curry

Ann Curry

Journalist

Kathleen Egan

Kathleen Egan

Senior Program Associate, Carnegie Council

Tehran, Iran. CREDIT: Shutterstock.com/Mazur Travel

MAY 27, 2026 • Article

Iran Is Not Venezuela—But That’s Not the Point: The Ethics of American Tactical Power

Despite vast differences, Washington has treated Iran and Venezuela as parallel cases, writes Neda Bolourchi. What does this reveal about the ethics of American power?

Author Neda Bolourchi

APR 16, 2026 • Podcast

Geopolitics in a Fracturing World, with Aarathi Krishnan

Aarathi Krishnan, CEO of Raksha Intelligence Futures, discusses the political, economic, and technological dynamics shaping this moment of uncertainty and transition in the global system.

Hosted by Kevin Maloney

APR 10, 2026 • Report

Reflections from Uehiro-Carnegie Endowment for Future Generations Study Tour of Japan

Access this report from the Uehiro-Carnegie Endowment for Future Generations study tour, in which Carnegie Council fellows and staff reflect on their trip to Japan.

Authors Joel H. Rosenthal, Samantha Brahms, Priya Chokshi, Kathleen Egan, Brian A. Mateo, Ronnie Saha, Alex Urwin, & Mark J. Wood

MAY 21, 2026 • News

Global Ethics Day 2026 will take place on October 21, with the new theme of “Re-centering Ethics.”

Join a global community of individuals and organizations working to ensure that ethics plays a central role in our personal and professional lives.

MAY 18, 2026 • Article

A Conversation with Carnegie Ethics Fellow Alex Urwin

This conversation features Alex Urwin, head of strategic partnerships & projects at the UK prime minister's office.

Authors Alex Urwin & Alex Woodson

Left to Right: Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, Alexis Crews, Eduardo Albrecht. CREDIT: Nia Pipia.

APR 21, 2026 • Video

The Ethics of AI Agents in Global Governance

Watch this "Ethics Empowered" event, in which an expert panel grapples with the challenges of AI agents in multilateral and diplomatic spaces.

Hosted by Eleonore Fournier-Tombs & Brian A. Mateo

Joel Rosenthal and James Story.

MAY 1, 2026 • Video

U.S. Power and Principle

James Story, former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, visits Carnegie Council to discuss the new dynamic between American power and principle.

Hosted by Joel H. Rosenthal & Kevin Maloney

MAY 14, 2026 • Podcast

Practicing Strategic Empathy and Navigating Competing Values

University of Hong Kong's Professor Brian Wong discusses U.S.-China relations and how to practice strategic empathy without succumbing to moral relativism.

Hosted by Kevin Maloney

White House, Washington, DC. CREDIT: Shutterstock.com/Orhan Cam

MAY 14, 2026 • Journal Online Exclusive

Leverage through Complicity

The essay explores risks of the U.S. presidential pardon system, analyzing how individuals can be compelled to do bad things through complicity in wrongdoing.

Drew Thompson

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MAR 20, 2026 • Article

Zero Introspection

The rejection of introspection by America's business leaders—combined with an unwillingness to defend the system that incubated their success—is a deeply troubling trend.

Author Joel H. Rosenthal

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