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NOV 14, 2017 News

Trump's Asia Trip was Surprisingly Predictable

Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Alexander Görlach writes about Trump's trip to Asia. He writes that the president seems to be content with withdrawing his ...

NOV 8, 2017 News

TV and Terror: How the Medium Plays Into Terrorist Strategy

This Stratfor article, exploring the links between media coverage and terrorist attacks, draws from a May 2016 Carnegie Council paper by journalist Javier Delgado Rivera titled "...

OCT 21, 2017 News

The Ordinary Virtues combines powerful moral arguments with superb storytelling

Carnegie-Uehiro Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff's book of essays explores "moral globalisation," writes David Herman.

OCT 19, 2017 News

The fourth annual Global Ethics Day

To celebrate the fourth annual Global Ethics Day on October 18, the "Financial Times" printed a letter from executives from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). ...

OCT 14, 2017 News

Looking for a Decent Society

A modest thought, a gentle faith, a quiet cultivation: There is a line of modern thought that seems to slip from view every other generation, ...

OCT 11, 2017 News

Is Globalization Drawing Us Together or Tearing Us Apart?

In "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World," Carnegie-Uehiro Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff grapples with whether people are only capable of living side ...

SEP 28, 2017 News

The rise and fall of moral globalisation

The search for the "ordinary virtues" underpinning politics around the world offers little comfort for liberals, writes Mark Mazower in his Financial Times review of ...

SEP 28, 2017 News

Review: The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World, by Michael Ignatieff

This study of how ordinary people view human rights is depressingly honest, writes Jane O'Grady in her review of Carnegie-Uehiro Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff's new ...

SEP 22, 2017 News

Military Command as Moral Prudence

Officers need not be saints, but they must be people who are willing to confront the unavoidable ethical questions that are running through the decisions ...

AUG 30, 2017 News

Why presidents let some terrorists walk

For The Washington Post, Senior Fellow Zach Dorfman explains that American presidents have a questionable history of pardoning terrorists for political purposes.

Press Releases

Photo of Singapore postcard by Michael Schneider and photo of Staten Island Ferry postcard by Adam79 (www.flickr.com) (CC)

MAY 21, 2014 News

Essay on Singapore and the U.S. Wins 2014 Trans-Pacific Student Contest

The winning entry from Salina Lee (USA) and Nelson Chew (Singapore) is written as a seemingly light-hearted conversation between two good friends on a sightseeing ...

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APR 28, 2014 News

New Carnegie Council Podcast Series - Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet

Hosted by Julia Taylor Kennedy, this series examines the evolution of global business and the related ethical questions, allowing listeners from all sectors to make ...

APR 24, 2014 News

The Awakening of Muslim Democracy: New Book by Global Ethics Fellow Jocelyne Cesari

Why and how did Islam become such a political force in so many Muslim-majority countries? Cesari investigates the relationship between modernization, politics, and Islam in ...

Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 28.1

MAR 21, 2014 News

Carnegie Council Presents "Ethics & International Affairs" Spring 2014 Issue

This issue features a policy brief by Michael W. Doyle and Joseph E. Stiglitz on eliminating extreme inequality worldwide; essays by Amartya Sen on Buddha ...

The Battle of the Somme, CREDIT: Imperial War Museum, UK

MAR 19, 2014 News

New Carnegie Council Interview Series - THE LIVING WAR: World War I in the 21st Century

Featuring scholars, journalists, and other experts, this monthly online interview series will connect the social fractures, political debates, and policy choices of World War I ...

Coloring Pencils, CREDIT: Michael Maggs

MAR 12, 2014 News

Free Online Syllabi from Carnegie Council Global Ethics Fellows

Carnegie Council presents syllabi on ethics, armed conflict, global civics, global governance, climate change, and Islam in politics. Although these materials are designed for students, ...

FEB 26, 2014 News

Carnegie Council Debuts Thought Leaders Forum: Leading Minds on the Ethical Challenges of the 21st Century

We invited world-changing visionaries and role models from diverse professions, backgrounds, and regions to identify the greatest ethical questions facing the planet and offer creative ...

World map and North Star. CREDIT: Shutterstock

FEB 25, 2014 News

New Interview Series, "Ethics in Security Bulletin," with an Initial Focus on Ukraine

This podcast interview series explores the ethical dimensions of issues around the world, from Eastern Europe to the Middle East, and discusses the role played ...

Carnegie Council Centennial, 1914-2014

FEB 7, 2014 News

As it Turns 100, Carnegie Council Continues to Work for a More Ethical World

In the spirit of Andrew Carnegie, the Council serves as a nonpartisan, educational resource for international affairs professionals, journalists, educators and students, business people, and ...

Lighthouse by James Jordan

JAN 31, 2014 News

Winners of the 2013 International Student/Teacher "Moral Leadership" Essay Contest

The essay topic was "What does moral leadership mean to you?" In total we received 168 entries from 31 countries. Read the winning essays here!

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