Recent Articles
MAR 2, 2015 • Article
Killing and Cartoons
This year Paris and Copenhagen learned that there are still people willing to kill for cartoons. The dilemma of what to think about their publication ...
FEB 27, 2015 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Let’s All Slow Down . . . Time to Prioritize People over Cars on our City Streets
New research supports the need for North American cities to really shift towards "slower" modes like walking and cycling.
FEB 26, 2015 • Article
Then and Now: Eight Lingering Questions on U.S.-Russia-Ukraine
In March 2014, David Speedie posed eight questions on the Ukraine crisis. With an ongoing civil war in Ukraine some 15 months after the Maidan rebellion and ...
FEB 25, 2015 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Timbuktu"
An extraordinary film, "Timbuktu" chronicles a brief period during the 2012 occupation of the ancient Malian city by the militant Islamic group Ansar Dine. What do ...
FEB 23, 2015 • Article
Ukraine: The New Cuban Missile Crisis?
"There can be no military solution to the war in Ukraine, only a political one," says Carnegie Council Global Ethics Fellow Rajan Menon, co-author of "...
FEB 18, 2015 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: How We Think: Reflections on Thought in The Digital Age
On why now I do not have Wi-Fi in my apartment and relegate the first portion of my day to undisrupted and immersive activities such ...
FEB 11, 2015 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: "I like to make things that do not have a like or download button"
This Dutch designer is transforming the way cities and urban landscapes work and feel. Glowing trees and smart roads are just two of his revolutionary ...
FEB 6, 2015 • Article
Letter to 2114, a Century from Now
"At the beginning of our hundredth year, I wrote a letter to Andrew Carnegie, reporting on the progress of our Council and the prospects for ...
FEB 5, 2015 • Article
Examining the Potential for an American Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner catalyzed discussions nationwide over race relations in the United States. Surely it's time for some kind of ...
FEB 4, 2015 • Article
"Why Korean Unification Is Not a Selfish Wish" by Eunice Yoona Lee
"Considering the nature of today's major global issues, regional conflicts like that in Korea must be solved foremost in order for humanity's progress toward world ...