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Chayuan, Gansu Province. Credit: Green Camel Bell

SEP 2, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Zhao Zhong: Lessons from the Bottom Up

After an accident where nature nearly took his life, Zhao Zhong has been on a mission to protect the environment in his homeland of China.

AUG 28, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

Honesty about War?

The UN Charter commits its members to refrain from the use or even the threat of the use of force in their relations with other ...

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AUG 22, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: A Storm in a Bucket: Lessons from the Ice Bucket Challenge Controversy

Fun-based activism such as the Ice Bucket Challenge does not persuade you; it mobilizes you. That's why it's been so successful.

ISIL in Iraq's Saladin Province in June, 2014. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/115313787@N08/14353200647">AFP PHOTO / HO / WELAYAT SALAHUDDIN</a>

AUG 19, 2014 Article

A Clear and Present Danger: Why We Need the UN Security Council to Help Defeat ISIL

The relentless advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant poses an existential threat to countries of the region and a grave challenge ...

AUG 19, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

Are "Coalitions of the Willing" Moral Agents?

We should agree with Erskine that group decision-making procedures are crucial to group agency, but need to be more permissive than she is about how “...

A view of Sarajevo from the Dinaric Alps. Credit: Conor Moran

AUG 18, 2014 Article

Sarajevo: Perspectives from a Carnegie New Leader

Conor Moran, a member of the Carnegie Council Centennial delegation, shares some complex thoughts on the city of Sarajevo and the nation of Bosnia and ...

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AUG 15, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Rose Niu: Conservation on the Tipping Point

Conservation in China is a long-term struggle that has only intensified with rapid economic growth. To bring degraded ecosystems back, the country needs ambitious plans ...

AUG 13, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

Yazidis, Airstrikes and the Ethics of Limited Action

More Yazidis may survive than if the U.S. had done nothing at all, but beyond airstrikes, the U.S. does not appear prepared to ...

Enisa, a multiple-rape survivor from the Bosnian war, left, with Majda Prljaca, communications officer for the UN Population Fund in Sarajevo.  © Armin Smailović

AUG 7, 2014 Article

Helpless Bosnia and Its Women, 20 Years After Ethnic War

Carnegie Council Trustee Barbara Crossette looks at courageous women who have gone from victims of the Bosnian War (1992-1995) to heroines. Yet many foresee a ...

Decision. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/8275165638">Thomas Hawk</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC</a>)

AUG 4, 2014 Article

Toward Understanding Our World's Moral Landscape: Carnegie Council's Centennial Projects on a "Global Ethic"

As part of its Centennial activities, Carnegie Council launched several projects, including the Global Ethical Dialogues and Thought Leaders Forum, to explore the concept of ...