Recent Articles
OCT 21, 2013 • Article
Chile's Opportunity to Eradicate Violence Against Women—and Set an Example for the Region
If Michelle Bachelet regains the Chilean presidency in the 2013 election, she has the opportunity to create a lasting legacy for women. What's needed is a ...
OCT 21, 2013 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Lesser-known Species Fall Victim to the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Pangolins, slow lorises, freshwater turtles, and other lesser-known species all face extinction pressures if we fail to curb the illegal wildlife trade.
OCT 16, 2013 • Article
A Letter to Andrew Carnegie on the Eve of the Council‘s Centennial
Dear Mr. Carnegie, As the current president of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, it is my privilege to report to you on ...
OCT 15, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
After the Catastrophe: Ian Buruma on 1945
In his recent visit to Carnegie Council, Ian Buruma gave a fascinating talk about the postwar world, which originated during what he calls "year zero"...
OCT 8, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
The UN’s Unprecedented Gamble in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Forward Intervention Brigade represents an unprecedented use of the Security Council’s Chapter VII peacekeeping mandate, and risks undermining peacekeeping’s core tenets of ...
OCT 4, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
See No Evil: Drones and Public Opinion
When it comes to drone strikes, Americans often have to juggle two mutually exclusive beliefs. On the one hand, only a quarter of respondents believe ...
OCT 1, 2013 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Peace Pays for Itself
The global economic impact of violence in 2012 was estimated to be $9.5 trillion. Governments need a way to account for and recuperate these unproductive expenditures.
OCT 1, 2013 • Journal
Fall 2013 (27.3)
This issue features an essay by Richard Schiffman on poverty, food security, and the land grab in Africa; a policy brief by Frances Moore Lappé, ...
SEP 27, 2013 • Article
Ethical Challenges in Trans-Pacific Relations: Selected Essays, 2013 Contest
Carnegie Council presents the 12 best essays from our 2013 Trans-Pacific Contest, a pioneering exercise in student collaboration. These outstanding pieces touch on issues ranging from the ...
SEP 26, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
Theory Meets Reality: Reacting to WMD Use in Syria
Since the end of the cold war, debates over the ethical propriety of the possession and the willingness to use WMD were seen as largely ...