Our Podcasts
Listen to the latest insights from Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Tune in to hear from leading experts and thinkers, identifying and addressing the most critical ethical issues of today and tomorrow.
JAN 30, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: How Real Is Virtual?
Virtual worlds are online environments in which users interact via self-designed persona called avatars. Virtual reality can be entertaining and educational, but at what point ...
JAN 28, 2009 • Podcast
Public Ethics Radio: Jeff McMahan on Proportionality
Israeli officials insist that their attacks on Gaza were judiciously planned so as to minimize harm to civilians. What role do civilian casualties play in ...
JAN 27, 2009 • Podcast
Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
For Bundy, the ultimate actor in Vietnam was not the military, the secretary of state or of defense, or the national security advisor. It was ...
JAN 27, 2009 • Podcast
The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism in the Twenty-First Century
Was George W. Bush the true heir of Woodrow Wilson, the architect of liberal internationalism? Was the Iraq War a result of liberal ideas about ...
JAN 26, 2009 • Podcast
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2009
What dangers are lurking for 2009? Taking Eurasia Group's list of Top Risks as a starting point, this lively discussion examines the ethical aspects of these ...
JAN 23, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Top Risks and Ethical Decisions
What is true for the individual may not be true for the group, the state, or the international system, and vice versa. Does this suggest ...
JAN 21, 2009 • Podcast
Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery
"The exploitation of sex slaves for commercial sex generated profits of $35.7 billion in 2007," says Siddharth Kara. "This makes slavery second only to drug trafficking in ...
JAN 16, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Choosing between Markets, Regulation, and Rewards
How can we resolve the financial melt-down and prevent another? Solutions focus on free markets, regulation, or rewards. Perhaps we should balance all three? How?
JAN 16, 2009 • Podcast
Political Futures Jan 09 (Video in full) (27:04 mins)
Ian Bremmer and Joel Rosenthal discuss the possible risks they see on the horizon for 2009, including the financial crisis, "black swans," security, and Russia, Iran, ...
JAN 16, 2009 • Podcast
Political Futures Jan 09 Segment 1: Financial Crisis (5:14 mins)
Does the U.S. have the political capacity and willingness to respond to the global economic crisis?