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.
JUL 8, 2008 • Podcast
Torture, Rights, and Values: Why the Prohibition of Torture is Absolute
Rodin's premise is that if we have a commitment against torture, then it leads to an absolute prohibition on torture. Luban worries that our commitment ...
JUL 2, 2008 • Podcast
"Hikikomori" and Japan's Role in the World
Michael Zielenziger discusses Japan's hikikomori, bright young people who opt to live as shut-ins because they don't fit in a society of high conformity and ...
JUN 23, 2008 • Podcast
The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation
"To be a moderate in the Arab world today," says Jordanian diplomat Marwan Muasher, "is to be a very, very tiny minority." The reason is ...
JUN 20, 2008 • Podcast
The Economic and Strategic Rise of China and India: Asian Realignments after the 1997 Financial Crisis
David Denoon argues that although China's rise has received much attention, much less has been given to the relative decline of the Pacific Rim states ...
JUN 18, 2008 • Podcast
The Future of the Automobile
General Motors' Larry Burns envisions the future: Electric cars that will deliver today's freedoms at more reasonable prices, and without today's environmental, safety, and congestion ...
JUN 17, 2008 • Podcast
Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia
"There's no one to talk to since Mahatma Gandhi died," sighs Putin. In a funny and frightening talk, Marshall Goldman unravels the tangled links between ...
JUN 12, 2008 • Podcast
Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History
In this 2008 talk, Special Counsel and Advisor to John F. Kennedy Ted Sorensen recalls his life and times with JFK, including the dramas of desegregation ...
JUN 9, 2008 • Podcast
Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
"Almost every single important extremist leader is living on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan," says Ahmed Rashid. Compared to this threat, Iraq is a ...
JUN 3, 2008 • Podcast
When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line
Geoffrey Heal examines how social and environmental performance affects a corporation's profitability and how the stock market reacts to a firm's behavior in these areas.
MAY 29, 2008 • Podcast
Olympic Mettle: Business, Civil Society, and Politics During the Beijing Games
An expert panel discusses the ethics of engagement with China in the context of the Olympics. What lasting positive or negative effects, if any, will ...