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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.

OCT 27, 2012 Podcast

Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution

The real story of the Libyan Revolution began not with the Arab Spring, but in 2003, when anti-Qaddafi sanctions were lifted. Former U.S. diplomat Ethan ...

OCT 24, 2012 Podcast

Why and How the Euro Zone Crisis Will Be Solved

Danish economist Jacob Funk Kirkegaard offers a contrarian take on the euro zone crisis. While he notes that there are political problems within the European ...

OCT 23, 2012 Journal Online Exclusive

Elected Security Council Members: Power, Process, Purpose

Candidate countries engage in long and drawn-out campaigns to garner promises of support when it comes to the vote—promises that are undeclared and sometimes ...

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OCT 23, 2012 Podcast

Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad

David W. Lesch has traveled to Syria repeatedly since 1989 and met President Bashar al-Assad several times in the mid-2000s. He discusses the conflict in ...

OCT 22, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Anti-Gay Legislation: What Can Be Done?

Anti-gay legislation is garnering support in Ukraine and many other countries are backtracking on equal rights for homosexuals. Is there anything international institutions can do ...

OCT 16, 2012 Podcast

Public Affairs: America in the 21st Century: A View from Asia

The good, the bad, and the ugly: distinguished Singaporean Kishore Mahbubani politely but firmly tells Americans how Asians see them, and warns, "the world that ...

OCT 15, 2012 Podcast

Ethics Matter: Environmentalist Bill McKibben on Climate Change

McKibben, one of the world's leading environmentalist, believes our best hope lies not in appealing to our wallets, but in appealing to our ethics, our ...

OCT 15, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: The Future of Stem Cell Research: Has Science Gone Too Far?

Now that scientists are able to create fertile mammal eggs using stem cells, many people are asking some tough ethical questions. Has science gone too ...

OCT 12, 2012 Podcast

Senator Richard Lugar on Nuclear Weapons Reduction

Senator Lugar tells the dramatic story of his bipartisan work on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (also known as Nunn–Lugar), which provides funding and ...

OCT 12, 2012 Journal Online Exclusive

Finnegans Wake and Political Science Methods