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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.

APR 29, 2009 Podcast

Economic Crisis: A National and International Perspective

How is globalization affecting the economies of developed and developing nations? What should government, business, and labor do to alleviate the global economic crunch?

APR 28, 2009 Podcast

Prospects for U.S.-Russia Relations

Russian Ambassador H.E. Mr. Kislyak's comprehensive talk includes his thoughts on U.S.-Russia relations, nuclear proliferation, and Russia today. He also gives us ...

APR 24, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: For Torture, Who Should We Prosecute?

Torture is wrong. So who is culpable? The point people? The memo writers? The overseers? No one? Everyone?

Trust. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thorinside/194806347/" target="_blank">Neil Sanche</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)

APR 22, 2009 Podcast

Restoring Trust in the Global Financial System

This Workshop for Ethics in Business panel analyzes the growing lack of trust in the financial system and how it threatens to keep the global ...

APR 17, 2009 Podcast

God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World

John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge argues that God is back as part of politics. On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is ...

APR 17, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: International Aid: Does Help Hurt?

According to Dambisa Moyo, large foreign aid flows to Africa disenfranchise Africans and prop up corrupt African leaders. If we follow Moyo's advice and cut ...

The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing

APR 16, 2009 Podcast

The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing

A fat tail is an event that seems unlikely to occur, but when it does, it causes havoc--like the global financial crisis.  What will the ...

Winston Churchill, by Yousuf Karsh, 1941.

APR 15, 2009 Podcast

Winston Churchill's Evolving Views of Russia, 1917-1953, Reconsidered

John Lukacs argues that despite the different attitudes Winston Churchill took towards Russia over a 40-year period, there is an amazing consistency to his view ...

APR 15, 2009 Podcast

From Tolerance to Integration: The Dutch Experience

Dutch Minister for European Affairs Frans Timmermans argues that tolerance and the attitude of "live and let live" is no longer enough. He notes that ...

APR 10, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Competition, Culture, and Cheating

Competition magnifies the importance of choices people make, as penalties for failure and rewards for cheating increase. What would you do if faced with a ...