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JUN 9, 2021 • Podcast
Illiberal Democracy on the Rise: Examining Brazil, Hungary, & India
APR 19, 2022 • Podcast
Why Democracy vs. Autocracy Misses the Point, with Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Senior Fellow Anja Kapsersen is joined by Professor Jean-Marie Guéhenno for a conversation about virtual communities and the advent of the age of data.
FEB 23, 2024 • Article
What Do We Mean When We Talk About "AI Democratization"?
With numerous parties calling for "AI democratization," Elizabeth Seger, director of the CASM digital policy research hub at Demos, discusses four meanings of the term.
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Ethics & International Affairs is the quarterly journal of Carnegie Council. It aims to close the gap between the theory and practice of ethics.
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FEB 17, 2021 • Article
Measuring Morality in Foreign Policy: Joseph Nye’s Criteria
In this blog post, U.S. Global Engagement Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reflects on an article in "The American Oxonian" by Joseph S Nye, Jr. ...
FEB 12, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Can the U.S. Regain the World's Trust? with Eurasia Group's Ali Wyne
Ali Wyne, senior analyst at Eurasia Group, joins “Doorstep” co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to assess if the Biden/Harris administration is delivering on ...
JAN 27, 2021 • Podcast
Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics, with Juan Enriquez
Many shifts in the right vs. wrong pendulum are affected by advances in technology. In his new book "Right/Wrong," Juan Enriquez reflects on the ...
JAN 21, 2021 • Article
Revisiting the Ethical Calculus: Which Obligations Take Precedence?
In President Joe Biden's first day in office, he signed executive orders returning the United States to the Paris climate accords and took steps to ...
JAN 15, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Reviving Democracy & Re-establishing Alliances, with the Atlantic Council's Ash Jain
A few days remain until the Biden/Harris administration comes to Washington. Will the Trump administration's 11th hour power moves hamper the new team? Or ...
JAN 8, 2021 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Capitol Chaos, Power Vacuums, & a Global Reckoning
"Doorstep" co-hosts Nikolas Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin discuss how global leaders are responding to this week's assault on Congress during a normally quiet presidential certification ...
DEC 18, 2020 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Connecting U.S. Foreign & Domestic Policy in 2021, with Judah Grunstein
Judah Grunstein, editor-in-chief of "World Politics Review," joins hosts Tatiana Serafin and Nick Gvosdev to discuss the latest U.S. Global Engagement report and preview ...
DEC 15, 2020 • Article
The Public Responds: Contributing to a New Narrative on the Future of U.S. Global Engagement
This project on U.S. Global Engagement was launched in 2018. Following the two previous reports, "The Public Responds" includes findings from two surveys taken in 2020 ...
DEC 7, 2020 • Article
How Will the Biden Administration Adjudicate a Clash of Values?
Looking ahead to potential Biden adminstration plans, Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev writes that the "desire to convene a summit of the world's democratic states to ...
DEC 4, 2020 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Opportunities for a New U.S. Policy Toward African Nations, with Ambassador Charles A. Ray
In this week's Doorstep, hosts Tatiana Serafin and Nikolas Gvosdev are joined by Charles A. Ray, current chair of the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Africa ...