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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 Journal
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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SEP 29, 2020 • Podcast
Great Power Competition: What Role Does It Play in the 2020 Presidential Race? with Ali Wyne
Foreign policy may not be in the headlines when it comes to Biden vs. Trump, but U.S-China competition and questions about America's role in ...
SEP 25, 2020 • Article
Searching for a Post-Pandemic Order
In this blog post, Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reflects on his recent webinar with Ali Wyne of the Atlantic Council. What will the role of ...
SEP 25, 2020 • Podcast
The Doorstep: Financial Scandals, Trump vs. Biden, & What To Do About China
Hosted by award-winning professor of journalism Tatiana Serafin, with international relations scholar and Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev, The Doorstep is an innovative international ...
SEP 17, 2020 • Podcast
What is Asia to the U.S.? Connecting the Pacific Region to the American Doorstep, with Christopher Hill
In this wide-ranging conversation, Christopher Hill, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, among other nations, and Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev discuss U.S.-Asian ...
SEP 14, 2020 • Transcript
Protests in Perspective: The Protests Go Global, with Mary L. Dudziak & Brenda Gayle Plummer
The killing of George Floyd and the wave of protests that followed bring to life the current struggle for civil rights, human rights, and social ...
AUG 31, 2020 • Podcast
Protests in Perspective: The Role of the Media, with Danielle K. Kilgo
The racial justice protests have been a huge story for local, national, and international media outlets throughout the summer of 2020. But as public opinion has ...
AUG 25, 2020 • Article
Hard Choices on China
The USGE program has opened its second survey on U.S. foreign policy, and this one has an emphasis on assessing the relative ranking of ...
AUG 14, 2020 • Article
Senator Kamala Harris & Foreign Policy Narratives
Joe Biden's selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate represents a series of shifts in terms of identity and experience. But her foreign ...
AUG 5, 2020 • Article
Human Security is National Security: After the Event
U.S. Naval War College's Professor Derek S. Reveron took part in a Carnegie Council webinar on human security and national security, moderated by Senior ...
JUL 28, 2020 • Article
House Democrats: Ethical Choices and Narratives
With Congressman Eliot Engel having lost his primary election in New York to Jamaal Bowman, the Democrats will need to find a new chair for ...