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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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JUL 28, 2020 • Article
We The People: Democracy in 2020
Mass protests have erupted around the world over the brutal killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Carnegie New Leader Rachel Baranowski argues ...
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JUL 27, 2020 • Podcast
Human Security is National Security in a Time of Pandemic, with Derek Reveron
Professor Derek Reveron, chair of the U.S. Naval War College's National Security Affairs Department, discusses how subnational and transnational forces--namely, the COVID-19 pandemic--intersect with ...
![White House press conference, July 14, 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/50115849402/">The White House/Tia Dufour/Public Domain</a>.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/WhiteHousePressConferenceJuly2020_2023-04-10-044853_eqsh.jpg?v=1721238704)
JUL 15, 2020 • Article
The Persistence of the Trump Narrative
Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reiterates the point that U.S. foreign policy will not snap back to its pre-Trump state, no matter who is in ...
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JUL 15, 2020 • Podcast
Immigration & the Black Lives Matter Protests, with Kavitha Rajagopalan
How have conversations in the immigration rights community shifted since this round of Black Lives Matters protests started? In this new environment, what are some ...
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JUL 7, 2020 • Transcript
Civil Society & Social Movements: A Conversation with Patrick Gaspard
Patrick Gaspard, president of Open Society Foundations, discusses the role of young people and civil society in this historic summer in the United States in ...
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JUL 1, 2020 • Article
Where Do Human Rights Fit In? Policy Narratives Re-examined
Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev discusses Nahal Toosi's recent "Politico" article about a subtle but major shift in the international landscape: human rights groups focusing on ...
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JUN 24, 2020 • Podcast
"Remain in Mexico" & Immigration Policy in 2020, with Molly O'Toole
Molly O'Toole, immigration and security reporter at the "Los Angeles Times," discusses Trump's "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy and its many ethical and legal issues. ...
JUN 15, 2020 • Podcast
The Ethics of the Coronavirus Lockdown, with Christian Barry
Due to COVID-19, significant restrictions have been placed on freedoms to move about in many nations. Philosopher Christian Barry explores how the costs of these ...
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MAY 26, 2020 • Article
TIGRE: The Missing Link? Operationalizing the Democratic Community Narrative
Does the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as renewed concerns about overdependence on China, create an opening for the United States to move forward on decoupling ...
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MAY 12, 2020 • Podcast
Great Power Populism, COVID-19, & Missing Leadership, with Damjan Krnjević Mišković & Nikolas Gvosdev
What is "great power populism" and what does it mean during the pandemic? Are we heading towards another global conflict? And are there any leaders ...