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MAR 28, 2024 Podcast

The Humanization of Warfare: Ethics, Law, and Civilians in Conflict

APR 9, 2024 Video

Algorithms of War: The Use of AI in Armed Conflict

From Gaza to Ukraine, the military applications of AI are fundamentally reshaping the ethics of war. How should policymakers navigate AI’s inherent trade-offs?

MAR 28, 2024 Video

Unlocking Cooperation: The Global South and Global North

In the inaugural panel of the "Unlocking Cooperation" series, Ramu Damodaran leads a discussion on forging a path forward for Global South/North collaboration.

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Black Lives Matter protest near the White House in Washington, DC on June 7, 2020. CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/vpickering/49982193058/in/photolist-2j9KNDh-2j8HLyo-2j8gfRF-2j8ceNs-28YCXBs-3PNWg-2j8ePpz-236VNse-7hjLfs-2j7gCdJ-p2QT8D-2j7pFRB-RCwDLE-nus8id-2j9Az2D-27tUqSG-pGdhqe-wnLiC2-HXvuL3-pGf7X5-2j7pEtg-212G4s3-21AUXJs-2s8J8-2ja5YFy-2sa57-2sa55-cDaREG-bHHavT-2sa53-2jajtQJ-4rPzz-2ia58JD-2j7tH61-bnLsYN-2j9NtRp-2j7tHWK-29ZBoXo-292fBVk-RZKY7Q-p294TD-8eK6DN-DseXHT-Rkwjok-4X5y1A-2a1hihY-SkGTp1-Szz6i6-69vein-2j7tGCs/>Victoria Pickering (CC)</a>.

JUN 10, 2020 Article

The Breonna Taylor/George Floyd Narrative? Impacts on U.S. Foreign Policy and International Standing

In this blog post, U.S. Global Engagement Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev asks: With the COVID-19 pandemic already calling America's leadership role into question, how ...

The White House, Washington, DC, June 4, 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeflood/49973358988">Joe Flood</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>.

JUN 9, 2020 Article

The Pandemic Extends the Trend away from Globalism

One would expect that when the people of the world face a major, devastating, external threat, they would unite to fight it. However, the response ...

Washington, DC, June 3, 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mobili/49970479326/">Mobilus in Mobili</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>.

JUN 8, 2020 Article

Vox Populi: After the Event

Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev follows up on his recent "Vox Populi" webinar. The virtual event with Eurasia Group Foundation's Mark Hannah and The Chicago Council ...

MAY 29, 2020 Podcast

Vox Populi: What Americans Think About Foreign Policy, with Dina Smeltz & Mark Hannah

What do Americans think about the role the United States should be playing in the world? How do they conceive of the different trade-offs between ...

Aid packages from China are unloaded at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, Philippines on March 21, 2020. CREDIT: <a href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_COVID19_test_kit_PH_donation_7.jpg> Philippines Presidential Communications Operations Office (CC)</a>.

MAY 26, 2020 Podcast

China's Changing Role in the Pandemic-Driven World, with Amitai Etzioni & Nikolas Gvosdev

How has the pandemic changed U.S-China relations? How has it altered China's relationship with other nations and its geopolitical positioning? George Washington University's Amitai ...

Kurt Volker, U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations, in Eastern Ukraine, May 15, 2018. <br>CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassykyiv/42148984241/>U.S. Embassy Kyiv Ukraine (CC)</a>.

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 ...

Langdon Ogburn presents at Carnegie Council's sixth annual Student Research Conference.

MAY 18, 2020 Article

Drones and Warfare, with R. Langdon Ogburn

On May 8, 2020, R. Langdon Ogburn's presentation on "Drones and Warfare" was selected as the winner of Carnegie Council's sixth annual Student Research Conference. Afterwards, Carnegie ...

President Trump at Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, AZ, May 5, 2020. <br>CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/49863033943/>Shealah Craighead/White House/Public Domain</a>.

MAY 14, 2020 Podcast

Fractured Globalization & the Future of the International System, with Nikolas Gvosdev

Nikolas Gvosdev, direct of the U.S. Global Engagement program, recently spoke to the World Affairs Forum to discuss "fractured globalization" amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Trump at Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, AZ, May 5, 2020. <br>CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/49863033943/>Shealah Craighead/White House/Public Domain</a>.

MAY 14, 2020 Transcript

Fractured Globalization & the Future of the International System, with Nikolas Gvosdev

Nikolas Gvosdev, direct of the U.S. Global Engagement program, recently spoke to the World Affairs Forum to discuss "fractured globalization" amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Donald Trump & Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_%26_Donald_Trump_in_Helsinki,_16_July_2018_(7).jpg">Kremlin.ru (CC)</a>.

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 ...