Framing ethical perspectives
As countries grapple with global issues, such as climate change and the impact of emerging technology, the way that nations interact has never been more consequential. Our experts, programming, and impact initiatives work to analyze the foreign policy of the United States and other nations with an aim to explore shared values and produce agenda-setting resources.
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International affairs, global governance, and more
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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APR 1, 2003 • Transcript
Challenges for the U.S.--Threats and Opportunities on the Korean Peninsula
Donald Gregg sees North Korea’s recent confessions to kidnapping Japanese citizens and reviving its nuclear program as “evidence that Kim Jong Il is trying ...
MAR 5, 2003 • Transcript
The War Over Iraq: Why Saddam Must Go . . . and Why America Must Lead
William Kristol and Lawrence Kaplan argue that a successful nation-building effort in Iraq will not only be a catalyst for change in the Middle East ...
FEB 27, 2003 • Podcast
The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century
International relations authority Charles Kupchan argues that America ignores Europe at its own peril.
FEB 4, 2003 • Transcript
Of Paradise and Power: America vs. Europe in the New World Order
The widening military gap between Europe and the United States has an unavoidable effect, says Robert Kagan. "It is a natural human phenomenon that if ...
NOV 6, 2002 • Transcript
Global Poverty and U.S. Foreign Policy
Markets alone will not solve the problems of Africa and other poor parts of the world, says economist Jeffrey Sachs. "Markets will not stop mosquitoes ...
OCT 9, 2002 • Transcript
First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power
The U.S. has always been an expansionist power, but between 1891-1909, it was exceptionally so, says Zimmerman. Five individuals in particular helped to drive ...
SEP 25, 2002 • Transcript
From a Reporter's Notebook: Afghanistan One Year Later: The Struggle for the Soul of a Nation
Afghanistan is less stable today than it was six months ago because of U.S. reluctance to provide security outside Kabul and the international community's ...
JUN 3, 2002 • Transcript
The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power
The United States has a long but largely uncelebrated history of fighting "small wars," and "if the past is a prologue of what is to ...
APR 11, 2002 • Transcript
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
Why did the United States largely ignore the Rwandan genocide and yet devote endless time to the contemporaneous Bosnian crisis? According to Samantha Power, the ...
MAR 6, 2002 • Transcript
The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone
Joseph Nye argues that U.S. leaders must create a framework that preserves American values congruent with those of other people in the world. "If ...