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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DEC 15, 2025 • Video
The Ethics of Decision-Making in National Security
APR 9, 2026 • Article
Realism vs. Pragmatism: Understanding America’s New Rhetorical Landscape
Amid Trump's fiery rhetoric and debates over "realism," Professor Jason Ralph writes that "pragmatism" may offer a better alternative for the American public.
AUG 14, 2025 • Podcast
Values, Realism, and U.S. Foreign Policy, with Alexander Vindman
Alexander Vindman joins "Values & Interests" to discuss the critical interplay between morality and power in the practice of geopolitics.
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DEC 12, 1995 • Article
Nizer Lectures (1994–1998): America and the World: Isolationism Resurgent?
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. argues for a reexamination of the Wilsonian doctrine of collective security and a greater concentration on preventive diplomacy, to enhance the ...
MAY 12, 1991 • Article
Morgenthau Lecture: Speaking Truth to Power: The Quest for Equality in Freedom
Former Carnegie Council president Robert J. Myers speaks about Hans Morgenthau's legacy, discussing his realist doctrine and its influence on American foreign policy.
MAY 12, 1985 • Article
Morgenthau Lecture: Words and Deeds in Foreign Policy
Kenneth Thompson discusses how moral principles become disconnected from political actions.
DEC 3, 1984 • Article
The Bishop and South Africa: An Interview with Desmond Tutu
"I am glad I'm not a Westerner; I am glad I'm not white; I am glad I'm not civilized, if civilized means doing the kind ...
MAY 12, 1983 • Article
Morgenthau Lecture: FDR's Good Neighbor Policy Revisited
Mexican diplomat Francisco Cuevas-Cancino pays tribute to FDR for pursuing a Latin American policy based on moral principles while also serving U.S. interests.
MAY 1, 1978 • Article
"Do Not Forget Us!"
Activist Bayard Rustin reports on meeting Indochinese refugees in Thai camps, who fled their countries in fear of their lives. He exhorts America to open ...
APR 29, 1970 • Article
Mission to Hanoi, 1968
In February 1968, peace activist Father Daniel Berrigan and historian Howard Zinn flew to Hanoi to obtain the release of three American prisoners of war. Here ...
JAN 7, 1970 • Article
Farewell Magic; Farewell Myth
This May 1961 editorial in Worldview magazine was in response to the disastrous Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba, which took place on April 17, 1961, just a ...
![Hawaiian Government Officials, 1959-1962. CREDIT: <a href="http://gallery.hawaii.gov/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=31409">Hawaii State Archives.</a> <br> When Hawaii was granted statehood in 1959 "...the population of the Hawaiian Islands [was] only twenty-five percent 'white.' The majority of its population [was] native Hawaiian, Chinese and Japanese."](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/hawaiigovt_2023-03-03-053116_sjdg.jpg?v=1746142724)
JAN 6, 1970 • Article
The Problem of Race
1959 may not seem like a landmark year for the Civil Rights movement. It is sandwiched between the 1957 desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, ...