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FEB 27, 2024 • Video
A Carnegie Council Conversation with the UK Home Secretary
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.
OCT 18, 2023 • Video
Unlocking Cooperation: A Global Ethics Day Special Event
In this keynote event for Global Ethics Day 2023, Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal led a conversation on the psychology behind cooperation; ways that states, institutions, ...
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APR 21, 2020 • Article
Further on Pandemics, Solidarity, & Narratives
Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reflects on the erosion of solidarity between nations admidst the COVID-19 pandemic. What will a "new normal" in world affairs look ...
APR 17, 2020 • Podcast
Fractured Globalization & Dissolving Ethics, with Nikolas Gvosdev
If global interconnections begin to fray in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, what happens to the ethical underpinnings of international relations? Senior Fellow Nikolas ...
APR 10, 2020 • Article
Senator Sanders Departs . . . But What of His Foreign Policy Narrative?
Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his campaign for the 2020 presidency, but his influence will live on, writes Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev. Joe Biden has pledged ...
APR 8, 2020 • Article
COVID-19: Eroding the Ethics of Solidarity?
"Solidarity is easy when there is no perceived cost or major sacrifice entailed," writes Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev. How has the COVID-19 pandemic stress-tested the ...
APR 3, 2020 • Article
Facing a Pandemic in the Dark
Over 1 million Rohingya refugees living in crowded, unsanitary conditions in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh could soon be facing their own COVID-19 outbreak. Making their situation even ...
APR 2, 2020 • Article
Narratives, Priorities, and Defense Spending
Is the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic going to have major changes in how Americans perceive foreign policy? Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev considers this question ...
MAR 31, 2020 • Article
Hungary and the Values Test
In the wake of the Hungarian parliament's vote to allow the executive to rule by decree, Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reflects on the call by ...
MAR 18, 2020 • Podcast
The Coronavirus Pandemic & International Relations, with Nikolas Gvosdev
With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting all aspects of daily life around the world, what will be the effect on international relations? Will it increase cooperation ...
MAR 17, 2020 • Article
Does COVID-19 Change International Relations?
Does a global pandemic change the nature of international affairs? Is it likely to foster international cooperation, or will it promote disintegrative tendencies within the ...
MAR 14, 2020 • Article
Peace By Poison: How the Coronavirus Could Fix Globalization Problems
How is the COVID-19 pandemic stress-testing the international system? Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev writes that the virus is accelerating a series of disintegrative processes, which ...