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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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![Hungary's President Orbán in Helsinki, November 2018. CREDIT: <a href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EPP_Helsinki_Congress_in_Finland,_7-8_November_2018_(45053885904).jpg>European People's Party (CC)</a>.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/03.31.20_orbanfeaturebox_2023-04-10-044943_sbua.jpg?v=1719367135)
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 ...
![Tehran's Azadi Tower lights in support of China against coronavirus, February 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azadi_Tower_lights_in_support_of_China_against_coronavirus_2.jpg">Amin Yari (CC)</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Azadi_Tower_lights_in_support_of_China_against_coronavirus_2.jpg?v=1719366181)
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 ...
![Taiwan, February 2020. CREDIT: <a href=“https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:蔡總統視導33化學兵群_02.jpg“>Military News Agency Zhou Lihang (CC)</a>.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/15080/34F0CF65-CC3B-4A93-A055-8379C341404E_2023-04-10-044949_kopj.jpg?v=1719362502)
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 ...
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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 ...
![U.S. representative Zalmay Khalilzad (left) and Taliban representative Abdul Ghani Baradar (right) sign the Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar on February 29, 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–present)#/media/File:Secretary_Pompeo_Participates_in_a_Signing_Ceremony_in_Doha_(49601220548).jpg">U.S. Department of State/Public Domain</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/USTalibanDeal.jpg?v=1719364133)
MAR 10, 2020 • Podcast
The U.S.-Taliban Agreement & the Future of Afghanistan, with Jonathan Cristol
On February 29, the United States and the Taliban reached an agreement that could potentially end the longest-running war in American history. Jonathan Cristol, author of "...
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MAR 9, 2020 • Article
What Do Americans Think . . .
The U.S. Global Engagement program at Carnegie Council has been conducting a survey of attitudes about U.S. foreign policy with an eye to ...
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MAR 5, 2020 • Article
Super Tuesday and the Clash of Foreign Policy Narratives
Democratic voters are now presented with a clear choice between two different foreign policy narratives and ethical considerations when it comes to U.S. engagement ...
![Joe Biden in Des Moines, Iowa, August 2019. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/48605395292/">Gage Skidmore</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/BidenSuperTuesday.jpg?v=1719364672)
MAR 4, 2020 • Podcast
Biden, Sanders, & Foreign Policy after Super Tuesday, with Nikolas Gvosdev
Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev looks at the foreign policy discussions after Super Tuesday, with only Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders left with realistic chances at ...
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FEB 27, 2020 • Podcast
Carnegie New Leaders Podcast: Cybersecurity, Norms, & Regulations, with Jason Healey
Are there norms when it comes to cybersecurity? How should governments regulate this emerging domain? What's the role of the private sector? SIPA's Jason Healey ...
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FEB 13, 2020 • Podcast
Who Controls the Global Thermostat? with C2G's Janos Pasztor
With record-breaking winter warmth in Europe, catastrophic fires in Australia, and deadly flooding in Indonesia, we are deep into a climate crisis. In this wide-ranging ...