Multilateralism

Framing ethical perspectives

Multilateralism refers to a group of nations working together for a common goal. It is at the heart of international relations as nation-states form alliances with like-minded countries to take on global issues, such as climate, emerging technology, inequality, and collective security. Carnegie Council sees multilateralism as essential to generating solutions to global problems and a critical component of an ethical present and future.

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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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American and Floridian flags wave in Viera, FL. CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/rusty_clark/32170527104/>Rusty Clark (CC)</a>.

JAN 23, 2020 Article

Foreign Policy Narratives in Palm Beach

After an invitation to speak at a gathering of the Palm Beach chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States, U.S. Global ...

President Trump delivers remarks on Jan. 8, 2020 at the White House. <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/49351700228/>Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian/Public Domain</a>.

JAN 13, 2020 Article

A Parting of Values: America First versus Transactionalism

"The existing divide in American foreign policy discourse has been the extent to which the U.S. must actively propagate and spread its values, or ...

Protesters at Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC after the drone strike that killed Soleimani. CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenmelkisethian/49329666788/>Stephen Melkisethian (CC)</a>.

JAN 8, 2020 Article

Suleimani Is Dead, but Diplomacy Shouldn't Be

Carnegie Council fellow and Pacific Delegate Philip Caruso advocates for the value of diplomacy in the aftermath of the U.S. killing Iran's general Qassem ...

President Trump delivers remarks on Jan. 8, 2020 at the White House. <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/49351700228/>Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian/Public Domain</a>.

JAN 6, 2020 Article

Soleimani and the Democratic Primary Electorate

In the aftermath of the U.S. drone strike on the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, General Qassem Soleimani, senior fellow Nikolas Gvosdev ...

The Loisach Group at the Munich Security Conference 2018. CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/gcmcphotos/39670939834/>George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (CC)</a>

DEC 11, 2019 Article

Loisach Group and the Democratic Community Narrative

Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reports from the Berlin meetings of the Losiach Group, a U.S.-German strategic dialogue, where the trans-Atlantic relationship and the ...

President Trump in Afghanistan, November 2019. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/49158949848/in/photostream/"> Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/Public Domain</a>

DEC 10, 2019 Article

Vox Populi, Eurasia Group Foundation, and Narratives

The Eurasia Group Foundation (EGF) has released its report on public attitudes towards U.S. foreign policy. Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev notes that, like the ...

President Trump in the Oval Office on Christmas Day, 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/32629901988">Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/Public Domain</a>

NOV 22, 2019 Article

Trump is the Symptom, Not the Problem

Astute observers of U.S. foreign policy have been making the case, as we move into the 2020 elections, not to see the interruptions in the ...

780th Military Intelligence Brigade (U.S. Army) operations center at Fort Meade, MD. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.army.mil/article/196311/active_army_cyber_teams_fully_operational_a_year_plus_ahead_of_schedule">U.S. Army photo by Steve Stover</a>

NOV 8, 2019 Podcast

Fighting ISIS Online, with Asha Castleberry-Hernandez

National security expert Asha Castleberry-Hernandez discusses what "ISIS 2.0" means and how the terrorist group has used social media to recruit and spread its message. How ...

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NOV 8, 2019 Article

A Washington Insider Take on the Narratives

Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev follows up on his recent report on U.S. Global Engagement, "The Search for a New Narrative: Recasting American ...

Senator Elizabeth Warren in Iowa, June 2019. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/number7cloud/48037984057/">Lorie Shaull</a> <a href'="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/"(CC)</a>

OCT 30, 2019 Article

Crafting Narratives and the 2020 Elections

As the recent U.S. Global Engagement report notes, there is no longer one main narrative for U.S. foreign policy. Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev ...