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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Inclusivity, AI & climate governance, and more

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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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 ...

President Donald Trump at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 2019. CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/48791288231/>The White House (CC)</a>.

OCT 25, 2019 Article

The Search for a New Narrative: Recasting American Involvement in the International System

This project on U.S. Global Engagement was launched in 2018. An initial report, released in December 2018, diagnosed the causes and symptoms of the narrative collapse ...

Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unisgeneva/12537210603">UN Geneva/UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

OCT 21, 2019 Podcast

The Individual & the Collective, Politics, & the UN, with Jean-Marie Guéhenno

Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former head of United Nations peacekeeping operations, discusses the tensions between the individual and the collective in a ...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo & Vice President Mike Pence in Turkey, October 17, 2019. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/48919135551/">The White House/D. Myles Cullen/Public Domain</a>

OCT 18, 2019 Article

A Russian Take on the Kurds and U.S. Foreign Policy

A Russian defense news site declared the United States an "unreliable ally" after the withdrawal of American troops from Northern Syria. Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev ...

Michelle Murray & Stephen Pampinella. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanoni.

OCT 17, 2019 Podcast

The Struggle for Recognition in International Relations, with Michelle Murray

How can established powers manage the peaceful rise of new great powers? Bard's Michelle Murray offers a new answer to this perennial question, arguing that ...

OCT 15, 2019 Podcast

Gen Z, Climate Change Activism, & Foreign Policy, with Tatiana Serafin

Generation Z makes up over 30 percent of the world's population and this group of people, most under the age of 20, are already having an extraordinary ...

L to R: Roger Berkowitz, Amy Chua, Walter Russell Mead. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni.

OCT 10, 2019 Podcast

The Power of Tribalism, with Amy Chua & Walter Russell Mead

"In our foreign policy, for at least half a century, we have been spectacularly blind to the power of tribal politics," says Amy Chua, author ...