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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Xinhua's Hong Kong headquarters. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaming/2500919446">Ming Xia</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

AUG 27, 2018 Podcast

Political Influence Operations, with Darren E. Tromblay

"I see Russia as conducting more smash-and-grab type influence operations. China is in it for the longer term," says author and former U.S. government ...

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. July 16, 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_%26_Donald_Trump_in_Helsinki,_16_July_2018_(6).jpg">Kremlin.ru (CC)</a>

AUG 22, 2018 Podcast

"Russian Roulette" & Influence, with Olga Oliker & Jeff Mankoff

Jeffrey Mankoff and Olga Oliker of CSIS host a podcast called "Russian Roulette" on all things Russian (and Eurasian), from food and wine to politics. ...

AUG 16, 2018 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: Helsinki, Singapore, & the Emerging Trump Doctrine

From the unprecedented Trump-Kim meeting, to what some call a treasonous press conference in Finland, to growing tensions between America and its closest allies, as ...

Watchkeeper tactical unmanned air vehicle (TUAV). Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/73614187@N03/43077245665/">Think Defence </a>(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC</a>)

AUG 16, 2018 Article

Inexorable Changes in U.S. Foreign Policy?

Is Trump's presidency a brief aberration after which things will return to normal? That's unlikely, argues Nikolas Gvosdev. In addition to disruptions that have already ...

AUG 15, 2018 Podcast

Banned in China, with Andrew J. Nathan

What's the "anaconda in the chandelier" in China that looms over foreign scholars, journalists, and Chinese citizens expressing their opinions? Find out in this podcast ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/25218962886">Gage Skidmore</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC</a>)

AUG 14, 2018 Article

The Populist Appeal of American Decline

"Is it possible that, in many circles, the decline of American hegemony is something voters are implicitly cheering?" asks Daniel Graeber of Grand Valley State ...

AUG 13, 2018 Article

Ethics, Russia, and Syria

How can Moscow can support a dictator who has used chemical weapons in his desperate attempts to retain power at all costs? And what does ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ehnmark/5036199542/">Jacob Ehnmark</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 7, 2018 Podcast

Japan-China Battles for Hearts & Minds, with Giulio Pugliese

Japan and China, while in a "tactical détente," are engaged in an information battle for foreign hearts and minds over the South China Sea ...

Taipei, Taiwan. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taipei_101_from_afar.jpg">peellden (CC)</a>

AUG 6, 2018 Podcast

China-Taiwan "Political Warfare" with Russell Hsiao

China and Taiwan have been trying to influence each other ever since 1949, often through very subversive means, says the Global Taiwan Institute's Russell Hsiao, so ...

AUG 3, 2018 Article

The Vision: Saving the Old or Building the New?

Senior fellow Nikolas Gvosdev unpacks why some scholars seek to save and preserve the U.S. role in the "liberal international order," and why others ...