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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NOV 8, 2010 Podcast

Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

Robert D. Kaplan declares that the Indian Ocean area will be the true nexus of world power and conflict in the coming years and it ...

Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

NOV 8, 2010 Podcast

Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

Ian Morris draws on 50,000 years of history, archeology, and the methods of social science, to make sense of when, how, and why the paths of ...

OCT 27, 2010 Podcast

The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953

In a striking reinterpretation of the postwar years, Robert Dallek examines what drove leaders around the globe—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Mao, de Gaulle, and Truman—...

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OCT 22, 2010 Podcast

Facts Are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name

Looking back over the last decade, Timothy Garton Ash catalogues the challenges facing the EU--the economy, a united foreign policy, the integration of Muslims--and concludes ...

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OCT 21, 2010 Article

Ukraine: Reset to a Future of Strength

The "reset button" between Washington and Moscow, far from leaving our former Soviet allies in the cold, has enabled a country like Ukraine to pursue ...

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OCT 19, 2010 Article

Defence Review is an Opportunity, not a Threat, to our Military

Britain's military capacity is likely to shrink following the soon-to-be-released strategic defence and security review. But many of the changes most feared by the military ...

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OCT 15, 2010 Article

The European Union: Still a Global Player?

To the casual observer, it may be hard to see what holds EU members together, writes Stoyanova-Yerburgh. It is no surprise then that the EU, ...

Shibley Telhami

OCT 15, 2010 Podcast

Can Obama Please Both Arabs and Israelis? What the Polls and History Tell Us

Despite Obama's rhetoric, most Arabs still see America through the prism of pain of the Arab-Israeli conflict, says Telhami, and a majority of Arabs and ...

The Frugal Superpower

OCT 12, 2010 Podcast

The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era

Michael Mandelbaum says that in this age of soaring deficits, the era marked by an expansive U.S. foreign policy is coming to an end. ...

OCT 6, 2010 Podcast

Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order

Reading classical literature teaches us that there are seldom clear answers to real-life dilemmas, says Charles Hill. It gives us the breadth of knowledge to ...