Devin T. Stewart

Former Senior Fellow, Senior Program Director, and CNL Staff Adviser, Carnegie Council

It is with a heavy heart that we announce Devin Stewart passed away in March 2021.

Stewart had been living in Tokyo. He had become Opinion Editor at the Japan Times after working in recent months with the Eurasia Group Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

We will always be grateful to Devin for his many contributions to life at Carnegie Council, including his leadership of the Global Ethics Fellows, Centennial Symposia, Thought Leaders Forum, Asia Dialogues, and Carnegie New Leaders program. This list of accomplishments does not begin to register Devin’s impact on the countless people around the world who benefitted from his insight, empathy, joy, and humor.

In his honor please donate to this worthy rescue charity, Magnificat Rescue.

Featured Work

USS Denver and the Republic of Korea Navy in the East China Sea. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/us-pacific-command/13472390513">U.S. Pacific Command</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

MAY 2, 2017 Podcast

The Coming War with China? The Ethics of Confrontation in the Pacific

Are the United States and China on the brink of war? Can the two nations avoid miscalculation and instead find common ground? Find out what ...

A supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy on Electioon Day, 2015, Rangoon, Myanmar. CREDIT: Van Royko

APR 26, 2017 Podcast

Democracy and the Deep State in Myanmar

In this fascinating interview, Maureen Aung-Thwin, founder of the Burma Project at Open Society Foundations, describes how the Project helped Burma's transition to democracy starting ...

APR 11, 2017 Podcast

"In Cambodia, 'democracy' is just a term . . ."

Phnom Penh-based human rights lawyer Sophorn Sek discusses the state of his nation's governance in this eye-opening interview. From corruption and nepotism to suspicious murders ...

Pyongyang, North Korea. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/momocita/6822805138">Jen Morgan</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

APR 4, 2017 Podcast

Nuclear War with North Korea?

The North Koreans are not crazy, says Korea scholar Joel S. Wit. They have valid reasons for feeling threatened and their nuclear strategy has actually ...

MAR 27, 2017 Podcast

Duterte's Drug War and Human Rights in the Philippines and Southeast Asia

President Duterte has created a human rights calamity, says Phelim Kine of Human Rights Watch. In just over over eight months, 7,000 of the poorest, most ...

Memorial for the victims of the 2002 Bali bombing in Kuta, Indonesia. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bali_memorial.jpg">Jonathan Liem/Public Domain</a>

MAR 22, 2017 Podcast

Indonesia's Jihadists, and the Rise of Female Terrorists

Indonesia is sometimes described as "the smiling face of Islam," but the reality is much more complex. Naraniyah explains the shifting landscape of Indonesian Islamic ...

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MAR 8, 2017 Podcast

Pankaj Mishra on our "Age of Anger"

"I think the reason why so many people feel angry and disaffected is that too much has been promised to them in recent decades and ...

U.S. Navy helicopter in the South China Sea. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/compacflt/17174540208/">U.S. Pacific Fleet</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">(CC)</a>

FEB 23, 2017 Podcast

A "Chaotic" White House, and the U.S. Role in Asia and the World

In this outspoken and thoughtful interview, former State Department adviser Eliot Cohen expresses his dismay at the "chaotic and very badly run administration" and discusses ...

Shanghai. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/88556909@N05/8160802746">Gonzalo RA</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

FEB 23, 2017 Podcast

Geoeconomics and Statecraft: Is China Outdoing the United States?

Co-author of "War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft," Jennifer Harris defines geoeconomics as "the use of economic instruments to achieve specific geopolitical results." Why ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe at the White House, February 10, 2017. CREDIT: <a href="http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/actions/201702/10article1.html">Government of Japan</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">(CC)</a>

FEB 22, 2017 Podcast

Trump and the "Trilateral Relationship" in Northeast Asia

Asia expert and former Bush administration official Michael Green discusses the recent meeting between Trump and Abe and what may come of it, on trade ...