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

JUN 15, 2018 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: The Singapore Summit & the Specter of Trump

In the wake of the countless Western media takes on Trump-Kim, Senior Fellow Devin Stewart defends the Singapore summit and the president's negotiating style and ...

DPRK–USA Singapore Summit,  June 12, 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trump_and_Kim_shaking_hands_in_the_summit_room.jpg">Dan Scavino Jr.</a> via Wikipedia, Public Domain

JUN 14, 2018 Article

In Defense of the Trump-Kim Summit

"As a long-time Asia watcher, I feel it's important to defend the value of the Singapore summit. The meeting has served to establish rapport between ...

JUN 12, 2018 Podcast

Edge of Chaos, with Dambisa Moyo

Why is democracy under siege around the world? Economist Dambisa Moyo cites a host of reasons, such as short-term thinking, low voter turnout, the huge ...

Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. November 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfid/37930256914">UK Department for International Development</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

MAY 22, 2018 Podcast

The Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh, with BRAC's Muhammad Musa

Muhammad Musa is executive director of BRAC, which is working with the one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh. He describes the problems ...

The Wall Street Bull. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/herval/51039207/">herval</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>)

MAY 17, 2018 Podcast

Greed, Movies, and Capitalism with Ethicist John Paul Rollert

Every capitalist economy struggles with how to come to terms with greed, says John Paul Rollert, an expert on the intellectual history of capitalism. He ...

MAY 10, 2018 Podcast

"End of an Era" in China, with Carl Minzner

"I'm not making an argument that Maoism is coming back; we're very far away from that. But the crucial thing to recognize is just what ...

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MAY 9, 2018 Podcast

"Why Terrorists Quit" in Indonesia, with Julie Chernov Hwang

Over six years, Julie Chernov Hwang conducted over 100 interviews with current and former leaders and followers of radical Islamist groups in Indonesia to find out ...

MAY 7, 2018 Podcast

Understanding the "Duterte Phenomenon" in the Philippines, with John Gershman

Unlike Trump, Duterte came to the presidency with a history in public service and he knew how to run a government, says John Gershman. "I ...

Detail from book cover.

APR 25, 2018 Podcast

Us Vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism, with Ian Bremmer

"The failure of globalism [an ideology of bringing people closer together] is very different than the failure of globalization," says Ian Bremmer. "I don't think ...

APR 5, 2018 Podcast

Hope for Asian Fisheries, with Brett Jenks

With rich and varied coral reefs, Indonesia and the Philippines are critically important for marine biodiversity, says Brett Jenks of Rare, a conservation organization. Overfishing ...