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Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds  
Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac 05/15/12
In a world filled with sectarian strife, where can different ethnicities, and especially Muslim minorities, live in peace? Marseille and Queens are examples of places with minimal violence, high literacy, and great diversity. What can we learn from these oases of civility? (Public Affairs Program)

America in the 21st Century: A View from Europe  
Martin Wolf 05/10/12
The United States was the world's biggest, most innovative, and most influential economy in the 20th century. But it will soon cease to be the biggest. How easy will it be for the U.S. to remain the most innovative and influential in the 21st century? (Public Affairs Program)

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power  
Steve Coll 05/03/12
With annual revenues equal to Norway's GDP, ExxonMobil might be the world's most powerful company; yet it is also one of the most secretive. How did ExxonMobil grow to be more influential in some countries than the U.S. embassy? (Public Affairs Program)

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Dov Seidman  
Dov Seidman, Art Kleiner 04/30/12
"The moral imagination should increase as the world becomes smaller. . . . We are no longer distant, and therefore we need to reawaken our moral imaginations." --Dov Seidman (Ethics Matter Series)

Carnegie New Leaders: Planet Money Tells the Story of Sovereign Debt  
Zoe Chace, Caitlin Kenney, Joseph Amann 04/24/12
NPR's Planet Money team employs relatable story-telling techniques to analyze complex financial issues. In this multimedia presentation, reporter Zoe Chace and producer Caitlin Kenney will put the European debt crisis in context and talk about their on-the-ground reporting of its financial, political and ethical implications. (Carnegie New Leaders Program)

Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan and Afghanistan  
Ahmed Rashid 04/24/12
As American forces withdraw from Afghanistan, what are the possibilities and hazards the U.S. is facing in regards to Pakistan? What is the state of the Taliban? And what tough choices does President Obama have to make as he faces a complicated relationship with Pakistan and a reelection campaign? (Public Affairs Program)

Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari'a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia to the Streets of the Modern Muslim World  
Sadakat Kadri 04/17/12
In the wake of the terror attacks and wars of the last decade, "shari'a" has become both a loaded word and an all-encompassing explanation. But do Westerners really have an understanding of what shari'a law actually means? (Public Affairs Program)

World Report 2012  
Kenneth Roth 04/10/12
While investigating conditions on the ground in Syria, Libya, and other dangerous locales, what has Human Rights Watch learned from the earthshaking events of 2011? How can the global community help the world’s most suppressed people seize control of their destiny? (Public Affairs Program)

No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn  
Charles A. Kupchan 04/04/12
With the rise of China, India, Brazil, and other emerging powers, the West’s preeminence is slipping for the first time in over 600 years. Can Europe and the United States strike a bargain with the rising rest and find consensus on the issues of sovereignty, legitimacy, and governance? (Public Affairs Program)

The "How" of Business Ethics in the Financial Sector  
Mary C. Gentile 03/27/12
In this interactive workshop, Dr. Mary Gentile will use her groundbreaking Giving Voice to Values (GVV) approach to engage participants in interactive, problem-solving exercises around scenarios relevant to the financial sector. (Workshops for Ethics in Business)

Finance and the Good Society  
Robert J. Shiller 03/26/12
Despite the bad reputation of the financial industry in the aftermath of the financial crisis, finance could be one of the most powerful tools we have for solving our common problems. How can we harness the power of finance for the greater good? (Public Affairs Program)

The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources  
Michael T. Klare 03/20/12
The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of resource depletion and the political and environmental risks are becoming increasingly severe. Can we change our consumption patterns and find a way out? (Public Affairs Program)

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Mary Ellen Iskenderian  
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, Julia Taylor Kennedy 03/13/12
"I am a great believer in the individual's impact, and the individual's impact on the system, and to change the system." -- Mary Ellen Iskenderian (Ethics Matter Series)

Iran: A Diplomatic Solution  
Thomas R. Pickering 03/08/12
As the crisis facing the United States and the world with respect to Iran continues to escalate, can a diplomatic solution be found? The stakes here are truly monumental. (U.S Global Engagement Program)

Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government--and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead  
David Rothkopf 03/07/12
Is capitalism dead? Today, thousands of companies have greater power than all but a handful of states. This has created a contest among competing capitalisms offering different visions for how the world should work. Do European and Asian models have the winning edge? (Public Affairs Program)

Carnegie New Leaders - The Responsibility to Protect: A New International Norm?  
Herman Schaper 03/05/12
Netherlands Ambassador Herman Schaper will focus on the increasing role of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in international relations, and some of the difficult ethical questions that arise as a consequence. (Carnegie New Leaders Program)

The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations  
Michael L. Ross 03/01/12
Why do oil-producing countries have less democracy, fewer opportunities for women, more frequent civil wars, and more volatile economic growth than the rest of the world? Is oil a curse? (Public Affairs Program)

Responsible Oversight: How Boards can Promote Profitable and Ethical Organizations  
Suhas Apte, Tamara C. Belinfanti, Holly J. Gregory, Alice Korngold, Caroline Kim Oh 02/28/12
In this interactive workshop, corporate governance experts and high-level executives will come together to discuss best practices. (Workshops for Ethics in Business)

The Emergency State: America's Pursuit of Absolute National Security at All Costs  
David C. Unger 02/24/12
In the decades since World War II, presidents from both parties have assumed broad war-making powers never intended by the Constitution and have pumped trillions of tax dollars into the Pentagon. Has this pursuit made the U.S. safer or has it only done irreparable damage to the ideals of American democracy? (Public Affairs Program)

Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America  
Enrique Krauze 02/23/12
What are the major ideas, influences, and people who have formed the modern Latin America political mind during the late 19th and 20th centuries? (Public Affairs Program)

DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops, and You  
Misha Glenny 02/15/12
The benefits of living in a digital, globalized society are enormous; so too are the dangers. Have the institutions that keep us safe on the streets learned to protect us in the burgeoning digital world? Have we become complacent about our personal security? (Public Affairs Program)

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Anne-Marie Slaughter  
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Julia Taylor Kennedy 02/13/12
"It clearly can be in the U.S. and the West's strategic interest to help social revolutions fighting for the values we espouse and proclaim." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter (Ethics Matter Series)

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China  
Ezra F. Vogel 02/08/12
Perhaps no one in the 20th century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. How did one of the original leaders of China's Communist Party come to reform the economic and social policies that he had helped create? (Public Affairs Program)

All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals  
David J. Scheffer 01/31/12
David Scheffer was at the forefront of the efforts that led to criminal tribunals for the Balkans, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia. What new insights does he provide in the continuing struggle for international justice? (Public Affairs Program)

Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis ("New York Times" Best-Seller)  
James G. Rickards 01/26/12
Currency wars have happened before--twice in the last century alone--and they always end badly. Is the United States now facing the very real danger of the collapse of the American dollar? (Public Affairs Program)

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Thomas Pogge  
Thomas Pogge 01/19/12
"Many are quick to point out that we cannot inherit our ancestor's sins. Indeed. But how then can we be entitled to the fruits of these sins: to our huge inherited advantage in power and wealth over the rest of the world?" -- Thomas Pogge (Ethics Matter Series)

Carnegie New Leaders Event - Lessons from the Old Guard: Can Gen Y Best the Challenges that Bettered the Baby Boom?  
Brian Michael Till 01/18/12
Author Brian Michael Till discusses the insights for ethical leadership he discovered while writing "Conversations with Power." (Carnegie New Leaders Program)

Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live  
Jeff Jarvis 01/18/12
Well-meaning advocates for privacy worry that the Internet and how we share is making us dumber, crasser, distracted, and vulnerable to threats of all kinds. But Jeff Jarvis argues that the Internet and our new sense of publicness are, in fact, doing the opposite. Based on exclusive interviews with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Eric Schmidt, and Twitter's Evan Williams, Professor Jarvis introduces us to the new world of sharing. (Public Affairs Program)

Ethics Matter: Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2012 with Ian Bremmer  
Ian Bremmer, Art Kleiner 01/11/12
What are the biggest political risks in 2012, and the associated ethical decisions? Political risk guru Ian Bremmer will unveil his annual list and unpack the underlying issues. (Ethics Matter Series)

A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran  
Trita Parsi 01/10/12
Have the diplomatic efforts of the Obama administration toward Iran failed? Was the Bush administration's emphasis on military intervention, refusal to negotiate, and pursuit of regime change a better approach? How can the United States best address the ongoing turmoil in Tehran? (Public Affairs Program)

Realeconomik: The Hidden Cause of the Great Recession (And How to Avert the Next One)  
Grigory Yavlinsky 12/14/11
If economists and other scholars, politicians, and business professionals understand the causes of economic crises, as they claim, then why do such damaging crises continue to occur? (Public Affairs Program)

Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View  
Stephen Breyer 12/12/11
The Supreme Court has the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our elected representatives. How can it help make our democracy work? (Public Affairs Program)

Carnegie New Leaders: Holiday Party and Program Update  
12/08/11
Come celebrate the holiday season with other Carnegie New Leaders! (Carnegie New Leaders Program)

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics  
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith 12/08/11
What is the difference between tyrants and elected leaders? How do politics and leadership actually work? (Public Affairs Program)

Justice for Hedgehogs  
Ronald Dworkin 12/06/11
In his book, "Justice for Hedgehogs," his most comprehensive work, Ronald Dworkin argues that value in all its forms is one big thing. (Public Affairs Program)

Disruptive Management: Fostering Transparency, Dialogue, and Innovation in Today's Business Climate  
Michael Mendenhall 12/06/11
Disruptive technological innovation has created a bevy of new considerations for companies. (Workshops for Ethics in Business)

Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science  
Michael Nielsen 12/01/11
How is the Internet transforming the nature of our collective intelligence? Will the Internet help us to better understand our world? Can it expand our problem solving ability? (Public Affairs Program)

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Jeffrey Sachs  
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Julia Taylor Kennedy 11/21/11
"Around the world, young people--students, workers, and the unemployed--are bringing their grievances to the public square. The specific grievances differ across the countries, yet the animating demands are the same: democracy and economic justice." -- Jeffrey Sachs (Ethics Matter Town Hall Series)

Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius  
Sylvia Nasar 11/21/11
How did the insights of thinkers that extend from Victorian England to modern-day India transform the world by rescuing humankind from squalor and deprivation to a world of modern economics? (Public Affairs Program)

The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade  
Andrew Feinstein 11/18/11
Andrew Feinstein exposes in forensic detail both the formal government-to-government trade in arms and the shadow world of illicit weapons dealing, and lays bare the shockingly frequent links between the two. Is our security compromised and our democracy undermined in the process? (Public Affairs Program)

Report from Iran  
Mohammad Javad Ardashir Larijani 11/15/11
A former vice minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the Iran Majlis (Parliament), and currently secretary general of the High Council for Human Rights, Dr. Larijani will address a range of topics central to Iran's domestic political situation and to U.S.-Iran relations. (U.S. Global Engagement Program)

George F. Kennan: An American Life  
John Lewis Gaddis 11/15/11
Yale historian John Lewis Gaddis began this history almost 30 years ago, interviewing Kennan frequently and gaining complete access to his voluminous diaries and other personal papers. What is revealed in this landmark work? (Public Affairs Program)

Carnegie New Leaders Event - Young Leaders as a Strategic Asset in the U.S. Military: Talent and National Security  
Colonel Michael J. Gould (Commander, U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Hamilton), Commander Erin A. McAvoy (U.S. Navy), Captain Albert Vallejos (Southwest Outreach Officer, West Point), Colonel German J. Velez (U.S. ret.) 11/12/11
This second CNL event with Fort Hamilton will focus on young leaders as a strategic asset and provide for a unique platform to discuss leadership questions and national security with senior military officials as well as young officers with battlefield experience. (Carnegie New Leaders Program)

Re-Imagining a Global Ethic  
Michael Ignatieff 11/10/11
Michael Ignatieff, author, academic and former politician, will be discussing "Re-Imagining a Global Ethic." Known for his work as a historian, Ignatieff is currently senior resident of Massey College, University of Toronto.

Nature vs. Nurture  
James D. Watson 11/09/11
James D. Watson will deliver the keynote address of the annual Carnegie-Uehiro-Oxford Conference. Dr. Watson is best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA.

UN Population Fund Report  
Barbara Crossette 11/03/11
Just this week, the world population reached 7 billion. By the end of this century, the UN predicts that there could be more than 10 billion. Barbara Crossette, author of the UN population Fund Report, discusses the situation. (Public Affairs Program)

Carnegie New Leaders Event - Journalism's New World  
Barbara Crossette 11/02/11
Please join us for a look at how international reporting has changed dramatically over a few decades: new dangers, new competitors, and new ethical and professional challenges. (Carnegie New Leaders Program)

The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good  
Robert H. Frank 11/02/11
Should our understanding of economics be informed more by Charles Darwin, a naturalist, than by the views of economist Adam Smith? Does Darwin's understanding of competition describe economic reality far more accurately than Smith's? (Public Affairs Program)

Toward a More Robust Public Policy Environment in the Middle East  
Jon B. Alterman 10/31/11
Dr. Alterman describes the principal challenges for the Arab Middle East states as "developing human capital and strengthening public policy environments." In aspiring to these, he calls for patience and long-haul commitment, even restraint, from Western donor sources. (U.S. Global Engagement Program)

Illusions of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism  
Louise Richardson 10/27/11
The 9/11 attack cost the lives of three thousand people, the counter-attack cost the lives of tens of thousands. Are we safer today? What must we do in the next ten years to maintain our security, and our perspective on the threat posed by terrorism? (U.S. Global Engagement Program)

But Will the Planet Notice?: How Smart Economics Can Save the World  
Gernot Wagner 10/25/11
You recycle? You turn down plastic and paper? Good. But none of that will save the tuna or stop global warming. If you want to make the planet notice, follow the economics, says Gernot Wagner.

Entering India: Creating an Ethical Multinational Business  
Ashok Vasudevan 10/13/11
CEO Ashok Vasudevan will share his strategies for running an ethical business in India in this interactive, case-based workshop. (Workshops for Ethics in Business Program)

Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order  
G. John Ikenberry 10/12/11
Should the United States renegotiate its relationship with the rest of the world and pursue a more enlightened strategy--that of the liberal leviathan? (Public Affairs Program)

America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare  
Joel F. Brenner 10/11/11
The structure and culture of the internet favor spies over government and corporations, and hackers over privacy. How can we right this imbalance and bring to cyberspace the freedom, accountability, and security we expect elsewhere in our lives? (Public Affairs Program)

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Peter Singer  
Peter Singer, Julia Taylor Kennedy 10/06/11
"My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues," says Peter Singer. (Ethics Matter Town Hall Series)

Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street  
Tomas Sedlacek 10/05/11
If we learn to think of economics as a cultural phenomenon rather than as mathematical models, can we then go on to calculate economic value differently? (Public Affairs Program)

The Unraveling: Pakistan in the Age of Jihad  
John R. Schmidt 09/22/11
How did a nation founded as a homeland for South Asian Muslims become a haven for al-Qaeda and a rogue's gallery of domestic jihadist and sectarian groups? (Public Affairs Program)

The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World  
Daniel Yergin 09/21/11
How will the drama of oil--the struggle for access to it, the battle for control, the insecurity of supply, the consequences of its use, its impact on the global economy, and the geopolitics that dominate it--continue to shape our world? (Public Affairs Program)

Yahoo! and YouTube: Balancing Human Rights and Business  
Ebele Okobi-Harris, Abbi Tatton, Rachel Davis, Susan Morgan 09/20/11
The Internet sector frequently finds itself at the intersection of global business and human rights. How can companies respond responsibly to new human rights challenges--without undermining profits? (Workshops for Ethics in Business Luncheon)

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with William Easterly  
William Easterly, Devin T. Stewart 09/15/11
"There's a Thomas Edison born every minute. We just have to help them turn the lights on," says economist William Easterly. (Ethics Matter Town Hall Series)

Jackson-Vanik: Time for Reconsideration?  
Randi Levinas, Jack F. Matlock, Stephen Sestanovich, David C. Speedie 09/13/11
The Jackson-Vanik amendment has been imposed on Russia for 37 years. Is it time for repeal? (U.S. Global Engagement Program)

Does the Elephant Dance?: Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy  
David M. Malone 09/13/11
What are the key features of contemporary Indian foreign policy and India's policy within its South Asian neighborhood? (Public Affairs Program)

Carnegie New Leaders Event: Decision Points: The American Dream in the Balance  
Sam Speedie 09/07/11
In commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, Sam Speedie examines the public-sector response and how it can obstruct high-quality leadership in public service. (Carnegie New Leaders Program)

That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back  
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum 09/07/11
What can America do as it faces four major challenges--globalization, the revolution in information technology, chronic deficits, and its energy consumption? (Public Affairs Program)

The Arab Spring: Implications for U.S. Defense Policy  
Colin Kahl 06/30/11
The world has witnessed the beginning of a dramatic revolution in the Middle East. What are the prospects for democratization in the region? What should America's role be moving forward?

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Susan Davis  
Susan Davis 06/22/11
Please join us for the launch of this new town hall series "Ethics Matter," with development and microfinance pioneer Susan Davis. A networking reception will follow the conversation.

Civility in the Financial Sector  
Henry Kaufman 06/20/11
Is it possible for civility to transcend money and economic issues? (Civility in America Series)

What is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism  
Jack Fuller 06/09/11
Drawing on neuroscience, Jack Fuller explains why the information overload of contemporary life makes us dramatically more receptive to sensational news, while rendering the objective voice of standard journalism ineffective. (Public Affairs Program)

 


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