- When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God | 05/16/13 Since 1996, according to Gallup polls, between 35 and 47 percent of Americans have described themselves as "evangelical" or "born again;" two-thirds mostly or wholly believe that angels and devils are at work in the world. How and why do rational people living in the 21st century believe that God speaks to them? Why should the rest of us take them seriously? This book was named as a "New York Times Book" for 2012 and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012. (Public Affairs Program)
- Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight | 05/13/13 Sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism are problems in all corners of the globe, from the United States, to Niger, to China. What are the gaps in legislation and enforcement that allow human trafficking to thrive? What are the cultural norms and biases, societal assumptions, and conflicting policies that make these practices so pervasive and resilient? How can trafficking be curbed? (Public Affairs Program)
- Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st Century | 05/08/13 As the curtain rises on a new chapter of the Catholic Church, will the new Pope be able to institute the reforms needed? Will a gospel-centered "mission" be able to offer a more humane alternative to the self-absorption of post modernity? What does this renewal promise to its followers? (Public Affairs Program)
- The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond Our Differences | 04/25/13 The six most salient categories of human identity, difference, and confrontation are religion, nation, class, gender, race, and civilization. But how determinative are these distinctions? Why is our public discourse still so polarized around these simplistic divisions? (Public Affairs Program)
- The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War | 04/15/13 A dangerous dual obsession has taken hold of American conservatives and liberals alike: unprecedented military might wed to a blind faith in the universality of American values. How has this militarism emerged? (Public Affairs Program)
- To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism | 04/12/13 In the very near future, "smart" technologies will allow us to solve problems in highly original ways. Even so, this "Brave New World" of the future may be less desirable than we think. How will such "solutionism" affect our society's morals, ethics, and civil behavior?
- Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles | 04/10/13 After a decade of easy growth for emerging markets, which "breakout nations" will rise? And what are the rules on how to spot economic success stories? (Public Affairs Program)
- Investing in an Independent Scotland | 04/05/13 First Minister Alex Salmond, leader of the government in Scotland, will address Scotland's place in the world economy, including the economic viability and credibility of an independent Scotland within the European Union and beyond. This event is only open to Special Invitees, Friends Committee members, and Patrons. (U.S. Global Engagement)
- Ethics Matter: Zainab Salbi on Women, War, and Self-Empowerment | 04/03/13 In this conversation, Salbi will explore the personal journey through which she broke ties with her past, and re-emerged as a global champion of women's rights and female empowerment in many of the world's most dangerous conflict zones. (Ethics Matter Series)
- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder | 03/18/13 What Professor Taleb has identified and calls "antifragile" is that category of things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. How is this possible? (Public Affairs Program)
- The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations | 03/15/13 The West may be the most powerful region on the planet today, but from 550 to 1750, East Asia had the most advanced civilizations. When and why did the West come to dominate the world? (Public Affairs Program)
- Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice | 03/11/13 What are some of the challenges that Ms. Robinson has faced in her storied career? What lies behind the vision, strength, and determination that made her path to prominence so compelling? (Public Affairs Program)
- Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State | 03/05/13 The innovation economy begins with discovery and culminates in speculation. What role do the state, financiers, and entrepreneurs play in the innovation economy? The "Financial Times" and "Foreign Affairs" both named Janeway's book one of the Best Books of 2012. (Public Affairs Program)
- Ethics Matter: A Conversation on Bioethics with NASA's Paul Root Wolpe | 03/04/13 In this conversation, NASA's chief bioethicist Dr. Paul Root Wolpe will explore how new technologies and scientific breakthroughs challenge traditional ethical codes. (Ethics Matter Series)
- Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food | 02/28/13 The world food situation is deteriorating. The ranks of the hungry are expanding, political unrest is spreading. At the same time, water shortages and heat waves are making it more difficult for farmers to keep up with the demand. What can we do? (Public Affairs Program)
- Carnegie New Leaders: Film Screening - "Uprising" | 02/27/13 "Uprising" tells the story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its leadership and key organizers, their struggle for freedom against tremendous odds, their sacrifice, and the courage and ingenuity that allowed them to succeed. (Carnegie New Leaders)
- Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Roméo Dallaire | 02/26/13 Whether amid the outbreak of war in Libya or the escalating devastation in Syria, governments are repeatedly forced to ask: Should they intervene to prevent violence abroad, and if so, how? Former UN commander and current Canadian Senator Roméo Dallaire will discuss how his own efforts to prevent genocide in Rwanda have defined his current views on conflict prevention, the responsibility to protect (R2P), and the need to put humanity before political and economic interests. (Ethics Matter Series)
- Behind the Headlines--After the Israeli Elections: A New Chapter or More of the Same? | 02/21/13 As expected, Benjamin Netanyahu has been re-elected. But will he have a broad enough coalition to continue his policies? Will Israel continue in the same direction or will it look for ways to adapt to the new political landscape in the region? (Public Affairs Program)
- China's Search for Security | 02/14/13 How does China's past help to shape its geostrategic policy today? What, exactly, are its interests in problematic countries, such as Iran, Sudan, and North Korea? And how can China work with the United States to produce mutually beneficial outcomes for both Asia and the world? (Public Affairs Program)
- U.S. Global Engagement Program: Report from the Middle East | 02/07/13 Charles D. "Chuck" Freilich will address recent events in the Middle East, including the recent hostilities that saw sustained attacks on Gaza and on Israeli cities. (U.S. Global Engagement Program)
- The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World | 02/06/13 With the rise of the middle class in China, India, and Africa, the twenty-first century has seen an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures, and values. How can the developing world be integrated with Europe and the U.S.? (Public Affairs Program)
- After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead | 01/31/13 "If you want to understand every aspect of our economic crisis--how we got into it, how we escaped a depression, why we haven't fully recovered and what we have to do now--read this book. It's a masterpiece--simple, straightforward and wise."--President William J. Clinton (Public Affairs Program)
- The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate | 01/24/13 Can geography alone be used as a way to analyze the past? Can it be used as a crystal ball to predict the future? Robert D. Kaplan offers a geographical prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world. (Public Affairs Program)
- Carnegie New Leaders: How To Be Good | 01/23/13 If we can reach a rough consensus on right and wrong--don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal--why don't we all behave virtuously? Writer Randy Cohen explores the idea that the answer lies not in our characters but our circumstances, and discuss how to create the kind of communities--in our neighborhoods, our schools, our businesses--in which we are likely to behave admirably. (Carnegie New Leaders)
- Going to Tehran: Prospects for U.S.-Iranian Engagement | 01/17/13 Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett will discuss their new book, "Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms With the Islamic Republic." The Leveretts will address what they see as a catalogue of misunderstandings on the part of the United States about Iran and Iranian policies, and will explore possible terms of engagement for the second Obama administration. (U.S. Global Engagement Program)
- Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons | 01/16/13 Are nuclear weapons that indiscriminately kill civilians useful? Have they really "kept us safe" for the last 60 years? What if everything we believe about them is wrong? For more info, see Wilson's op-ed in today's "New York Times:" "The Myth of Nuclear Necessity." (Public Affairs Programs)
- Ethics Matter: Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2013 with Ian Bremmer | 01/15/13 What are the biggest risks for 2013? What are the associated ethical decisions? Political risk guru Ian Bremmer discusses his annual list and his conclusions may surprise you. (Ethics Matter Series)
- A Fragile New Burma | 01/10/13 With Aung San Suu Kyi now a member of Parliament and the Burmese government beginning the process of reform, will the military allow democracy to truly flourish? Barbara Crossette, having just returned from a fact-finding mission to Burma, takes us behind the headlines. (Public Affairs Programs)
- Prospects for U.S.-Iran Relations | 12/13/12 Ambassador Mousavian is singularly qualified to speak on prospects for U.S.-Iran relations. An Iranian policymaker and scholar, he headed the Foreign Relations Committee of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami; served on Iran's nuclear diplomacy team in negotiations with the European Union and International Atomic Energy Agency; and served as foreign policy advisor to SNSC Secretary Ali Larijani. (U.S. Global Engagement)
- The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics | 12/11/12 It is two decades since the end of the Cold War, but with a whole new set of actors, the threat of nuclear weapons cannot be ignored. How have 21st century power politics and the emergence of Iran and North Korea changed the nuclear equation? How can the United States prepare for the second nuclear age? (Public Affairs Program)
- Why Tolerate Religion? | 12/06/12 Why do Western democracies single out religion for preferential treatment? For example, why can a religious soup kitchen get an exemption from zoning laws while a secular one cannot? Is this morally justifiable? (Public Affairs Program)
- Carnegie New Leaders: Holiday Party and Program Update | 12/05/12
Come celebrate the holiday season with other Carnegie New Leaders over wine and cheese in the Council's lovely Swiss Room and Board Room. (Carnegie New Leaders) - Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion | 12/04/12 The longest war the United States has ever fought is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. But when we speak of "Afghanistan," we really mean a conflict that straddles the border with Pakistan--and the reality of Islamic militancy on that border is enormously complicated. (Public Affairs Program)
- Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Srdja Popovic | 12/03/12 "Nonviolent conflict [is] a form of warfare--the only difference is you don't use arms." Srdja Popovic co-founded the Serbian youth movement Otpor!, which played a major role in toppling Slobodan Milosevic. His work training activists in Egypt and Tunisia is widely credited for inspiring Arab Spring protesters and won him first place among "Foreign Policy's" Top 100 Global Thinkers. (Ethics Matter Series)
- On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines--and Future | 11/29/12 Although Saudi Arabian citizens pay no taxes, receive free health care and education, and have subsidized utilities, the Saudi royal family is finding it harder and harder to influence and control the population. Why are Saudis restless? What impact has the Internet had on Saudi youth? (Public Affairs Program)
- Of Africa | 11/26/12 A member of the unique generation of African writers and intellectuals who came of age in the last days of colonialism, Nigerian poet and playwright Wole Soyinka witnessed firsthand the promise of independence and postcolonial failure. Decades after independence, what does the past mean in Africa? What does African identity mean, both to those living there and to members of the diaspora? (Public Affairs Program)
- Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Dan Ariely | 11/15/12 Why do smart people cheat? Why do most of us procrastinate? Why do millions of gym memberships go unused? And what did big bonuses at big banks have to do with the Great Economic Recession? Dan Ariely explores the hidden factors that shape our most puzzling decisions and shows how emotions, morals, peer pressure, and sheer irrationalism dictate our most basic preferences--often to hilarious effect. (Ethics Matter Series)
- America in the 21st Century: A View from America | 11/14/12 What role can and should the U.S. play in this emerging multipolar world? What are the toughest foreign policy decisions facing the next administration? And how can the U.S. economy be improved? (Public Affairs Program)
- Carnegie New Leaders: Innovation and Leadership in 21st Century Media | 11/12/12 Leadership expert Doug Mitchell discusses emerging trends and ways young people can create innovations that impact the direction of media in the 21st century. Mitchell mentors a diverse array of college and young media professionals, and consults with public media stations to help them capitalize on opportunities that cutting-edge media tools can bring. (Carnegie New Leaders)
- Promoting Ethical Behavior When It's Contested | 11/08/12 Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, addresses Carnegie Council’s Global Ethics Fellows on the occasion of the fellowship’s second annual meeting in New York City. He will discuss how a nongovernmental organization promotes ethical behavior in the frequent absence of courts to enforce it and in circumstances where powerful forces often hold countervailing views. (Carnegie Council Centennial)
- Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution | 10/23/12 The Libyan Revolution has been framed as one of the many uprisings that began with the Arab Spring. But the real story starts a few years earlier when anti-Qaddafi sanctions were lifted and a flawed reform process ensued. What were the strategies and machinations that brought Qaddafi in from the cold and encouraged Libyans to "break the barrier of fear"? What role did regional disparities play? And what did the West get wrong? (Public Affairs Program)
- Carnegie New Leaders: Why and How the Eurozone Crisis Will Be Solved | 10/16/12 In this Carnegie New Leaders gathering, economist Jacob Funk Kirkegaard will discuss why his outlook for Europe is relatively rosy. Kirkegaard is a research fellow at the Peterson Institute in Washington DC. He has testified on the European debt crisis before Congress, and commented on PBS NewsHour, Bloomberg, CNNMoney, and other media outlets. (Carnegie New Leaders)
- Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad | 10/15/12 When Bashar al-Assad came to power in 2000, many in the West thought the new president would bring long-awaited reform to Syria. Unfortunately, as the Arab Spring has swept through the region, the repression of the Assad regime has turned to violence and, ultimately, to a wide-ranging conflict that is threatening the whole region. Why has Assad failed to lead Syria to a new era? How did he transform from a bearer of hope to a reactionary tyrant? (Public Affairs Program)
- America in the 21st Century: A View from Asia | 10/10/12 With China soon to be the world's largest economy, India growing in terms of global economic and political significance, and Japan and Korea continuing to be key U.S. allies, the United States has, perhaps, never been as closely linked to Asia. How will Asian-American relations evolve? What are some key issues the West may be forgetting? (Public Affairs Program)
- Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Bill McKibben | 10/09/12 "There is a tendency at every important but difficult crossroad to pretend that it's not really there." -- Bill McKibben (Ethics Matter Series)
- The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined | 10/01/12 With an endless stream of news about wars, terrorism, and crime, it seems that the times are as violent as ever. However, violence has actually been diminishing for millennia and this could be the most peaceful time in our existence. What are the "better angels" that have steered us away from violence? And what are the circumstances that have allowed this to prevail? (Public Affairs Program)
- Is the World Becoming More Peaceful? | 09/27/12 Join us for a vigorous discussion between two leading thinkers in global affairs -- Harvard professor Steven Pinker and "Atlantic" correspondent Robert D. Kaplan -- as they take on the subject of world peace, a core interest of Carnegie Council. Joel H. Rosenthal, president of Carnegie Council, will moderate. (Ethics Matter, Carnegie New Leaders)
- From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia | 09/24/12 In the early part of the 20th century, thinkers like India's Mahatma Gandhi and China's Liang Qichao worked to forge a distinctly Asian intellectual tradition. What were the roots of this misunderstood generation of scholars? Though it did not come to pass, how did they hope to inspire Asia's anticipated rise to dominance? (Public Affairs Program)
- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion | 09/20/12 Why can't our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? Our moral intuition and fundamental "groupishness," which leads to our greatest joys, religious divisions, and political affiliations, could be to blame. (Public Affairs Program)
- Balancing Security and Civil Liberties in the Post-9/11 Era | 09/19/12 What are some of the biggest challenges that Commissioner Kelly and the New York Police Department have faced in the post-9/11 era? How do you keep tens of millions of people safe while preserving their right to privacy? (Public Affairs Program)
- Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Dambisa Moyo | 09/18/12 "The problem is that aid is not benign -- it's malignant. No longer part of the potential solution, it's part of the problem -- in fact aid is the problem." -- Dambisa Moyo (Ethics Matter Series)
- Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750 | 09/14/12 From the Qing Dynasty to the People's Republic, Chinese attitudes have been determined by both receptiveness and resistance to outside influence. With China soon to be the world's largest economy, will it attempt to recreate a Sino-centric international order in Eastern Asia, or pursue a more harmonious diplomatic route? (Public Affairs Program)
- America in the 21st Century: A View from the Arab World | 09/12/12 Almost two years after the start of Arab uprisings, is the Arab world finally moving towards pluralism and democracy? What role can the United States play to promote peace and reform in the region? With the rise of political Islam, what can one expect in terms of personal and minority rights? (Public Affairs Program)
- The Power of Safety: How Safe Habits Triggered Responsibility at Alcoa | 09/05/12 Business ethics professor and former Alcoa VP Bill O'Rourke will illustrate how the value of safety transformed Alcoa. In this interactive session, he will work through specific cases to demonstrate its impact. (Workshops for Ethics in Business)
- CNL Film Screening: "The Waste Land" | 07/19/12
This critically acclaimed documentary explores identity, aid, and artistic expression in a community of Brazilian trash pickers outside Rio de Janeiro. Documentarian Lucy Walker follows the Brooklyn-based Brazilian artist Vik Muniz as he collaborates with the trash pickers to create large-scale artworks, and then sets up long-term aid for the community. (Carnegie New Leaders) - The Arab Spring: Unfinished Business | 06/27/12 Eighteen months after the beginning of the Arab Spring, many things have changed in the Middle East and North Africa, but many things also remain the same. What does the future hold? Should the United States be playing a more active role in the region? (Public Affairs Program)
- Beyond the Checkbook: New Models for Corporate Philanthropy | 06/26/12 This interactive workshop will feature Citi Foundation, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Liquidnet for Good, and the UN Population Fund. Business leaders and Carnegie New Leaders will discuss emerging trends in corporate philanthropy, and explore strategies to leverage corporate resources and expertise to benefit society and business in a responsible and ethical way. Carnegie New Leader and Open Society Foundation Program Officer Masha S. Feiguinova will moderate the workshop. (Carnegie New Leaders Program) (Workshops for Ethics in Business)
- Global Rules, Local Rulers | 06/21/12 Carnegie UK Trust presents original research on the relationship between advocacy groups, citizens, and international organizations that regulate trade, markets, and consumer policy. (Global Ethics Network Program)
- The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century | 06/13/12 Many of our government institutions are short on money, ideas, and efficiency. What can we do, ourselves, to create lasting and workable solutions? How can we also find senses of meaning and community, both so elusive in the current circumstances? (Public Affairs Program)
- Carnegie New Leaders: What Does It Mean to Prevent Genocide? | 06/12/12 Tibi Galis, executive director of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, discusses the question "What does it mean to prevent genocide?" and the distinction he sees between genocide prevention and military intervention policies. (Carnegie New Leaders Program)
- How Much is Enough?: Money and the Good Life | 06/12/12 In 1930, Keynes predicted that by 2030, we'd be working a 15-hour week; but he underestimated our appetite for wealth. The Skidelskys explain why Keynes was mistaken, and arguing from the premise that economics is a moral science, they trace the concept of the good life and how to attain it. (Public Affairs Program)
- Special Screening of "Playing for Power: The Agents Who Derailed the Soviet Union" | 06/07/12
Bringing together little-known archival footage and brand-new interviews, "Playing for Power" sheds light on the prominent and backroom players who brought Boris Yeltsin to power in 1991, but lost momentum during the implementation of democracy in Russia. (U.S. Global Engagement Program) - The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future | 06/07/12 With the obsessive personality cult surrounding the Kim family dynasty, repressive economic and cultural policies, and an appalling human rights record, North Korea is the world's most isolated and controversial state. How has this nation been able to survive as it has for over 60 years? (Public Affairs Program)
- Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World | 06/05/12 If the worst threatened, where would the world look for leadership? The United States, with its paralyzed politics and battered balance sheet? A European Union reeling from self-inflicted wounds? China's "people's democracy"? Perhaps Brazil, Turkey, or India? How about none of the above? (Public Affairs Program)
- Exit Interview | 05/23/12
In his 13 years as head of ABC News, David Westin saw the 2000 election, 9/11, and many more earth-shaking stories pass through his newsroom. Is it possible for journalists to be both good at their jobs and people of good moral character? (Public Affairs Program)
