Innovation and Leadership in 21st Century Media (Transcript) | 11/16/12 So you want to be an innovator and a leader: How can you make your internship/job application stand out? How can you use social media to develop your own leadership skills and to mentor others? Get some tips and out-of-the-box ideas from this hands-on discussion with Doug Mitchell.
Why and How the Euro Zone Crisis Will Be Solved (Transcript) | 10/24/12 Danish economist Jacob Funk Kirkegaard offers a contrarian take on the euro zone crisis. While he notes that there are political problems within the European Union, he argues that the crisis is an opportunity from which Europe will emerge more integrated and resilient.
Beyond the Checkbook: New Models for Corporate Philanthropy (Transcript) | 06/29/12 This workshop features representatives from Citi Foundation, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Liquidnet for Good, and the UN Population Fund. Together with businesspeople and Carnegie New Leaders, they discuss new trends and challenges in modern philanthropy.
What Does It Mean to Prevent Genocide? (Transcript) | 06/20/12 It's essential to understand that genocide is a process, not an event, says Tibi Galis from the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation. It doesn't just happen out of the blue. So there are chances to step in and change the course of this process.
Planet Money Tells the Story of Sovereign Debt (Transcript) | 04/24/12 How can you explain the European debt crisis so that ordinary Americans can understand--and what's more, care? Through interviews and story-telling techniques, these two NPR reporters show us that it's actually a long-drawn-out love story.
The Responsibility to Protect: A New International Norm? (Transcript) | 03/13/12 What is Responsibility to Protect exactly? Dutch Ambassador Herman Schaper gives an expert talk on how it developed, how it is defined, how it was implemented in Libya, and what are the implications for the future.
Lessons from the Old Guard: Can Gen Y Best the Challenges that Bettered the Baby Boom? (Audio) | 01/31/12 Fresh out of college, and frustrated with his own generation's political apathy, Brian Till set out to interview the former world leaders he most admired, including Bill Clinton and Vaclav Havel. What can Gen Y'ers learn from these leaders' successes and failures?
Lessons from the Old Guard: Can Gen Y Best the Challenges that Bettered the Baby Boom? (Transcript) | 01/31/12 Fresh out of college, and frustrated with his own generation's political apathy, Brian Till set out to interview the former world leaders he most admired, including Bill Clinton and Vaclav Havel. What can Gen Y'ers learn from these leaders' successes and failures?
Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right (Video) | 12/06/11 Through experiential exercises that act as rehearsals, we can learn to how to act on our values in real-life situations, says Mary Gentile. She shares a ground-breaking new approach that prepares professionals to respond to ethical challenges in the workplace.
Beyond Good Intentions: The Promise and Peril of Citizen Engagement with Foreign Policy (Video) | 12/06/11 What were the accomplishments and failures of the U.S. grassroots movements that responded to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and how do these lessons apply to grassroots movements in general?
International Reporting and the Brave New World of New Journalism (Video Clip) | 12/01/11 Veteran journalist Barbara Crossette discusses how international reporting has changed dramatically over the last few decades: new dangers, new competitors, and new ethical and professional challenges.
International Reporting and the Brave New World of New Journalism (Audio) | 11/18/11 Veteran journalist Barbara Crossette discusses how international reporting has changed dramatically over the last few decades: new dangers, new competitors, and new ethical and professional challenges.
International Reporting and the Brave New World of New Journalism (Transcript) | 11/18/11 Veteran journalist Barbara Crossette discusses how international reporting has changed dramatically over the last few decades: new dangers, new competitors, and new ethical and professional challenges.
Decision Points: The American Dream in the Balance (Video Clip) | 09/20/11 Led by Sam Speedie, who stepped up immediately after 9/11 and went into public service, this group of under-40s Carnegie New Leaders discuss how to move the country forward and help other young people to make a difference, whether in government, business, or the non-profit sector.
Decision Points: The American Dream in the Balance (Audio) | 09/15/11 Led by Sam Speedie, who stepped up immediately after 9/11 and went into public service, this group of under-40s Carnegie New Leaders discuss how to move the country forward and help other young people to make a difference, whether in government, business, or the non-profit sector.
Decision Points: The American Dream in the Balance (Transcript) | 09/15/11 Led by Sam Speedie, who stepped up immediately after 9/11 and went into public service, this group of under-40s Carnegie New Leaders discuss how to move the country forward and help other young people to make a difference, whether in government, business, or the non-profit sector.
Beyond Good Intentions: The Promise and Peril of Citizen Engagement with Foreign Policy (Transcript) | 05/17/11 What were the accomplishments and failures of the U.S. grassroots movements that responded to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and how do these lessons apply to grassroots movements in general?
Beyond Good Intentions: The Promise and Peril of Citizen Engagement with Foreign Policy (Audio) | 05/12/11 What were the accomplishments and failures of the U.S. grassroots movements that responded to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and how do these lessons apply to grassroots movements in general?
Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right (Transcript) | 05/12/11 Through experiential exercises that act as rehearsals, we can learn to how to act on our values in real-life situations, says Mary Gentile. She shares a ground-breaking new approach that prepares professionals to respond to ethical challenges in the workplace.
Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right (Audio) | 05/05/11 Through experiential exercises that act as rehearsals, we can learn to how to act on our values in real-life situations, says Mary Gentile. She shares a ground-breaking new approach that prepares professionals to respond to ethical challenges in the workplace.
The Carnegie New Leaders Discussions at the Fort Hamilton Army Base, Army School of Leadership | 04/13/11 On a field trip to Fort Hamilton Army Base, members of Carnegie New Leaders sat down with military officers to discuss the qualities and skills required for good leadership, whether military or civilian. All agreed that values and standards were extremely important.
Facing the Crises of our Time: The United Nations and the United States in the 21st Century (Video) | 11/03/10 "The UN can do better and it can do more, and when the U.S. is fully committed the chance of success is always greater. The UN is imperfect but indispensable. Our challenge is to build upon its strengths and address its weaknesses in the most constructive way."
Forty Years After Friedman: What is the Proper Role of Business in Society? (Audio) | 09/20/10 In 1970 Milton Friedman published an article entitled "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits." In light of current business problems, such as the BP oil spill,what is the social responsibility of companies today?
Facing the Crises of our Time: The United Nations and the United States in the 21st Century (Transcript) | 09/13/10 "The UN can do better and it can do more, and when the U.S. is fully committed the chance of success is always greater. The UN is imperfect but indispensable. Our challenge is to build upon its strengths and address its weaknesses in the most constructive way."
Facing the Crises of our Time: The United Nations and the United States in the 21st Century (Audio) | 09/10/10 The UN can do better and it can do more, and when the U.S. is fully committed the chance of success is always greater. The UN is imperfect but indispensable. Our challenge is to build upon its strengths and address its weaknesses in the most constructive way.
Activism and Policy: Prospects for Change in Turkmenistan (Transcript) | 07/02/10 Turkmenistan is one of the most closed societies in the world. Its media and education system are propaganda tools and all opposition is crushed. Meanwhile, other countries are competing hotly for its vast resources of natural gas. What pressures can help bring about change?
Activism and Policy: Prospects for Change in Turkmenistan (Audio) | 06/29/10 Turkmenistan is one of the most closed societies in the world. Its media and education system are propaganda tools and all opposition is crushed. Meanwhile, other countries are competing hotly for its vast reserves of natural gas. What pressures can help bring about change?
Future Leaders and Global Business Values: The IBM Worldwide Student Survey (Transcript) | 06/24/10 How do the views of today's students and CEOs differ with regard to business on a shared planet? IBM engages with the Council's Carnegie New Leaders and the Workshops for Ethics in Business program to understand these emerging perspectives.
Activism and Policy: Prospects for Change in Turkmenistan (Video) | 06/21/10 Turkmenistan is one of the most closed societies in the world. Its media and education system are propaganda tools and all opposition is crushed. Meanwhile, other countries are competing hotly for its vast reserves of natural gas. What pressures can help bring about change?
Future Leaders and Global Business Values: The IBM Worldwide Student Survey (Video) | 06/18/10 How do the views of today's students and CEOs differ with regard to business on a shared planet? IBM has engaged with the Council's Carnegie New Leaders and the Workshops for Ethics in Business program to understand these emerging perspectives.
Future Leaders and Global Business Values: The IBM Worldwide Student Survey (Audio) | 06/17/10 How do the views of today's students and CEOs differ with regard to business on a shared planet? IBM engages with the Council's Carnegie New Leaders and the Workshops for Ethics in Business program to understand these emerging perspectives.
A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West (Video) | 05/27/10 What do Nazis, the CIA, and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West have in common? Journalist Ian Johnson tells the untold story of a group of ex-Soviet Muslims who defected to Germany during World War II has a lesson for today: beware of using religion as a tool.
A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West (Transcript) | 05/21/10 What do Nazis, the CIA, and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West have in common? Journalist Ian Johnson tells the untold story of a group of ex-Soviet Muslims who defected to Germany during World War II has a lesson for today: beware of using religion as a tool.
A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West (Audio) | 05/17/10 What do Nazis, the CIA, and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West have in common? Journalist Ian Johnson tells the untold story of a group of ex-Soviet Muslims who defected to Germany during World War II has a lesson for today: beware of using religion as a tool.
Carnegie New Leaders Join Next Generation Project Assembly on U.S. Grand Strategy | 05/17/10 Is Obama's administration guided by a fresh approach to global strategy, as he promised? Fifty Next Generation Project Fellows, including five Carnegie Council New Leaders, met in Washington to make an assessment. Here are their findings.
The Education of an American Dreamer (Transcript) | 04/12/10 Peter G. Peterson tells his remarkable life story, from growing up in Nebraska, to advertising, to secretary of commerce under Nixon, to Lehman Brothers, and to the creation of The Blackstone Group, one of the great financial enterprises in recent times.
The Education of an American Dreamer (Audio) | 04/08/10 Peter G. Peterson tells his remarkable life story, from growing up in Nebraska, to advertising, to secretary of commerce under Nixon, to Lehman Brothers, and to the creation of The Blackstone Group, one of the great financial enterprises in recent times.
The Ethics of Exit from Afghanistan (Transcript) | 03/24/10 Katherine Brown and Robert Diamond, Truman Fellows with first-hand experience in Afghanistan, discuss just how and when--both ethically and pragmatically--the U.S. can leave that troubled country. Their prediction? Not for a long time.
The Ethics of Exit from Afghanistan (Audio) | 03/18/10 Katherine Brown and Robert Diamond, Truman Fellows with first-hand experience in Afghanistan, discuss just how and when--both ethically and pragmatically--the U.S. can leave that troubled country. Their prediction? Not for a long time.
The Ethics of Exit from Afghanistan (Video) | 03/16/10 Katherine Brown and Robert Diamond, Truman Fellows with first-hand experience in Afghanistan, discuss just how and when--both ethically and pragmatically--the U.S. can leave that troubled country. Their prediction? Not for a long time.
Freedom of the Press in the Arab World: Al Jazeera's Contribution (Transcript) | 03/10/10 Al Jazeera correspondent Khaled Dawoud reviews the history behind Al Jazeera and discusses some of the issues he has confronted regarding the channel and its coverage of events in the Middle East.
Freedom of the Press in the Arab World: Al Jazeera's Contribution (Audio) | 03/04/10 Al Jazeera correspondent Khaled Dawoud reviews the history behind Al Jazeera and discusses some of the issues he has confronted regarding the channel and its coverage of events in the Middle East.
Freedom of the Press in the Arab World: Al Jazeera's Contribution (Video) | 03/02/10 Al Jazeera correspondent Khaled Dawoud reviews the history behind Al Jazeera and discusses some of the issues he has confronted regarding the channel's coverage of the Middle East.
Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (Video) | 01/27/10 How can America build partnerships and coalitions to solve today's global problems? Will the nation continue to dominate world affairs, or are we fast approaching a "post-America" era?
Serving on a Nonprofit Board: Opportunities, Qualifications, and Expectations (Edited Highlights) (Video) | 12/02/09 Joining a nonprofit board of directors is a tremendous opportunity to help an organization advance a mission that is important to you. Learn who nonprofit boards are looking for, what is expected of board members, and how people and boards connect.
Web 2.0 and Corporate Accountability (Transcript) | 11/25/09 In July 2009, the Harvard Kennedy School's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative launched a six-month project on Web 2.0 and corporate accountability. This expert panel discusses the project's preliminary findings and which avenues look most promising for the future.
Web 2.0 and Corporate Accountability (Audio) | 11/20/09 In July 2009, the Harvard Kennedy School's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative launched a six-month project on Web 2.0 and corporate accountability. This expert panel discusses the project's preliminary findings and which avenues look most promising for the future.
Web 2.0 and Corporate Accountability (Video) | 11/19/09 In July 2009, the Harvard Kennedy School's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative launched a six-month project on Web 2.0 and corporate accountability. This expert panel discusses the project's preliminary findings and which avenues look most promising for the future.
Serving on a Nonprofit Board: Opportunities, Qualifications, and Expectations (Transcript) | 11/12/09 Joining a nonprofit board of directors is a tremendous opportunity to help an organization advance a mission that is important to you. Learn who nonprofit boards are looking for, what is expected of board members, and how people and boards connect.
Serving on a Nonprofit Board: Opportunities, Qualifications, and Expectations (Audio) | 11/09/09 Joining a nonprofit board of directors is a tremendous opportunity to help an organization advance a mission that is important to you. Alice Korngold leads this session of nonprofit board experts.
Smallpox--the Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer (Transcript) | 10/28/09 Real-life hero D.A. Henderson reveals how a small but fiercely dedicated team under his direction succeeded in eliminating smallpox, a disease which had killed over half a billion people in the preceding 100 years.
Smallpox--the Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer (Audio) | 10/23/09 Real-life hero D.A. Henderson reveals how a small but fiercely dedicated team under his direction succeeded in eliminating smallpox, a disease which had killed over half a billion people in the preceding 100 years.
Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (Transcript) | 10/16/09 How can America build partnerships and coalitions to solve today's global problems? Will the nation continue to dominate world affairs, or are we fast approaching a "post-America" era?
Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (Audio) | 10/14/09 How can America build partnerships and coalitions to solve today's global problems? Will the nation continue to dominate world affairs, or are we fast approaching a "post-America" era?
The Practical Idealism Project: Stories from the Field (Transcript) | 07/16/09 How can you help change the world, and get paid for doing it? Alissa Wilson shares what she learned from interviewing scores of practical idealists, including international development workers, lawyers, business people, and artists.
The Practical Idealism Project: Stories from the Field (Audio) | 07/09/09 How can you help change the world, and get paid for doing it? Alissa Wilson shares what she learned from interviewing scores of practical idealists, including international development workers, lawyers, business people, computer techs, artists, and more.
The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today (Transcript) | 07/01/09 Slaves are all around us, from the dishwasher in your local restaurant, to kids on the corner selling cheap trinkets. Bales and Soodalter provide a blueprint on how to recognize slavery and how to finally put an end to this horrific practice, which still flourishes here in "The Home of the Free."
The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today (Audio) | 06/25/09 Slaves are all around us, from the dishwasher in your local restaurant, to kids on the corner selling cheap trinkets. Bales and Soodalter provide a blueprint on how to recognize slavery and how to finally put an end to this horrific practice, which still flourishes here in "The Home of the Free."
Ethical Policy Dilemmas in the Promotion of U.S. Human Rights Values (Transcript) | 06/03/09 What are realistic processes of social change that should inform effective human rights policy and its implementation? Should human rights issues be pressed even if their primary effect is to assure domestic American constituencies that an administration's "heart is in the right place?"
Ethical Policy Dilemmas in the Promotion of U.S. Human Rights Values (Audio) | 05/28/09 What are realistic processes of social change that should inform effective human rights policy and its implementation? Should human rights issues be pressed even if their primary effect is to assure domestic American constituencies that an administration's "heart is in the right place?"
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World (Transcript) | 05/26/09 Michelle Goldberg exposes the global war on women's reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences for the future of global development.
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World (Audio) | 05/19/09 Michelle Goldberg exposes the global war on women's reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences for the future of global development.
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World (Video) | 05/14/09 Michelle Goldberg exposes the global war on women's reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences for the future of global development.
Muslims of Metropolis: The Stories of Three Immigrant Families in the West (Transcript) | 02/18/09 How do Muslim immigrants to the West adjust to their new lives? Kavitha Rajagopalan follows three families on their journey: a Palestinian family from Jerusalem to London, a Kurdish family from Turkey to Berlin, and a Bangladeshi family to New York City.
Muslims of Metropolis: The Stories of Three Immigrant Families in the West (Audio) | 02/13/09 How do Muslim immigrants to the West adjust to their new lives? Kavitha Rajagopalan follows three families on their journey: a Palestinian family from Jerusalem to London, a Kurdish family from Turkey to Berlin, and a Bangladeshi family to New York City.
Subprime: Is the United States Repeating Japan's Experience? (Transcript) | 02/12/08 Economist and Japan expert Edward Lincoln discusses the similarities and significant differences between the Japanese experience and the current U.S. subprime crisis.
Update on the Korean Peninsula (Video) | 01/29/08 Economist and North Korea expert Marcus Noland discusses scenarios for North Korea’s nuclear disarmament, maintaining that the DPRK is becoming increasingly vulnerable to outside pressure.
Evangelical Reflections on the U.S. Role In the World (Transcript) | 09/15/05 A discussion of the growing importance of religious groups in advancing international human rights causes, from the Sudan to Korea.
The United States and the Muslim World Today (Transcript) | 04/13/05 Karabell examines some of the most pervasive myths about the Middle East, including those surrounding the U.S. quest for oil, the Israel connection, and xenophobia.
Conflict and Order in the New Age of Preventive War (Transcript) | 02/03/05 Nichols believes that the norm against preventive military action is rapidly being eroded and that we are headed into an era where preventive war will be an accepted feature of the international system.
