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Planet Money Tells the Story of Sovereign Debt

Planet Money Tells the Story of Sovereign Debt (Transcript)
Zoe Chace, Caitlin Kenney, Joseph Amann, Julia Taylor Kennedy 05/01/12
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)
Herman Schaper, Robin van Puyenbroeck, Julia Taylor Kennedy 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)
Brian Michael Till, Masha Feiguinova, Julia Taylor Kennedy 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)
Brian Michael Till, Masha Feiguinova 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?



International Reporting and the Brave New World of New Journalism (Video Clip)
Barbara Crossette, Zornitsa Stoyanova-Yerburgh 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)
Barbara Crossette, Zornitsa Stoyanova-Yerburgh 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)
Barbara Crossette, Zornitsa Stoyanova-Yerburgh 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)
Sam Speedie, William Gouveia, Julia Taylor Kennedy 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)
Sam Speedie, William Gouveia, Julia Taylor Kennedy 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)
Sam Speedie, William Gouveia, Julia Taylor Kennedy 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.

Transcripts

Beyond Good Intentions: The Promise and Peril of Citizen Engagement with Foreign Policy  
Rebecca Hamilton, Rachel Davis 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?

Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right  
Mary C. Gentile, Jeffrey Hittner 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.

Facing the Crises of our Time: The United Nations and the United States in the 21st Century  
Gillian Sorensen, Robin van Puyenbroeck, Devin T. Stewart 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."

Activism and Policy: Prospects for Change in Turkmenistan  
Alexander Cooley, Farid Tuhbatullin, Masha Feiguinova 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?

Future Leaders and Global Business Values: The IBM Worldwide Student Survey  
Christopher Adkins, Ragna Bell, Michael Holland, Jason Mangone, Ellen McGrath 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.

A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West  
Ian Johnson 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.

The Education of an American Dreamer  
Peter G. Peterson, Carter Page, Devin T. Stewart 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 Ethics of Exit from Afghanistan  
Katherine Brown, Robert Diamond, David C. Speedie 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.

Freedom of the Press in the Arab World: Al Jazeera's Contribution  
Khaled Dawoud, Devin T. Stewart 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.

Web 2.0 and Corporate Accountability  
Bill Baue, Marcy Murninghan, Jane Nelson, Devin T. Stewart 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.

Serving on a Nonprofit Board: Opportunities, Qualifications, and Expectations  
Alice Korngold, Karthik Krishnan, Cheryl Rosario, Mitchell G. Taylor 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.

Smallpox--the Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer  
D.A. Henderson, Devin T. Stewart 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.

Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy  
Leslie Gelb, Carter Page, David C. Speedie 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?

The Practical Idealism Project: Stories from the Field  
Alissa Wilson, Christine Bader 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 Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today  
Kevin Bales, Ron Soodalter, Devin T. Stewart 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."

Ethical Policy Dilemmas in the Promotion of U.S. Human Rights Values  
Richard H. Solomon 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?"

The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World  
Michelle Goldberg, William C. Vocke Jr. 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.

Muslims of Metropolis: The Stories of Three Immigrant Families in the West  
Kavitha Rajagopalan, Devin T. Stewart 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.

Subprime: Is the United States Repeating Japan's Experience?  
Edward J. Lincoln, Devin T. Stewart 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.

Evangelical Reflections on the U.S. Role In the World  
Luis Lugo, Allen Hertzke, Richard Cizik 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  
Zachary Karabell, Mary-Lea Cox 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  
Thomas M. Nichols 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.

Audio

Beyond Good Intentions: The Promise and Peril of Citizen Engagement with Foreign Policy  
Rebecca Hamilton 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  
Mary C. Gentile, Jeffrey Hittner 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.

Forty Years After Friedman: What is the Proper Role of Business in Society?  
Christine Bader, Jeffrey Hittner, Devin T. Stewart 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  
Gillian Sorensen, Robin van Puyenbroeck 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  
Alexander Cooley, Farid Tuhbatullin, Masha Feiguinova, Devin T. Stewart 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  
Christopher Adkins, Ragna Bell, Michael Holland, Jason Mangone, Ellen McGrath 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  
Ian Johnson 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.

The Education of an American Dreamer  
Peter G. Peterson, Devin T. Stewart 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  
Katherine Brown, Robert Diamond, David C. Speedie 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.

Freedom of the Press in the Arab World: Al Jazeera's Contribution  
Khaled Dawoud, Devin T. Stewart 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.

Web 2.0 and Corporate Accountability  
Bill Baue, Marcy Murninghan, Jane Nelson 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.

Serving on a Nonprofit Board: Opportunities, Qualifications, and Expectations  
Alice Korngold, Karthik Krishnan, Cheryl Rosario, Mitchell G. Taylor, Devin T. Stewart 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  
D.A. Henderson 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  
Leslie Gelb 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  
Alissa Wilson 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  
Kevin Bales, Ron Soodalter 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  
Richard H. Solomon 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  
Michelle Goldberg 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.

Muslims of Metropolis: The Stories of Three Immigrant Families in the West  
Kavitha Rajagopalan 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.

Video

Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right  
Mary C. Gentile 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  
Rebecca Hamilton, Rachel Davis 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?

Facing the Crises of our Time: The United Nations and the United States in the 21st Century  
Gillian Sorensen, Robin van Puyenbroeck, Devin T. Stewart 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."

Activism and Policy: Prospects for Change in Turkmenistan  
Alexander Cooley, Farid Tuhbatullin, Masha Feiguinova 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  
Christopher Adkins, Ragna Bell, Michael Holland, Jason Mangone, Ellen McGrath 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.

A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West  
Ian Johnson 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.

The Ethics of Exit from Afghanistan  
Katherine Brown, Robert Diamond, David C. Speedie 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  
Khaled Dawoud 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  
Leslie Gelb 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)  
Alice Korngold, Karthik Krishnan, Cheryl Rosario, Mitchell G. Taylor 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  
Bill Baue, Marcy Murninghan, Jane Nelson 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.

The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World  
Michelle Goldberg 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.

Update on the Korean Peninsula  
Marcus Noland 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.





Articles, Papers, and Reports

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. 





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