Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

JUN 5, 2023 • Article

Are We Automating the Banality and Radicality of Evil?

Current iterations of AI are increasingly able to encourage subservience to a non-human master, telling potentially systematic untruths with emphatic confidence. Read more.

Authors

Anja Kaspersen

Carnegie Council Senior Fellow, Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI); IEEE

Kobi Leins

AIEI Board of Advisors; King's College London

Wendell Wallach

Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow, Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI); Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics

empty United Nations General Assembly hall

MAY 22, 2023 • Article

Sitting on the Sidelines: The Global Divide on Ukraine

Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal reflects on the global divide in relation to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

By Joel H. Rosenthal

MAY 31, 2023 • Article

To Engage or Not Engage: Ethical Challenges and Tradeoffs for U.S. Statecraft in 2023

Approaches for policymakers to consider when grappling with the ethical questions of whether and how to engage with authoritarian or increasingly illiberal states and actors.

By Nikolas K. Gvosdev

12-1pm ET, June 14, Virtual • Event

When McKinsey Comes to Town

Join New York Times investigative journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe for a discussion on their book "When McKinsey Comes to Town."

MAY 10, 2023 • Podcast

The Global Impact of Sudan's Current Crisis, with Christopher Tounsel

What does the escalating conflict in Sudan mean for the country, the region, and the world? University of Washington's Christopher Tounsel, joins "Doorstep" co-hosts Tatiana ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

MAY 24, 2023 • Article

Silicon Valley is knowingly violating ethical AI principles. Society can’t respond if we let disagreements poison the debate.

With criticism of ChatGPT much in the news, we are also increasingly hearing about disagreements among thinkers who are critical of AI, writes Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow ...

By Wendell Wallach

United Nations Flags. Photo credit: Tom Page via Flickr.

MAY 26, 2023 • Journal Online Exclusive

An Internationalist’s Manifesto: Principles for Statecraft in a Dangerous World

Foerster and Raymond argue that useful principles for international affairs must balance the harsh realities of the world with the moral imperatives that drive policy.

By Schuyler Foerster & Ray Raymond

MAY 16, 2023 • News

Carnegie Council Launches the Ethics Accelerator

Today, new ethical questions are emerging at an exponential rate and society faces significant challenges in the realm of international affairs. In response, Carnegie Council ...

MAY 30, 2023 • Podcast

Expectations, with David Robson

In this episode, host Hilary Sutcliffe explores . . . expectation from another angle. Her guest David Robson delves into the science of expectation in his award-winning new ...

Hosted by Hilary Sutcliffe

MAR 13, 2023 • Journal Online Exclusive

Roundtable: Emerging Issues in Sovereign Debt

The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present an online exclusive roundtable on emerging issues in sovereign debt. The collection examines China's growing ...

By Joy Gordon & Dominic Chai

MAY 15, 2023 • Podcast

C2GTalk: Should the Caribbean region be involved in solar radiation modification research? with Michael Taylor

Caribbean countries have led the global push to limit warming to 1.5°C because the impacts of going above that would be so severe for their ...

Hosted by Mark Turner

Russia Invades Ukraine: A Principled Response

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FEB 22, 2023 • Podcast

How the Ukraine-Russia War Has Changed the U.S., with Dr. Alex S. Vindman

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in lit up in Ukraine's colors, February 2022.

JAN 26, 2023 • Article

Is the West at "war" with Russia?

What does it mean precisely when German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says that the Euro-Atlantic community finds itself at "war” with Russia in Ukraine? Senior ...

By Nikolas K. Gvosdev

APR 28, 2022 • News

Newsweek: "How to Help Ukrainian Refugees"

In an op-ed for "Newsweek," Model International Mobility Convention (MIMC) Senior Fellow Michael Doyle and Research Fellow Dorothea Koehn discuss how to assist Ukrainian refugees ...

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Anja Kaspersen

Carnegie Council Senior Fellow, Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI); IEEE

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Carnegie Council Senior Fellow & Executive Director, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G)

Tatiana Serafin

Carnegie Council Senior Fellow, U.S. Global Engagement Initiative (USGE); Marymount Manhattan College

Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Carnegie Council Senior Fellow, U.S. Global Engagement Initiative (USGE); U.S. Naval War College

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