Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs  invites individuals and organizations around the globe to join together for the eighth annual Global Ethics Day on Wednesday October 20, 2021, with a theme of “Ethics Empowered.” #GlobalEthicsDay2021 is an opportunity for people to explore the meaning of ethics in daily life and come together to identify and address the most critical issues facing society, including attacks on democracy, racial injustice, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and more.

Whether it's rigging elections in Hong Kong, arresting activists in Venezuela, restricting voting access in the U.S., silencing the opposition in Belarus, or censorship in Burma, there can be no doubt that democracy is under assault. This Global Ethics Day (October 20, 2021) at 12:00pm ET, Carnegie Council invites you to attend a special virtual event to hear directly from those fighting on the frontlines to uphold and strengthen democracy.

Ahead of COP26, Parag Khanna joins Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to speak about his new book MOVE and the impact of climate migration on the future "map of humanity." As climate migrants become the greatest percentage of people seeking new opportunities in new places, Khanna discusses the rise of regional self-sufficiency and how governments can become better stewards of natural resources.

"What does it mean for us to think about these border regions beyond the questions of international security?" asks Suchhitra Vijayan, the author of the new book "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India." In this podcast, Vijayan discusses with host Alex Woodson her 9,000-mile journey through India's borderlands, which formed the basis of the book.

In this episode of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative podcast, Senior Fellows Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach are joined by former U.S. Navy pilot Mary “Missy” Cummings, a professor at Duke University, director of the school’s Humans and Autonomy Lab, and a world leading researcher in human-autonomous system collaboration and robotics. The conversation touches upon the maturity of current AI systems applications and key conundrums in AI research to make sure humans are not a design afterthought. 

Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative's C2GTalk is a series of one-on-one interviews with influential practitioners and thought leaders, exploring the governance challenges raised by emerging approaches to alter the climate. In this introduction to the series, Mark Turner, host of C2GTalk, and Janos Pasztor, executive director of C2G, define some climate-altering technologies and discuss the work of C2G.

"As we approach the 20-year commemoration of 9/11, a chapter in the history of U.S. foreign policy is closing," writes Carnegie Council President Joel H. Rosenthal. How have the "grey" wars that followed changed the rules of engagement and influenced the United States domestically?

Carnegie Council is pleased to announce its 2021 Impact Initiatives. These initiatives identify pressing ethical issues, convene leading experts, and produce agenda-setting resources to educate and activate communities globally. The Impact Initiatives will drive forward actionable real-world solutions in the areas of climate change, migration, artificial intelligence, and foreign policy.