Hosted by award-winning professor of journalism Tatiana Serafin, with international relations scholar and Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev, this episode features a review of under the radar news like the leaked FinCEN files; the second wave of COVID-19 hitting Europe; a look ahead at what to expect from the from the first presidential debate next week; and a discussion of the China-U.S. frenemy relationship.

As social distancing guidelines continue into the Fall, Carnegie Council's events will remain virtual for the rest of 2020. In the meantime, we hope you will join us for this full slate of virtual conversations over the coming months. Click here to register for webinars on the racial justice protests in a global perspective, book talks with best-selling authors and journalists, and interactive discussions on changing narratives in U.S. global engagement and foreign policy.

The aftershocks of World War II did not end with German capitulation in May 1945. Millions were displaced, including concentration camp survivors, POWs, slave laborers, political prisoners, and Nazi collaborators. Many eventually returned home, but "the lost million" did not. Author David Nasaw and Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal discuss this forgotten chapter in history and its relevance to today.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Christopher Hill, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, among other nations, and Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev discuss U.S.-Asian relations in the context of the 2020 election. How concerned should Americans be about China's aggressive foreign policy? What's the effect on allies like Japan and South Korea? How can diplomacy help to defuse some of the rising tensions?

The killing of George Floyd and the wave of protests that followed bring to life the current struggle for civil rights, human rights, and social justice. Why did the protests go global? How does the history of global responses to American injustice inform our understanding of contemporary developments? Emory's Mary L. Dudziak and Wisconsin's Brenda Gayle Plummer share their thoughts in this fascinating discussion.

If CDR is to have any prospect of preventing runaway global heating without also presenting other serious environmental and social risks, then policymakers, legislators, and investors need to get real now, write Chatham House's Richard King and Duncan Brack. This article outlines three key messages for the policy communities considering this technology and how it interacts with more nature-based solutions such as forest management and afforestation.

The highlight of the Summer 2020 issue of "Ethics & International Affairs" is a roundtable organized by Daniel R. Brunstetter on limited strikes and the associated ethical, legal, and strategic concerns. The collection contains contributions from Daniel R. Brunstetter, Wendy Pearlman, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, Danielle L. Lupton, and Eric A. Heinze and Rhiannon Neilsen.

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