In the 20 years from 9/11 to the exit from Afghanistan, the U.S. and its allies significantly expanded their military and security infrastructures. As America pivots from the War on Terror, new areas of focus have begun to take center stage. On December 14 at 3:00pm ET, Carnegie Council invites you to attend a virtual panel on both the security benefits and often misunderstood costs of militarism for society.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, new questions have arisen in regards to the ethics of global vaccine distribution. In a continuation of a series started over the summer, University of Pennsylvania's Ezekiel Emanuel returns to discuss boosters and vaccine hesitancy and how that affects vaccine distribution around the world.

One of the fastest growing—and underreported—subjects in international relations is the rise of private armies. McFate, Atlantic Council senior fellow and former private military contractor, joins Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to discuss how our current paradigm of warfare is obsolete. How can America rethink the trillions of dollars spent on defense? Is the risk of inaction creating a new "Middle Ages"?

Will AI systems transform the future battlefield so dramatically that it will render existing paradigms and doctrines obsolete? In this Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by Kenneth Payne, the author of I, Warbot: The Dawn of Artificially Intelligent Conflict, to discuss the impact of AI systems on military affairs, the nature and character of war and warfare, strategic culture, and geopolitical affairs.

As you read this, AI systems and algorithmic technologies are being embedded and scaled far more quickly than existing governance frameworks (i.e., the rules of the road) are evolving. But a responsible perspective on their ethics and governance is yet to be realized. So why hasn't more been done? Carngie Council Senior Fellows Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach, co-directors of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative, explore three main issues.

The highlight of this issue is a book symposium organized by Peter Balint on Ned Dobos's “Ethics, Security, and the War Machine.” Additionally, the issue includes a feature article on the reduced legal equality of combatants in war and an essay on ethical AI, gender equality, and illiberal backlash politics. It also contains a review essay on the global politics of health security, and a book review on “War by Agreement.’

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.

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.