Events

In the Third Charles W. Kegley, Jr. Annual Lecture, author Robert D. Kaplan discusses America's history of misjudging China and how it can avoid miscalculating again in the future, when the stakes could be on the level of World War I.

The culminating Symposium for the second CEF cohort featured panels on water ethics, AI in healthcare, economic and national security, and AI in humanitarian response, moderated by the Fellows.

How does ethics shape the way we understand and respond to the defining challenges of our time? Watch Carnegie Council's Global Ethics Day 2026 flagship event featuring a cross-sector expert panel discussion.

How do we explain breakthroughs in international cooperation that seem to defy the odds, especially during periods of geopolitical tension? Watch this expert panel discussion.

In this "Ethics Empowered" event, an expert panel discussed questions related to the changing nature of warfare. With the rise of cyber and hybrid warfare, what has been lost in ethical thinking about conflict?

In this "Values & Interests" discussion, Freedom House CEO Jamie Fly and Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal interrogate why democracy is both a moral and a political principle, and much more.

This expert panel and Q&A, held in partnership with PBS, was moderated by acclaimed journalist Ann Curry as part of Carnegie Council's keynote public affairs series, "Values & Interests."

In this "Values & Interests" event, James Story, former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, and Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal discuss the shifting dynamics in American foreign policy.

In this "Ethics Empowered: Leadership in Practice" event, an expert panel discusses the ethical questions and challenges of AI agents in diplomatic and multilateral spaces.

In this "Ethics Empowered: Leadership in Practice" convening, an expert panel grapples with ethical questions on governance, militarization, and emerging technology in space.

Avril D. Haines, former director of national intelligence, offered insights into the importance of values, how to defend ethical norms, and pathways for next-gen leaders.

Amidst a geopolitical environment of regional wars, frozen conflicts, and the deployment of new military technologies, experts discuss the obstacles to achieving just peace in 2025.

In this "Values & Interests" event, an expert panel interrogates significant questions regarding the impact of artificial general intelligence on actors operating within the international system.  

In this event from our "Ethics Empowered: Leadership in Practice" series, a panel examined questions around climate migration, a distinct global-scale challenge that goes to the heart of the moral case for both sovereignty and human rights.

In the Global Ethics Day 2025 keynote event, an expert panel discussed the present and future of humanitarian aid, in this challenging political environment.

In this pre-Global Ethics Day event, leading scholar practitioners grapple with critical questions regarding the future of democracy.

In the first event in Carnegie Council's "Values & Interests" series, an expert panel discusses how Trump 2.0 has shattered long-held assumptions about American values and its interests on the world stage.

In this event from our "Ethics Empowered: Leadership in Practice" series, practitioners examined the impact of today's geopolitical environment on the future of public health.

This event examined the state of migration in 2025 at the international & local levels, featuring discussions led by Senior Fellow Michael Doyle and journalist Molly O'Toole.

In this event, Northeastern University’s Ethics Institute partnered with Carnegie Council to host a convening on the future of international space governance, security, diplomacy, and sustainability.

In the first event in our "Ethics Empowered: Leadership in Practice" series, practitioners grapple with critical questions for UN peacekeeping, now and in the future.

In this Unlocking Cooperation event, panelists discussed how democratic states can enhance multilateral cooperation to more proactively counter authoritarian efforts to erode freedom.

The keynote event for Global Ethics Day 2024 featured a panel discussion on how we might enhance youth participation and intergenerational collaboration in civic life.

On the eve of the Summit of the Future, Carnegie Council & UNU-CPR hosted a special event exploring the implications of AI for the multilateral system.

In this roundtable discussion, Tufts University's Professor Abiodun Williams speaks about the essential leadership traits needed to drive institutional change.

On World Refugee Day, Carnegie Council hosted a discussion on enhancing multilateral cooperation at the intersection of climate change and human mobility.

In the inaugural panel of the "Unlocking Cooperation" series, Ramu Damodaran leads a discussion on forging a path forward for Global South/North collaboration.

In this speech, the UK Home Secretary outlined the range of opportunities and challenges faced by countries as a consequence of migration.

This Carnegie Council special event features a roundtable conversation with author Peter Osnos on human rights, security, and the legacy of the Helsinki Accords.

In this keynote event for Global Ethics Day 2023, Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal led a conversation on how we can all create the conditions for enhanced cooperation.

Check out our archive of full event videos on YouTube.