Alex Woodson

Editorial Manager & Digital Content Producer, Carnegie Council

Alex Woodson is editorial manager and digital content producer at Carnegie Council. He was the host of Global Ethics Review and the Carnegie New Leaders Podcast and was contributing editor for Policy Innovations.

Woodson previously worked as a reporter for The Hollywood Reporter, mostly covering digital media news, and as a contributing writer for the United Nations Association's The Interdependent. He has also worked for Scholastic and the National Basketball Association.

In addition, he has interned at Council on Foreign Relations, Worldwatch Institute, and InterAction.

Woodson is a graduate of New York University, where he received a BA in journalism. He also received an MA in global communication from The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.

Featured Work

JUN 28, 2018 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: Orbán's Hungary, the EU, & a "Values-Free Alliance"

As Viktor Orbán continues to enact illiberal policies in Hungary, some, including Harvard's Yascha Mounk, have called for the state to be expelled from ...

JUN 27, 2018 Podcast

From Enemies to Partners: Vietnam, the U.S., & Agent Orange, with Charles R. Bailey

The Vietnam War ended over 40 years ago, but the U.S. and Vietnam are still coming to terms with the legacy of the toxic herbicide ...

JUN 15, 2018 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: The Singapore Summit & the Specter of Trump

In the wake of the countless Western media takes on Trump-Kim, Senior Fellow Devin Stewart defends the Singapore summit and the president's negotiating style and ...

FEB 26, 2018 Podcast

Gandhi's Satyagraha & Social Change, with Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox

Satyagraha, one of Gandhi's most influential teachings, stresses "passive resistance" in the face of injustice. Qunnipiac's Gadkar-Wilcox saw a powerful example of this in regards ...

Vice Pres. Pence, Pres. Trump, National Security Adviser McMaster with U.S. military members, July 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trump_Pence_McMaster_Lunch_Service_Members_18_July_2017-2.jpg">White House/Shealah Craighead</a>

JAN 10, 2018 Podcast

Deciphering the Middle East and Trump's National Security Stategy, with Asha Castleberry

Asha Castleberry, Fordham professor and U.S. Army veteran, describes her "mixed reaction" to Trump's National Security Strategy--touching on China and Russia, cybersecurity, and climate ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2013/11/25/17/27/test-218181_960_720.jpg">Pixabay/Public Domain</a>

NOV 29, 2017 Podcast

Bioethics and Community Engagement with Jess Holzer

Hofstra University's Jess Holzer is focused on improving public health at the community level. But she teaches that good intentions alone are not enough to ...

Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett in <i>Malcolm X</i>. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104797/mediaviewer/rm105033728">Warner Bros.</a>

AUG 29, 2017 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Malcolm X"

Malcolm X is seen by some as a symbol of the enduring struggle for equal rights for all human beings; but for others his legacy ...

UN Protection of Civilians site in Wau, South Sudan. April 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unmissmultimedia/33774399210">UNMISS</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

AUG 2, 2017 Podcast

Amnesty International's Sarah Jackson on the Crisis in South Sudan

Since South Sudan's civil war broke out in late 2013, soldiers on both sides have been using rape and other forms of sexual violence on a ...

Air strike in Sana'a, May 2015. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air_strike_in_Sana%27a_11-5-2015.jpg">Ibrahem Qasim</a>  (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">CC</a>)

JUN 21, 2017 Podcast

Waleed Alhariri on the U.S. Covert Use of Lethal Force, and the Crisis in Yemen

Waleed Alhariri of the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies discusses the Center's new report on U.S. covert attacks against al Qaeda and other radical ...

U.S. and Iraqi soldier near Mosul, October, 2016. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Soldier_prepares_for_key_leader_engagement_to_assess_Iraqi_security_force_checkpoints_at_Q-West.jpg">Spc. Christopher Brecht/U.S. Army</a>

MAY 24, 2017 Podcast

Asha Castleberry on Trump's Generals and the Fight Against ISIS

Asha Castleberry, Fordham professor and U.S. Army veteran, gives detailed updates of the campaigns against ISIS in Mosul and Raqqa and the endlessly complicated ...