JUL 28, 2009 • Podcast
Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism
As Americans in a globalized world, how can we define our moral responsibilities to humanity? Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal recommends a "cosmopolitan patriotism," rooted ...
JUL 24, 2009 • Podcast
The Missing Ingredient: Applied Ethics
Policies are often debated along three dimensions: effectiveness, efficiency, and expediency. In place of a fourth dimension—applied ethics—we usually find sensationalism and polarization. ...
JUL 23, 2009 • Podcast
Interview with Alice Korngold
Consultant, author, and blogger Alice Korngold talks about her work connecting corporate executives with nonprofit boards, and the transformation that takes place, person after person, ...
JUL 21, 2009 • Article
U.S.-Russian Arms Control Priorities
This set of four papers focuses on arms control in the context of the critical and evolving U.S.-Russia relationship.
JUL 21, 2009 • Article
Possible Attributes of a New Russian-American Treaty on Strategic Offensive Weapons: The View from Russia
Should the START Treaty expire in December without a new treaty (or accord) that has counting rules and verification procedures spelled out, it will be ...
JUL 21, 2009 • Article
Missile Defense: A Sphere of Competition or an Instrument for Jointly Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Pavel S. Zolotarev argues that despite the good intentions of the newly-elected American and Russian presidents and the leadership of the two nations, it is ...
JUL 21, 2009 • Article
Bargaining Chip or Gas Mask? Prospects for Missile Defense
John Isaacs and Travis Sharp review the history of missile defense since World War II in search of insights that can be applied to the ...
JUL 21, 2009 • Article
A Guide to the Challenges Facing President Obama's Nuclear Abolition Agenda
Burgess Laird argues that the case for nuclear weapons abolition recently advanced by President Obama is built not on the familiar refrain of disarmament advocates ...