Preparing Ethical Leaders in a Fragmented World
What does ethical leadership require in an era of polarization, institutional distrust, and geopolitical upheaval? In this episode of " V al...
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The Myth of AI Inevitability
Artificial intelligence is increasingly framed as an unstoppable force that will reshape economies, societies, and even human civilization....
Soft Power in an Era of Nationalism
What makes power endure? University of Bonn's Hendrik W. Ohnesorge explores the relationship between influence, values, and international le...
Hubris and the Fog of War: Unpacking the U.S.-Iran Conflict
Iran and the United States have been adversaries for decades. But caught in the middle are the 92 million Iranians with "90 million opinions...
Democracy in Retreat
In the last twenty years rights and liberties have eroded across more of the world than they have advanced. The cumulative effect is a trans...
Nuclear Ethics
We are walking a fraying nuclear tightrope. Russia, China, and the U.S. are expanding their nuclear capabilities; extended deterrence is str...
Practicing Strategic Empathy and Navigating Competing Values
In a world experiencing a seismic shift in the values and principles that guide geopolitics, how can we practice strategic empathy without s...
Building Moral and Professional Resilience
Gilles Michaud, UN under-secretary-general for safety and security, joins the "Values & Interests" podcast to examine the moral and politica...
U.S. Power and Principle
America's post–World War II calculus guiding the relationship between power and principle has shifted dramatically. The result is a moment i...
The Ethics of AI Agents in Global Governance
The adoption of AI agents is expanding rapidly, particularly within multilateral and diplomatic spaces. Such integration presents a myriad o...
Geopolitics in a Fracturing World, with Aarathi Krishnan
In a fracturing world awash with belligerent rhetoric, where are the real geopolitical pressure points and what forces are driving them? Aar...
The Gaslighting of America, with Professor Mathias Risse
What is fueling the post-truth era in American politics, and why is it working? Professor Mathias Risse of the Harvard Kennedy School argues...
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "One Battle After Another"
In this "Ethical Article," Alex Woodson reviews Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-winning film "One Battle After Another." He discusses gender ro...
Amoral American Power, with Professor Matias Spektor
For decades, America couched its foreign policy not only in the language of interests, but in universal values such as freedom and human rig...
Why Space Matters and How to Govern It
Since the establishment of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, space has been understood to be a "global commons" in which no country has sovere...
Keeping it Real(ism), with Assoc. Professor Paul Poast
Realism—the international relations theory centered on power, national interests, and anarchy—is having a political moment. From the halls o...
A Moral Rupture
As moral relativists try to sanitize Trump's transgressive policies, Canada's Prime Minister Carney warns, "We are in the midst of a rupture...
Embracing Empathy and Responsible Power, with Dr. Claire Yorke
Are power and empathy incompatible? Dr. Claire Yorke joins the " Values & Interests " podcast to discuss her new book, "Empathy in Politics...
The Ethics of Decision-Making in National Security, with Avril D. Haines
Avril D. Haines, former director of national intelligence, visited Carnegie Council in October to deliver the Second Charles W. Kegley, Jr....
Re-examining our Capacity for Just Peace
For decades, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs has rigorously explored the tension between perpetual conflict and the val...