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We're hiring! Are you a storyteller passionate about making complex global issues accessible and engaging? Apply to become our Deputy Director of Communications: carnegiecouncil.co/deputy-directo…

"Detention centers do not need to be carceral; they are this way by design and as a product of current attitudes toward immigrants." Tyra Lennie analyzes the moral duties that we owe migrant children in detention centers in the latest @EIAJournal. carnegiecouncil.co/detained-migra…

Register for our first event of the year, "Why Space Matters & How to Govern It" on Feb. 19 at 8:30am ET featuring Mai'a Cross, Marianne Riddervold, Ann C. Thresher, & Corey L. Trusty discussing governance, militarization, & emerging technologies in space. carnegiecouncil.co/space-matters

What are the moral duties of democratic states when faced with political violence abroad? The latest @EIAJournal book symposium engages with Shmuel Nili’s "Beyond the Law’s Reach?" Read his response to the critics: carnegiecouncil.co/reply-to-criti…

Kevin Maloney & I participated in First Monday Forum of @PDCouncil, in conversation w @NickCull on Values-Based Narratives and US Foreign Policy. This draws on an ongoing project Kevin & I are co-chairing at @carnegiecouncil youtu.be/nRweBgyjTOU?si…

Meet Carnegie Ethics Fellow Denver Barrows! In this interview, he discusses how serving in the military shaped his understanding of ethical leadership and why it's important for institutions to create space for real debate. carnegiecouncil.co/cef-spotlight-…

To what extent are citizens of affluent democracies complicit in the injustices their governments commit? Alex Zakaras outlines a theory of civic obligation to explain when and how much citizens must act to combat government injustice in the @EIAJournal. carnegiecouncil.co/citizens-compl…

I hope you can join Kevin Maloney and me for this @PDCouncil talk on Monday January 5 at 12pm EST. @carnegiecouncil @BardCollege @bardcce

As 2025 ends, we find ourselves facing a new international order. Explore the reports, podcasts, and articles that we've published this year examining how we can empower ethics in this moment. carnegiecouncil.co/2025-year-in-r…

PODCAST | Are power and empathy incompatible? In the latest episode of "Values & Interests," Dr. Claire Yorke joins host Kevin Maloney to discuss how empathy can be used to build inclusive power structures, while avoiding the trap of blind idealism. carnegiecouncil.co/values-interes…

Can a wealthy democracy fully repay its moral debts to a country it has (un)intentionally harmed? Yuna Blajer de la Garza argues in the @EIAJournal that the recognition and attempts to atone the debt can foster goodwill between countries. carnegiecouncil.co/ambiguous-debt…

In a world marked by ongoing wars, frozen conflicts, and rapidly evolving military technologies, what does it take to build just peace? @AshaCastleberry, Scott A. Silverstone, and Peter Hoffman unpack this critical question: carnegiecouncil.co/ethics-empower…

Countries such as the U.S. have a moral responsibility to address violence abroad—even if it's grappling with the shadow of violence within its own borders, argues Michael Blake in a new essay for @EIAJournal. carnegiecouncil.co/shadow-of-viol…

Meet Carnegie Ethics Fellow Nadav Avihay! As a sustainability officer working in the real estate industry, he shares how the Fellowship has helped him navigate the ethical tensions of maintaining fiduciary responsibility and climate urgency. carnegiecouncil.co/cef-spotlight-…

In the latest @EIAJournal, Nina Reiners writes about the critical role informal global governance institutions play in advancing human rights and the need to regulate access to UN human rights bodies to prevent capture by actors with illiberal agendas. carnegiecouncil.co/reiners-human-…

As nuclear capabilities grow and restraints weaken, we've published a new report in partnership with @HFGuggenheim that identifies this moment as one of nuclear complacency. Read more about why we are here and what steps can be taken to address it. carnegiecouncil.co/nuclear-compla…

"Any nation that decides to ignore the rule of law in its deployment of violence risks becoming an international pariah, as well as losing its own internal sense of limitation," writes Christopher Kutz in an Online Exclusive for @EIAJournal. carnegiecouncil.co/department-of-…

How will AI affect multilateralism? Watch our latest event where @UNUCPR's Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, @AnthropicAI's Michael Breen, @AtlanticCouncil's Trisha Ray, & lawyer and AI expert Jimena Viveros examine this critical question: carnegiecouncil.co/geopolitics-agi

How has an increasingly fragmented information environment affected global governance? Julia Morse evaluates how misinformation impacts the legitimacy of governance institutions and the implications for policy outcomes in an essay for @EIAJournal. carnegiecouncil.co/morse-informat…

Join us on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 5:30pm ET for a panel discussion assessing the state of war in 2025 moderated by Peter Hoffman (@TheNewSchool) & featuring @AshaCastleberry (@amsecproject) & Scott Silverstone (United States Military Academy at West Point). carnegiecouncil.co/just-peace-eve…