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Carnegie Council Podcast

Carnegie Council Podcast

by Jere Van Dyk




Listen to events at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Speakers include distinguished authors, government and UN officials, economists, and policymakers. Also featured are in-depth interviews conducted by CBS journalist Jere Van Dyk. Topics range from the ethics of war and peace, to the place of religion in politics, to issues at the forefront of global social justice. To learn more about our work and to explore a wealth of related resources, please visit our website at http://www.carnegiecouncil.org.

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Power, Terror, Peace, and War

info@cceia.org (Walter Russell Mead) Author: Walter Russell Mead]
Wed, Sep 03, 2008


In this 2004 talk, Mead discusses America’s future role in the world, explaining why he believes things have gone so terribly wrong and suggesting what needs to be done to get U.S. foreign policy back on track.

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Public Ethics Radio: Thomas Pogge on Pharmaceutical Innovation

info@cceia.org (Thomas Pogge, Christian Barry) Author: Thomas Pogge, Christian Barry]
Wed, Aug 27, 2008


Thomas Pogge explains his proposal for dealing with the thorny intersection of public health, property rights, and poverty. As he sees it, the patent system doesn't work as well for medicines as it does for, say, consumer electronics.

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State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century

info@cceia.org (Francis Fukuyama) Author: Francis Fukuyama]
Thu, Aug 14, 2008


According to Fukuyama in this 2004 talk, we know less than we think we do about building political institutions, designing constitutions, and bolstering civil society in failed or weak states.

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David Speedie Interviews Jack Matlock on Russia

info@cceia.org (Jack F. Matlock, David C. Speedie) Author: Jack F. Matlock, David C. Speedie]
Tue, Aug 12, 2008


Senior Fellow David Speedie interviews former U.S. ambassador Jack Matlock on U.S. relations with Russia: how they evolved, current policy problems, and what is needed to get back on the right track.

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The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century

info@cceia.org (Charles Kupchan) Author: Charles Kupchan]
Mon, Aug 11, 2008


In a 2003 talk, international relations authority Charles Kupchan argues that America ignores Europe at its own peril.

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David Speedie Interviews Susan Eisenhower

info@cceia.org (Susan Eisenhower, David C. Speedie) Author: Susan Eisenhower, David C. Speedie]
Wed, Aug 06, 2008


Senior Fellow David Speedie interviews Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Eisenhower and USSR and Russian specialist, about Russia's current place in the world and its relations with other countries.

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Devin Stewart Interviews Jeff Hittner of IBM

info@cceia.org (Jeffrey Hittner, Devin T. Stewart) Author: Jeffrey Hittner, Devin T. Stewart]
Tue, Jul 22, 2008


Jeff Hittner, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leader for the IBM Global Business Services, gives examples of how CSR is not a company expense or philanthropic effort, but an investment that can yield returns.

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1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft, and Debs: The Election that Changed the Country

info@cceia.org (James Chace) Author: James Chace]
Fri, Jul 18, 2008


In this 2004 talk, historian James Chace (1931-2004) looks back at the 1912 presidential elections and their effect on U.S. foreign policy.

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The Rise of the Rest: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security

info@cceia.org (Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Harry Harding, Flynt Leverett, David C. Speedie, Devin T. Stewart) Author: Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Harry Harding, Flynt Leverett, David C. Speedie, Devin T. Stewart]
Tue, Jul 08, 2008


From economic growth to cultural exports, the global distribution of power is shifting from "the West" to the rest of the world. This panel addresses the effects of this emerging new reality, many of which are already underway.   

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"Hikikomori" and Japan's Role in the World

info@cceia.org (Michael Zielenziger, Devin T. Stewart) Author: Michael Zielenziger, Devin T. Stewart]
Wed, Jul 02, 2008


Michael Zielenziger discusses Japan's hikikomori, bright young people who opt to live as shut-ins because they don't fit in a society of high conformity and low entrepreneurship.

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Torture, Rights, and Values: Why the Prohibition of Torture is Absolute

info@cceia.org (David Rodin, David Luban, Joel H. Rosenthal) Author: David Rodin, David Luban, Joel H. Rosenthal]
Mon, Jun 30, 2008


"Understanding the relationship between values and authority helps us to understand the prohibition of torture and why it can and should be upheld as absolute," says David Rodin.  

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The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation

info@cceia.org (Marwan Muasher) Author: Marwan Muasher]
Fri, Jun 20, 2008


"To be a moderate in the Arab world today," says Jordanian diplomat Marwan Muasher, "is to be a very, very tiny minority." The reason is that all the Arab Center's energies have been focused on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

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The Future of the Automobile

info@cceia.org (Larry Burns, Devin T. Stewart) Author: Larry Burns, Devin T. Stewart]
Wed, Jun 18, 2008


General Motors' Larry Burns envisions the future: Electric cars that will deliver today's freedoms at more reasonable prices, and without today's environmental, safety, and congestion problems.

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The Economic and Strategic Rise of China and India: Asian Realignments after the 1997 Financial Crisis

info@cceia.org (David Denoon) Author: David Denoon]
Tue, Jun 17, 2008


Although China's rise has received much attention, says NYU's David Denoon, much less has been given to the relative decline of the Pacific Rim states or the rapid rise of India's economic and strategic position.

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Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia

info@cceia.org (Marshall I. Goldman) Author: Marshall I. Goldman]
Mon, Jun 09, 2008


"'What is good for Gazprom is good for the world!' This emphatic claim by a prominent Russian energy official lies at the core of Marshall Goldman's timely and sobering new study of Moscow's petroleum industry." - Norman M. Naimark, Stanford University

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Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

info@cceia.org (Ahmed Rashid) Author: Ahmed Rashid]
Thu, Jun 05, 2008


"Almost every single important extremist leader is living on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan," says Ahmed Rashid. Compared to this threat, Iraq is a sideshow.

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When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line

info@cceia.org (Geoffrey Heal) Author: Geoffrey Heal]
Mon, Jun 02, 2008


Geoffrey Heal examines how social and environmental performance affects a corporation's profitability and how the stock market reacts to a firm's behavior in these areas.

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Olympic Mettle: Business, Civil Society, and Politics During the Beijing Games

info@cceia.org (Ian Buruma, Robert L. Corcoran, Thomas Crampton, Qi Qianjin, Minky Worden, Devin T. Stewart) Author: Ian Buruma, Robert L. Corcoran, Thomas Crampton, Qi Qianjin, Minky Worden, Devin T. Stewart]
Tue, May 27, 2008


This expert panel focuses on the ethics of engagement with China in the context of the Olympics. What lasting positive or negative effects, if any, will the games have on China?

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A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East

info@cceia.org (Sir Lawrence Freedman) Author: Sir Lawrence Freedman]
Tue, May 20, 2008


Looking back over the last 30 years, historian Sir Lawrence Freedman analyzes the complex politics of the Middle East. He shows how America's policy choices in previous crises have led to the current dilemmas.

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Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy

info@cceia.org (Michael T. Klare) Author: MiAuthor: chael T. Klare]
Mon, May 19, 2008


Michael Klare, an expert on the politics of energy and resources, discusses how the world's diminishing sources of energy are radically changing the international balance of power.

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Breathing the Fire

info@cceia.org (Kimberly Dozier) Author: Kimberly Dozier]
Wed, May 14, 2008


Kimberly Dozier, a veteran Middle East journalist who was critically wounded in a Baghdad bomb blast, talks about the difficulties of reporting from Iraq. It's dangerous, it's expensive, and people don't want to hear it.

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The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State

info@cceia.org (Noah Feldman) Author: Noah Feldman]
Tue, May 13, 2008


In the West the idea of governance by Sharia law is radioactive, says Noah Feldman, yet for many in the Muslim world it represents their aspirations for rule of law. Can Islamic States succeed?

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Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World

info@cceia.org (Ashraf Ghani) Author: Ashraf Ghani]
Wed, Apr 30, 2008


Drawing on his background at the World Bank and as the first post-Taliban finance minister of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani (and co-author Clare Lockhart) develops a comprehensive framework for understanding the problem of state-building.

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Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East

info@cceia.org (Quil Lawrence) Author: Quil Lawrence]
Thu, Apr 24, 2008


Quil Lawrence tells the story of the Kurds, the only Iraqi ethnic group that want the Americans to stay. Divided among Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria and numbering 25 million, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group without their own nation.

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The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

info@cceia.org (Parag Khanna) Author: Parag Khanna]
Fri, Apr 18, 2008


Americans ask, "Why do they hate us? Is this country pro or anti-American?" But what Khanna finds as he travels the world is that increasingly, many just don't care about the United States. Countries are going their own way and making multiple alliances.

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Empire of Lies: The Truth About China in the Twenty-First Century

info@cceia.org (Guy Sorman) Author: Guy Sorman]
Sun, Apr 13, 2008


"There are not six million Tibetans in China," says Sorman. "There are one billion." If the many Chinese who are not beneficiaries of economic development could express themselves, they would say the same things as the Tibetans.

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Cyberethics: The Emerging Codes of Online Conduct

info@cceia.org (Steven C. Clemons, Michael Getler, Rita J. King, Jay Rosen, Alex Koppelman, Devin T. Stewart) Author: Steven C. Clemons, Michael Getler, Rita J. King, Jay Rosen, Alex Koppelman, Devin T. Stewart]
Thu, Apr 10, 2008


A panel of experts on old and new media, ranging from newspapers to blogs and Second Life, explore the codes of online conduct that are emerging as new media gains more influence in political and business affairs.

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The Conscience of a Liberal

info@cceia.org (Paul Krugman) Author: Paul Krugman]
Tue, Apr 08, 2008


How can we reclaim the relationship between America's government and its citizens? What will it take to achieve a "new" New Deal?

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Climate Change and New Security Issues

info@cceia.org (H.E. Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland) Author: H.E. Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland]
Wed, Apr 02, 2008


H.E. Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, discusses how Iceland has successfully reduced its use of oil and coal, and how the fate of nations large and small is being affected by climate change.

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Dealing Fairly with Developing Country Debt

info@cceia.org (Barry Herman, Lydia Tomitova, Jonathan Shafter) Author: Barry Herman, Lydia Tomitova, Jonathan Shafter]
Mon, Mar 31, 2008


Barry Herman, Lydia Tomitova, and Jonathan Shafter of the joint Carnegie Council–New School Ethics and Debt Project present the new book, Dealing Fairly with Developing Country Debt.

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Islam in Saudi Arabia's Politics

info@cceia.org (Bernard Haykel) Author: Bernard Haykel]
Fri, Mar 28, 2008


Bernard Haykel sheds light on the inner workings of Saudi Arabia, from the relationship between the government and various Islamic groups, to the position of women and the Kingdom's relationship with the U.S.

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The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases

info@cceia.org (Cesare P. R. Romano, Stephen M. Schwebel, Daniel Terris) Author: Cesare P. R. Romano, Stephen M. Schwebel, Daniel Terris]
Tue, Mar 25, 2008


Who are the judges that sit on the International Court of Justice; what are the issues and challenges they face; and what is their approach to international law?

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Torture and Democracy

info@cceia.org (Darius Rejali) Author: Darius Rejali]
Thu, Mar 20, 2008


In his exhaustive study, Darius Rejali traces the history of torture through the ages. He concludes that most "clean" tortures that leave no marks were actually born in democracies, especially imperial Britain and France.

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Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East

info@cceia.org (Robin Wright) Author: Robin Wright]
Tue, Mar 18, 2008


What are the ideas and movements driving change in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, the Gulf States and the Palestinian territories, and what are the obstacles they confront?

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A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity

info@cceia.org (Jan Egeland) Author: Jan Egeland]
Wed, Mar 12, 2008


From the tsunami to Darfur, Jan Egeland has been at the frontline of many humanitarian crises, and he calls on rich nations to do more to help.

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Uniting Against Terror: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat

info@cceia.org (George A. Lopez, Thomas E. McNamara) Author: George A. Lopez, Thomas E. McNamara]
Wed, Mar 12, 2008


George Lopez gives an overview of effective, multilateral counter-terrorism measures, and as an illustration, Ambassador McNamara analyzes how Libya went from rogue state to member of the Security Council.

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Winners without Losers: Why Americans Should Care More about Global Economic Policy

info@cceia.org (Edward J. Lincoln, Sam Natapoff, Devin T. Stewart) Author: Edward J. Lincoln, Sam Natapoff, Devin T. Stewart]
Fri, Mar 07, 2008


Foreign trade policy can be an agent for political change and stronger international economic ties increase global stability, says Edward Lincoln.

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The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East

info@cceia.org (Kishore Mahbubani) Author: Kishore Mahbubani]
Fri, Feb 29, 2008


Western dominance is waning, says Kishore Mahbubani, and it's high time that the West gives up its domination of global institutions, from the IMF to the UN Security Council.

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Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed

info@cceia.org (Martin Evans) Author: Martin Evans]
Tue, Feb 19, 2008


Nearly 50 years after its bloody and protracted war of independence, why has Algeria become a breeding ground for instability, violence, and Islamic terrorism?

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Freedom in Retreat

info@cceia.org (Peter Ackerman, Larry Diamond, Arch Puddington, Jennifer L. Windsor) Author: Peter Ackerman, Larry Diamond, Arch Puddington, Jennifer L. Windsor]
Tue, Feb 12, 2008


Freedom House representatives and Larry Diamond discuss the findings of the FH annual survey, "Freedom in the World 2008," which shines a light on the decline in freedom around the world.

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Reverse Brain Drain for the Middle East

info@cceia.org (Marcus Noland, Michele Wucker, Devin T. Stewart) Author: Marcus Noland, Michele Wucker, Devin T. Stewart]
Tue, Feb 05, 2008


One strategy to improve the economies of the Middle East would be to reverse the brain drain, a development that contributed to the blossoming of the high tech sector in economies such as Taiwan and India. Can public policies contribute to this process?

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