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NOV 3, 2025 • Article

Nuclear Complacency

Access a new report from Carnegie Council and The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation on the growing risk of nuclear complacency. Read More.

Authors

Kathleen Egan

Kathleen Egan

Program Associate, Carnegie Council

Joel H. Rosenthal

Joel H. Rosenthal

President, Carnegie Council

November 19, 5:30pm ET, Virtual • Event

Values & Interests: Geopolitics in an Era of AGI

As nations and researchers race to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), sign up to hear an expert panel discuss the geopolitical impacts of this technology.

Left to right: Jana Lucash, Dan Boscov-Ellen, Ş. İlgü Özler. CREDIT: Bryan Goldberg Photography.

NOV 5, 2025 • Video

Addressing Climate Migration & Considerations for the Future

Watch this panel discussion, which examines the question: How can nations collaborate to ensure the rights of people moving due to climate change?

Hosted by Jana Lucash & Brian A. Mateo

NOV 5, 2025 • Article

Re-Envisioning Ethics for a New Age: Insights from Global Ethics Day 2025

To mark the 12th Global Ethics Day on October 15, 2025, organizations & individuals across 60 countries reimagined the role of ethics in the workspace, international relations, & everyday life.

Author Noha Mahmoud

NOV 6, 2025 • Article

A Conversation with Carnegie Ethics Fellow Nicholas Bayer

This interview series profiles members of the CEF cohort. This talk features Nicholas Bayer, senior communications manager for public engagement at Doctors Without Borders.

Authors Nicholas Bayer & Alex Woodson

CREDIT: Eros Hoagland/Netflix/IMDB.

OCT 24, 2025 • Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "A House of Dynamite"

This review of "A House of Dynamite" discusses the many ethical decisions facing leaders when a nuclear missile is launched at the United States.

Author Kathleen Egan

OCT 23, 2025 • Journal Online Exclusive

Beware the Boomerang Effect: Why U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats Pose a Profound Threat to American Freedom

The U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats point toward an intensification of unchecked destructive and coercive power that directly threatens civil and political freedom.

Christopher J Finlay

OCT 30, 2025 • Podcast

Misinformation and the Global Manosphere, with Odanga Madung

Kenyan journalist and researcher Odanga Madung discusses the corrosive effects of misinformation, the global rise of the manosphere, and the power of collective narratives.

Hosted by Kevin Maloney

Left to right: Melissa Mahtani, Anjali Dayal, Nadia Daar, Aurelien Buffler.

OCT 16, 2025 • Video

Re-envisioning Humanitarianism for a Changing World

In the Global Ethics Day 2025 keynote event, an expert panel discussed the present and future of humanitarian aid, in this challenging political environment.

Hosted by Melissa Mahtani & Joel H. Rosenthal

Space scene with stars in the galaxy.

SEP 8, 2025 • Article

A Policy Framework for International Cooperation in Space Biotechnology

This report, in collaboration with Northeastern University, explores the need for multilateral frameworks and guidance in biotechnology as humans explore space in the coming decades.

Authors Mai'a K. Davis Cross, John Basl, Gokce Altin Yavuzarslan, Brian Helmuth, Ryan Morhard, & Ann C. Thresher

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