Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Archives

A Trove of Resources for Navigating Our Angry World

February 17, 2018February 6, 2018 by Barbara Crossette

In the dark shadows of rising populism and hypernationalistic leaders, attempts to intimidate reporters and curb the exchange of information are taking on less visibly crude but still dangerous forms. The menace, highlighted in the United States by Donald Trump’s contemptuous accusations against the press, television and social media, has global echoes. There is no … Read more

GEOPOLITICS

David Miliband on Our Duty to the Strangers in Our Midst: Refugees

December 28, 2017December 19, 2017 by Barbara Crossette

David Miliband, a former British foreign secretary, has been president and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee since 2013, overseeing both the agency’s humanitarian relief operations and its refugee resettlement and assistance programs in several American cities. The son of European refugees from Nazi Germany, he just published his first book, “Rescue: Refugees and the … Read more

BOOKS

Have You Read the Koran? An Invitation to Non-Muslims

October 21, 2017 by Joanne Myers

Early in October, as director of Public Affairs Programs for the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, I interviewed Gary Wills, the prize-winning historian and religious scholar, to discuss his latest book, titled “What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters.” The book is an invitation to all non-Muslims to engage in a conversation … Read more

Raising the Climate Change Battle to Geoengineer the Earth

March 17, 2017March 9, 2017 by Barbara Crossette

The 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, which came into force in 2016, commits nearly every nation in the world to lowering greenhouse gas emissions, a first major step toward global consensus and cooperation on combating climate change after years of United Nations-led negotiations. But environmental scientists have moved on, asking this question: What if … Read more

Peter Sutherland, UN Migration Envoy, Says: Do Not Shirk the Refugee Crisis

October 1, 2016September 14, 2016 by Joanne Myers

As the special envoy to the United Nations secretary-general on international migration since 2006, Peter Sutherland, an Irishman, has minced few words on the topic of people leaving their homes in search of better lives. In his role at the UN, he advises the secretary-general on issues related to international migration and development and promotes cooperation … Read more

WORLDVIEWS

The Wave of People Leaving El Salvador Will Rise

June 29, 2015June 17, 2015 by Claudia Arbizu de Lavagnino

El Salvador is one of the most violent and dangerous countries in the world. It is so difficult a place to live that tens of thousands of migrants have been taking El Tren de la Muerte, or The Train of Death, to cross into Mexico to try to arrive safely — without losing a limb … Read more