On Sept. 19, the UN will hold its first-ever high-level summit meeting on refugees and migrants, which, given a staggering 65 million people now on the move, may rank as the organization’s most pressing global issue for years to come. With this conference in mind, PassBlue (a digital publication covering the UN) is introducing a series of book notes focused on timely issues, written by Carnegie Council's Public Affairs Program Director Joanne Myers.
http://passblue.com/…/staying-ahead-of-the-un-what-to-read…/
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No.2 in our Top Ten Podcast List for 2015-16!
Quinnipiac professor Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox spent three months researching the Indian Constitution in Delhi. In this talk, she details the document's framework, its main architect B. R. Ambedkar, and why it is the world's longest constitution. Is it revered, like its American counterpart? What are some of the constitutional debates in India today?
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/…/multim…/20160114/index.html
In view of the tragedy in Nice and the many other appalling terrorist attacks around the world, we'd like to share this heartfelt essay from a young Nigerian, who believes that terrorism is the greatest challenge facing the world.
"Terrorism is like a virus. It cannot be said to be bound within certain political states or geographic boundaries. To end terror, extremism and its attendant acts of terrorism must be addressed simultaneously. To fight an idea, we need an idea. The best way to eradicate terrorism is to never let it happen. It is a little like vaccination."
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/…/articles_papers_repor…/0148
"Anyone who has spent time in Russia over the past 30 years should be deeply grateful for Arkady Ostrovsky’s fast-paced and excellently written book, 'the Invention of Russia: From Gorbachev’s Freedom to Putin’s War.'"
--New York Times book review
Read or listen to Ostrovsky’s excellent talk at Carnegie Council!
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/…/multi…/20160609b/index.html
Was Prime Minister Abe's landslide victory in the July elections a vote of confidence in his ability to jump-start Japan's stagnant economy, or simply a desire for stability? Will he use his majority to revise Japan's constitution? What is the mood of the country today, especially among young people? Japan scholar Sheila Smith discusses all these issues and more.
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/…/multim…/20160713/index.html
It's No.1! Here's our most downloaded podcast for our 2015-16 year, with transcript.
Manhattan's Chinatown is a city within a city; it's very poorly understood by outsiders. This panel of insiders helps change that. Topics include migrant financing, an overview of Chinese migration, the Chinatown gang wars of the 1970s, the "model minority" myth, and today's encroaching gentrification.
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/…/multim…/20151022/index.html
Food for thought! Enjoy.
http://www.theatlantic.com/…/the-future-is-expensiv…/491015/
"Over the summer, as we refresh the curriculum at the Naval War College, it has given me an opportunity to ponder the ethical implications of the different perspectives that we use to teach national security decision-making.
Drawing from the models initially proposed by Graham Allison, we offer five lenses to understand how governments decide policy: the rational/unitary state actor model, the organizational process perspective, the bureaucratic politics perspective, the palace politics perspective and the cognitive perspective. Each of them has a corresponding ethical component."
---Nick Gvosdev, blog post for our journal, "Ethics & International Affairs"
https://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/…/decision-p…/
We hope you enjoy this list of our top 10 most downloaded podcasts from our previous program year (July 2015–June 2016). Topics span the globe, and include Chinese immigrants in New York, India's Constitution, U.S-Russian relations, the future of technology, the teachings of Buddha, and the intricacies of global tax avoidance. Quite a varied collection!
Available on iTunes and on our website (with transcripts on the site).
https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/picks/0056
Thanks to all those who "liked" the "Economist" charts on the South China Sea that we posted yesterday.
Here's some more on the topic--valuable background and analysis from strategist Robert D. Kaplan, who calls the South China Sea "the Mediterranean of Asia, the center of international commerce, including energy shipments." No wonder it's important to China. Plus, if the Chinese control it and thus gain access to the Indian Ocean, China will have a two-ocean navy, transforming it in military terms from a regional power into a world power.
https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/…/multi…/20140407/index.html
June 2015 - The center of Sulaymaniyah in northeastern Iraqi Kurdistan. Chinese investors started to build up this region after Saddam Hussein lost power, but almost all of them left after the problems with ISIS.
Photo by Troy Enekvist (@troyenekvist), the host of this month’s Carnegie Council Instagram Takeover. This is the final post from Troy's Instagram Takeover from Iraq, but visit www.troyenekvist.com to view the full series and to see more of Enekvist's work. A new photographer hosts a takeover on our account each month, so stay tuned and follow #ccthrumyeyes so you don't miss a post!
#ethics #photography #takeover #Instagramtakover #picoftheday #travelphotos #Iraq #Kurdistan #Sulaymaniyah #MiddleEast #ccthrumyeyes #internationalaffairs #carnegiecouncil
Here's an inspiring story! Wendy Cukier and Samantha Jackson of Ryerson University recount how they mobilized support to bring Syrian families to Toronto. Jackson even cancelled her wedding reception and donated the funds to RULSC.
#refugeeswelcome
https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publicat…/ethics_online/0119
Remembering a good friend of Carnegie Council, former Congressman and President of NYU John Brademas, who died yesterday.
In this 2011 talk, John Brademas (Democrat) and Mickey Edwards (Republican) agree on concrete proposals for improving U.S. politics. They include campaign finance reform; abolishing gerrymandering; and encouraging our brightest young people to enter public service. Their conclusions still hold good--and largely unrealized!
https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/…/multi…/20110607/index.html
THE South China Sea has long been one of the world’s most coveted waterways. Seven different countries—counting Taiwan, which is itself claimed by China—assert sovereignty over overlapping portions of its waters.
Excellent explanation of what's going on, from "The Economist."
http://www.economist.com/…/graphicdet…/2016/07/daily-chart-5
June 2015- A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier stands on the outskirts of Mosul in June 2015. The Peshmerga are still fighting to win back Mosul after the Iraqi Army lost the city to ISIS in June 2014.
Photo by Troy Enekvist (@troyenekvist), the host of this month’s Carnegie Council Instagram Takeover. Follow #ccthrumyeyes to see the rest of Troy’s photo series from Iraq. More of his work can be viewed at www.troyenekvist.com.
#ethics #photography #takeover #Instagramtakover #picoftheday #travelphotos #Iraq #Kurdistan #Mosul #MiddleEast #internationalaffairs
RIP Sidney Shanberg, who together with Dith Pran, survived the Killing Fields of Cambodia, and lived to tell the story to the world.
"[He] wrote vividly of political and military tyrants and of the suffering and death of their victims with the passion of an eyewitness to history."
Thanks to Mary Vo and to all our terrific Carnegie Council interns for all your hard work!
The Clements Center funds undergrad and grad students who secure unpaid internships in the fields of national security and foreign policy. Here's Mary Thanh Vo'...s story about her internship at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs https://www.clementscenter.org/…/item/871-mary-vo-internship
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As we mourn the tragic killings last week in different parts of the U.S.--five policemen killed and nine wounded by a sniper, two young black men killed by police--this 2015 article offers some constructive ways forward.
Surely it's time for some kind of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), wrote the authors, after the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. But how would it work? They examine other TRCs--including two in the U.S.--and propose a solution tailored to fit America in all its diversity.
https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publicat…/ethics_online/0102
Another take on Brexit:
"The economy we have built isn’t the economy that delivers shared prosperity and shared security for the majority. Business and human rights has a fundamental role to play in creating solutions."
https://business-humanrights.org/…/lessons-from-brexit-for-…
June 2015- Less than 20km away from the ISIS frontline is Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan’s largest city. This is a market on the outskirts of the city center.
Photo by Troy Enekvist (@troyenekvist), host of this month’s Carnegie Council Instagram Takeover. Follow #ccthrumyeyes to see the rest of Troy’s photo series from Iraq. More of his work can be viewed at www.troyenekvist.com.
#ethics #photography #takeover #Instagramtakover #picoftheday #travelphotos #Iraq #Kurdistan #Erbil #MiddleEast #internationalaffairs
