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Listen to the latest insights from Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs—the world’s catalyst for ethical action. Tune in to hear from leading experts and thinkers from around the world who are tackling the most complex issues today and tomorrow, including the intersection of AI and equality, the governance of climate altering technologies, America’s changing role in the world, and the future of global migration. To learn more, visit our website at http://www.carnegiecouncil.org.

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C2GTalk: How can solar radiation modification governance account for different political and ethical perspectives? with Maarten van Aalst

June 12, 2023 12:57 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MB

This interview was recorded on December 16, 2022. Solar radiation modification may one day be needed to reduce climate risks, but great uncertainties remain, and more research and inclusive governance is needed to assess it, says Maarten Van Aalst, during a  C2GTalk. That requires discussions at all levels with people from a range of political and ethical backgrounds, in ways which respect different perspectives. Van Aalst is director general and chief science officer at the Royal Nether...

Are We Automating the Banality and Radicality of Evil?

June 06, 2023 13:17 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MB

Current iterations of AI are increasingly able to encourage subservience to a non-human master, telling potentially systematic untruths with emphatic confidence. Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen, AIEI Board Advisor Kobi Leins, and Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach argue that AI is closing, not opening, many pathways for work, meaning, expression, and human connectivity. To read this article, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.

C2GTalk: How can the world put justice at the heart of governing climate-altering technologies? with Kumi Naidoo

May 31, 2023 13:00 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MB

Governing climate-altering technologies fairly will be very challenging, because of a democratic deficit, a transparency deficit, a coherence deficit, and an accountability deficit in global governance systems, says Kumi Naidoo in a C2GTalk. Nonetheless, it will be crucial to put justice at the heart of these considerations, by ensuring balanced participation of peoples, rooted in science, and in a spirit of redressing past injustice. Kumi Naidoo is a South African human rights and climate...

From Another Angle: Expectations, with David Robson

May 30, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MB

In this episode, host Hilary Sutcliffe explores . . . expectation from another angle. Her guest David Robson delves into the science of expectation in his award-winning new book The Expectation Effect. They discuss how changes in our expectations can have dramatic effects on our bodies, minds, actions, and life outcomes. For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org. 

Sitting on the Sidelines: The Global Divide on Ukraine, by Joel Rosenthal

May 22, 2023 12:48 - 6 minutes - 8.52 MB

As a UN vote in February revealed, the world is divided on how to respond to Russia's continuing war against Ukraine. In this Ethics Article, Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal says that, for the sake of global security, "common interests," like protecting civilians, must be forged when there is disagreement on values. To read this article, please go to carengiecouncil.org. 

From Another Angle: Ourselves at Work, with Gabriella Braun

May 16, 2023 13:23 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MB

In this episode host Hilary Sutcliffe explores . . . ourselves at work from another angle. She talks with Gabriella Braun about her intriguing book All That We Are: Uncovering the Hidden Truths Behind Our Behaviour at Work, which in a series of compelling stories about company problems, strips away the outward trappings of status, power, and even our skills and experience, and shows that what goes on beneath, and in our past, is what really drives our behavior. They discuss how this knowledg...

C2GTalk: Should the Caribbean region be involved in solar radiation modification research? with Michael Taylor

May 15, 2023 12:30 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MB

Caribbean countries have led the global push to limit warming to 1.5°C because the impacts of going above that would be so severe for their future wellbeing. In a C2GTalk, University of the West Indies' Professor Michael Taylor said it was important for the region to be involved in the research and governance of solar radiation modification, because decisions may soon be needed as to whether it could be an option to keep temperatures down. Taylor is professor of climate science and dean of...

Ethics and the New Space Boom, with Brian Weeden

May 12, 2023 12:45 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MB

A new space boom is underway. Commercial activity is multiplying, and new state actors are developing space programs. Subsequently, ethical concerns are emerging regarding the responsibilities of these actors and how to adapt space governance policies to protect space security. Brian Weeden, a space sustainability expert from Secure World Foundation, joins Amelia Mae Wolf to give listeners an understanding of these ethical challenges. For more from Wolf on space sustainability, check out h...

The Doorstep: The Global Impact of Sudan's Current Crisis, with Christopher Tounsel

May 10, 2023 20:30 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MB

As competing factions in Sudan wage war for the fourth week since tensions erupted, civilian suffering intensifies. What does the escalating conflict mean for the country, the region, and the world? Christopher Tounsel, associate professor of history and interim director of the African Studies Program at the University of Washington, joins Doorstep co-hosts Tatiana Serafin and Nikolas Gvosdev to map the strategic importance of Sudan to global trade and security. What is at stake if U.S.-le...

From Another Angle: Regulation, with Christopher Hodges

May 02, 2023 13:04 - 40 minutes - 56 MB

In this episode, host Hilary Sutcliffe explores . . . regulation from another angle. The basis of most regulation and criminal justice is the concept that instilling fear of consequences, such as fines, sanctions, and jail is the best way to deter future misbehavior in companies and individuals. Her guest this week Chris Hodges OBE, emeritus professor of justice systems at the University of Oxford and a legal scientist and former regulator, explores the extensive research which shows that in...

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Dangerous Technology, with Chris Miller

April 26, 2023 17:26 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

Microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Until recently, the United States was the #1 superpower, but its edge is slipping due to competition from Taiwan, Korea, Europe, and, above all, China. In Chip War, economic historian Chris Miller explains how America’s advantage in the chip market led to economic and military superiority, and what it could mean if China catches up. In this virtual book talk, Miller and Doorstep co-hosts Tatiana Serafin and N...

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, with Chris Miller

April 26, 2023 17:26 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

Microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Until recently, the United States was the #1 superpower, but its edge is slipping due to competition from Taiwan, Korea, Europe, and, above all, China. In Chip War, economic historian Chris Miller explains how America’s advantage in the chip market led to economic and military superiority, and what it could mean if China catches up. In this virtual book talk, Miller and Doorstep co-hosts Tatiana Serafin and N...

From Another Angle: Democracy, with Claudia Chwalisz

April 18, 2023 13:58 - 27 minutes - 38 MB

In this episode, host Hilary Sutcliffe explores . . . democracy from another angle. For most people, democracy means elections, then governing, and then four years later, you do it again. Claudia Chwalisz, founder and CEO of DemocracyNext, has different ideas. Her vision is for a democracy that is a lot more “democratic,” where you as a citizen have a real say in how your country is run, and might even do away with elections and politicians altogether. Chwalisz previously established and ...

The Ethics and Geopolitics of the Electric Vehicle Transition, by Nikolas K. Gvosdev

April 14, 2023 15:42 - 5 minutes - 7.84 MB

As electric vehicles become more common, policymakers will have a new set of ethical dilemmas to confront, says Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev in this Ethics Article. Questions about pollution and geopolitics remain and the economic benefits are unclear and uneven. To read this article, please go to carnegiecouncil.org. 

The Doorstep: Geopolitics of Energy, with Chiara Lo Prete

April 05, 2023 18:05 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MB

The global energy crisis, greener energy, and the expansion of renewables (and those high electric bills) are many of the reasons electricity grids are making headlines. Research firm BloombergNEF estimates that demand for electricity will increase by 60 percent by 2050. What does this mean for policymakers and market influencers? Chiara Lo Prete, associate professor at the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, joins Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to explain...

From Another Angle: The Way We See Ourselves, with Jon Alexander

April 04, 2023 13:06 - 42 minutes - 59 MB

In this episode, host Hilary Sutcliffe explores . . . the way we think about ourselves from another angle. She talks with Jon Alexander, founder of the New Citizenship Project and author of the inspiring book Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us, one of McKinsey's top five recommended books of 2022 alongside those of Bill Gates, Francis Fukuyama, Adam Grant, and Henry Kissinger. Alexander explores changes in the way we see ourselves, how we see one another, how the organ...

The Doorstep: Reframing the Refugee Crisis, with Sana Mustafa

March 29, 2023 14:37 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MB

For our final Women's History Month podcast, The Doorstep launches a special live event series traveling across the country over the next year. In collaboration with Marymount Manhattan College and their Social Justice Academy: Great Migrations, co-host Tatiana Serafin speaks with Sana Mustafa, CEO of Asylum Access, about the need to re-frame our discussion about forcibly displaced persons starting with understanding how language shapes rights. In 2022, over 100 million people suffered di...

C2GTalk: How should policymakers address the risk of climate tipping points? with Jo Tyndall

March 27, 2023 13:08 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MB

Climate tipping points are points of no return, beyond which the Earth's systems would reorganize beyond the capacity of socioeconomic and ecological systems to adapt, warns the OECD's Jo Tyndall, in a new C2GTalk. Policymakers need to do more to address these risks now, including through support for carbon dioxide removal technologies, accounting for both opportunities and challenges. While solar radiation modification is not currently feasible, more research is needed. Jo Tyndall is dir...

The Doorstep: How Feminist Foreign Policy Can Reshape the Globe, with Kristina Lunz

March 22, 2023 15:54 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MB

In the second conversation of our Women's History Month podcast series, Kristina Lunz, co-CEO and co-founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, joins Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to discuss the need for a new mindset in foreign policy decision-making that advances global gender equality. To date, 11 countries have adopted a feminist foreign policy to challenge legacy power hierarchies and gendered institutions, with Germany leading the way. What can other stat...

From Another Angle: Freedom of Thought, with Susie Alegre

March 21, 2023 12:25 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MB

In this first episode, host Hilary Sutcliffe explores . . . our freedom to think from another angle. We might feel that what goes on in our heads remains in our heads, but international human rights lawyer Susie Alegre explores the surprising ways that our innermost thoughts are being exposed and manipulated through the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI). She explains how what is often seen as the most fundamental human right, our freedom of thought, is being eroded; what this means ...

From Another Angle: Trailer to the Series, with Host Hilary Sutcliffe

March 16, 2023 12:41 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MB

In this new Carnegie Council podcast series, Hilary Sutcliffe, a member of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality (AIEI) Board of Advisors, explores fresh perspectives from some of today's most innovative thinkers who challenge the foundational understanding of some familiar concepts—such as human nature, democracy, capitalism, innovation, regulation—and bring them to you . . . from another angle. In this introduction to the podcast, Sutcliffe, along with AIEI co-directors Anja Kaspersen a...

The Doorstep: Closing the Global Gender Gap, with Eliza Reid

March 15, 2023 18:20 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MB

For Women's History Month, The Doorstep is highlighting steps being taken for greater global gender equality—a proposition that United Nations Secretary General António Guterres recently stated is "300 years away." What can societies do to increase the pace of change? The first lady of Iceland, author and entrepreneur Eliza Reid, joins co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to speak about Iceland's successes in attaining equality for all women and what cultural and policy frameworks can b...

The Battle for Your Brain, with Nita A. Farahany

March 14, 2023 12:39 - 1 hour - 98.5 MB

Now is the moment to extend human rights to encompass cognitive rights proposes Duke Law School's Professor Nita A. Farahany in her just-published book The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Clearly in the Age of Neurotechnologies. She introduces the vast array of devices already deployed that can sample various forms of brain activity. In her book and in this far-reaching Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast with Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach, Farahany outlin...

C2GTalk: How can companies ensure carbon dioxide removal has a positive impact? with Amy Luers

March 13, 2023 13:00 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MB

New thinking is needed to ensure high-quality nature-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) offers genuine and long-lasting benefits to the climate and biodiversity, says Amy Luers, global director for sustainability science at Microsoft Corporation during a C2GTalk. Large-scale removal through CDR technologies lies further ahead, although most of the basic technologies already likely exist. While Luers is not in favor of pursuing solar radiation modification, she says "I am very much in favo...

The Doorstep: Re-engaging Africa, with The New School's Sean Jacobs

March 08, 2023 16:28 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MB

At the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December, President Joe Biden signaled that "Africa's success is the world's success" and promised visits by his senior leadership, including most recently First Lady Jill Biden, who traveled to Namibia and Kenya on a five-day trip. With 1.4 billion people, 43 percent living in urban centers, and a median age of 19, Africa is host to rising investment, growing private wealth and innovative tech and service sectors. The New School’s Sean Jacobs, founder an...

How to Renew and Rebuild After a Brush with Authoritarianism

March 07, 2023 19:31 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MB

In the last few years, democracies around the world have experienced dangerous brushes with authoritarianism. Countries such as the U.S., Brazil, and Sri Lanka saw their institutions bend but not break under the weight of illiberal forces. This virtual panel builds upon a special roundtable of essays on healing and reimagining liberal constitutional democracy published in the most recent issue of Ethics & International Affairs, the quarterly journal of Carnegie Council. For more, please go...

Human Rights Should be at the Heart of AI and Technology Governance, by Kate Jones

February 24, 2023 13:55 - 10 minutes - 15 MB

Building on a recent article from Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach, Chatham House's Kate Jones says in this Ethics Article that human rights need to be central to a reset of technology and artificial intelligence governance. To read this full article, please go to carnegiecouncil.org. 

The Doorstep: How the Ukraine-Russia War Has Changed the U.S., with Dr. Alex S. Vindman

February 22, 2023 19:51 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MB

Alex S. Vindman, former director for European affairs at the National Security Council, joins Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to assess how the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war has affected U.S. global and domestic priorities. Will President Biden's historic visit to Ukraine's capital and meeting with President Zelenskyy further strengthen the Western alliance and consolidate U.S. policy towards Ukraine? What more can Ukraine expect from its allies? And in the end, what does vi...

The Doorstep: India Rising, with Harvard's Prof. Tarun Khanna

February 10, 2023 19:32 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MB

With India now at helm of the G20 and a summit set for New Delhi in September, the South Asian nation is stepping up its star power on the international stage. Harvard Business School's Prof. Tarun Khanna, also director of Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, speaks with Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin about why the world needs to recognize this Indian moment—and how this time it will stick. Khanna also explores American's doorstep connection to India and why t...

Ethics, Escalation, and Engagement in Ukraine and Beyond, by Joel Rosenthal

February 10, 2023 14:34 - 4 minutes - 6.78 MB

Now that HIMAR and Patriot missiles as well as Leopard and Abrams tanks are on the way to Ukraine, NATO unity is at a high point, says Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal in this Ethics Article. But amid this historic and heroic resolve, and Russia's catastrophic war of aggression, something is missing—a concurrent offensive of diplomacy. To read the article, please go to carnegiecouncil.org. 

Technology Governance and the Role of Multilateralism, with Amandeep Singh Gill

February 07, 2023 14:01 - 1 hour - 125 MB

In this AIEI podcast Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach and Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen are joined by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary-General Guterres' envoy on technology. During this engrossing conversation, they cover some of the most critical political, security, technical and ethical issues in the current, global discourse on technology governance and the need for new normative frameworks to mitigate against harmful technological applications and secure what the UN ref...

C2GTalk: How will global warming impact society, both economically and socially? with Paulo Artaxo

February 06, 2023 14:39 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MB

Research on solar radiation modification is needed, especially in the Global South, to understand whether it could be an option for reducing climate risk, says University of São Paulo's Professor Paulo Artaxo during a C2GTalk. The planet is currently headed for 3°C global warming, yet the world is still not doing enough to phase out fossil fuels and net zero goals look extremely difficult to achieve. Paulo Artaxo is a professor at the Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo, Br...

Is the West at "war" with Russia? by Nikolas K. Gvodsev

February 03, 2023 14:28 - 7 minutes - 10.1 MB

What does it mean precisely when German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says that the Euro-Atlantic community finds itself at "war” with Russia in Ukraine. In this Ethics Article, Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev discusses the technicalities of the West sending aid to Ukraine, the ever-growing risk of escalation, and the oddities of a conflict where all sides are economically connected. To read the article, go to carnegiecouncil.org. 

The Doorstep: Sanctions Loopholes, Rerouting Trade, & Russia's War Machine, with Rachel Ziemba

February 01, 2023 18:09 - 40 minutes - 55 MB

Leading up to the one-year anniversary of Russia's second invasion of Ukraine, Rachel Ziemba, head of Ziemba Insights and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, returns to The Doorstep to discuss how the balance of power has shifted across the globe with co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin. How has Russia managed to work sanctions to its advantage and grow its economy in 2022 according to the recent data from the IMF? Which countries are emerging as strategi...

Now is the Moment for a Systemic Reset of AI and Technology Governance, by Anja Kaspersen & Wendell Wallach

January 27, 2023 16:28 - 15 minutes - 21.1 MB

How can we ensure that the technologies currently being developed are used for the common good, rather than for the benefit of a select few? In this Ethics Article, Senior Fellows Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach write that for effective technology governance to truly materialize, a systemic reset directed at improving the human condition is required. To read the article, please go to carnegiecouncil.org. 

C2GDiscuss: Youth Perspectives on the Governance of Solar Radiation Modification in the Face of Global Warming Overshoot

January 23, 2023 13:28 - 1 hour - 112 MB

C2G is pleased to announce the launch of its first youth C2GDiscuss, which explores youth perspectives on solar radiation modification (SRM) and its governance in the face of the increasing likelihood that global warming temporarily exceeds (overshoots) the 1.5-2C Paris Agreement limits. Moderated by C2G’s Executive Director Janos Pasztor, a diverse all-youth panel of speakers discuss their perspectives about the risk of overshooting 1.5-2C or even higher levels of global warming and wheth...

Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations, with Christopher McKnight Nichols

January 19, 2023 17:56 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MB

From racialized notions of subjecthood and civilization in the 18th century to the neoconservatism, neoliberalism, and unilateralism of the 21st century, ideology drives American foreign policy in ways seen and unseen. In Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations, edited by Ohio State’s Professor Christopher McKnight Nichols, contributors trace the ongoing struggle over competing visions of American democracy. In this virtual event, Professor Nichols speaks with Doorstep co-hosts Tatiana Serafin ...

The Doorstep: Will 2023 Be the Year of Global Power Shifts? with Judah Grunstein

January 11, 2023 15:54 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MB

Judah Grunstein, editor-in-chief of World Politics Review, joins Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin for his annual review of global power shifts. The past 12 months saw economies rapidly pivoting to new markets and technologies as a result of the the Russia-Ukraine War, the protracted shutdown of China and its zero-COVID policy, and other supply chain disruptions. How will this trajectory re-balance power between the Global North and Global South in 2023? Will competition f...

Neuroethics: An Ethics of Technology, with Dr. Joseph Fins

January 04, 2023 13:57 - 1 hour - 100 MB

In this far-reaching Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Weill Cornell's Dr. Joseph Fins discusses with Senior Fellow Wendell Wallach the hype and realities surrounding contemporary neuroscience and neuroethics. He shares insights from his own seminal research on patients who may be mistakenly presumed to be in a vegetative state when they are actually in a minimally conscious state. Indeed, technology may be used to provide these patients with a way to communicate and a modicum of ...

Five Moments That Will Shape Ethics in International Affairs for 2023, by Joel Rosenthal

December 20, 2022 14:09 - 13 minutes - 19.2 MB

Welcome to the first edition of Ethics Articles. Each week, listeners will have the opportunity to hear an audio version of selected articles from Carnegie Council's team of experts. Today, Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal shares his latest column in which he identifies five key trends that will impact ethics and international affairs in 2023. To access a free version of this article and more content from Carnegie Council, please visit carnegiecouncil.org. 

Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness and How Leaders Missed It, with Jon Clifton

December 14, 2022 19:22 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MB

Although pundits and politicians pay close attention to measures like GDP or unemployment, almost no one tracks citizens' wellbeing. Gallup CEO Jon Clifton discusses this "blind spot" in his new book and in this virtual event with Doorstep co-hosts Tatiana Serafin and Nikolas Gvosdev. How did it lead to events like the Arab Spring uprisings or the election of Donald Trump? How can leaders close this important information gap and begin to incorporate wellbeing and happiness indicators? For ...

All Things Have Standing, Part 4: Future Stories

December 13, 2022 14:21 - 2 hours - 200 MB

All Things Have Standing is a course in human psychology and the ethics of artificial intelligence and environmental law inspired by a powerful idea from the audio drama Spark Hunter—that all things have ethical standing. All Things Have Standing is presented by Carnegie Council in collaboration with Fighter Steel Education. Inspired by a futuristic story of a highly advanced AI experiencing existential crisis, All Things Have Standing explores, with leading scholars, AI and environmental et...

C2GTalk: Why did the Saami Council oppose Harvard’s SCoPEx experiment? with Åsa Larsson Blind

December 12, 2022 14:04 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MB

In 2021 the Saami Council effectively stopped Harvard University's Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx), which aimed to examine the behavior of stratospheric aerosols which could potentially be used to reflect back a portion of incoming sunlight to reduce global warming. In a C2GTalk, Åsa Larsson Blind, vice-president of the Saami Council, explains why she was in opposition, and underlines the importance of including indigenous people in climate governance. Åsa Larsso...

All Things Have Standing, Part 3: Earth's Stories

December 06, 2022 19:13 - 2 hours - 169 MB

All Things Have Standing is a course in human psychology and the ethics of artificial intelligence and environmental law inspired by a powerful idea from the audio drama Spark Hunter—that all things have ethical standing. All Things Have Standing is presented by Carnegie Council in collaboration with Fighter Steel Education. Inspired by a futuristic story of a highly advanced AI experiencing existential crisis, All Things Have Standing explores, with leading scholars, AI and environmental et...

AI for Information Accessibility: Gender Equity in AI, with Dr. Eleni Stroulia & Dr. Martha White

December 05, 2022 18:22 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MB

In the final episode of the AI for Information Accessibility podcast, host Ayushi Khemka talks to Dr. Eleni Stroulia and Dr. Martha White, both professors in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta. Stroulia is also the director of the university's AI4Society Signature Area, while White is the PI of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute. They discussed the issues around AI, IA and gender, exploring both the pedagogical and industrial contexts, shedding light on ...

Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe, with Ian Kershaw

November 16, 2022 19:06 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MB

Throughout the 20th century, European leaders from Stalin to Mussolini, from Gorbachev to Thatcher, and more, have shifted global narratives by sheer force of will. In Personality and Power, British historian Ian Kershaw attempts to understand these rulers and their outsized effect on history. In this virtual event, Doorstep co-hosts Tatiana Serafin and Nikolas Gvosdev speak with Kershaw on the lasting influence of these "builders and destroyers." How do today's leaders—Zelenksyy, Trump, Put...

All Things Have Standing, Part 2: Others' Stories

November 15, 2022 14:18 - 2 hours - 202 MB

All Things Have Standing is a course in human psychology and the ethics of artificial intelligence and environmental law inspired by a powerful idea from the audio drama Spark Hunter—that all things have ethical standing. All Things Have Standing is presented by Carnegie Council in collaboration with Fighter Steel Education. Inspired by a futuristic story of a highly advanced AI experiencing existential crisis, All Things Have Standing explores, with leading scholars, AI and environmental et...

C2GTalk: What are the challenges facing international governance of solar radiation modification? with Marcos Regis da Silva

November 14, 2022 13:55 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MB

The fragmentation of international environmental governance creates challenges for states looking to create governance for solar radiation modification (SRM), says Dr. Marcos Regis da Silva, executive director of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) during a C2GTalk. Policymakers in the Americas welcomed a recent IAI meeting which provided more information about SRM, and the state of its governance, to help them take decisions about the best way forward. As IAI's e...

The Doorstep: What’s Next Post-Midterms for the Biden/Harris Administration? with Rational Security

November 09, 2022 17:27 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MB

In a crossover collaboration with the national security and foreign policy podcast Rational Security, co-hosts Scott R. Anderson and Alan Z. Rozenshtein, both Lawfare senior editors, join Doorstep co-hosts, Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin to assess the policy implications of the 2022 midterm elections. With over $16 billion spent on both federal and state races, millions more Americans going to the polls, and ballots still being counted, how are the Democrats and Republicans lining up to pr...

All Things Have Standing, Part 1: Our Stories

November 07, 2022 20:22 - 2 hours - 216 MB

All Things Have Standing is a course in human psychology and the ethics of artificial intelligence and environmental law inspired by a powerful idea from the audio drama Spark Hunter—that all things have ethical standing. All Things Have Standing is presented by Carnegie Council in collaboration with Fighter Steel Education. Inspired by a futuristic story of a highly advanced AI experiencing existential crisis, All Things Have Standing explores, with leading scholars, AI and environmental et...

Guests

Nikolas Gvosdev
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Asha Castleberry
5 Episodes
Jonathan Cristol
5 Episodes
Ian Bremmer
4 Episodes
Jeffrey Kahn
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Ted Widmer
3 Episodes
Adam Gopnik
1 Episode
Cass Sunstein
1 Episode
Dambisa Moyo
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David Miliband
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Garry Kasparov
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Garry Wills
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James Farrer
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John Lewis Gaddis
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Malka Older
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Michael McFaul
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Parag Khanna
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Paul Root Wolpe
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Rachel Kleinfeld
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Rana Foroohar
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Robert D. Kaplan
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Sam Kass
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Yascha Mounk
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Yuval Noah Harari
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