July 14, 2022

A Conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Ethics, Diplomacy, & Public Service

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks with Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal about her role at the UN, diversity in the Foreign Service, and the importance of kindness in diplomacy.

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Given the current geopolitical landscape, does the United Nations have an especially important role to play in international affairs?

Featured Carnegie Council Podcasts

Biden's Middle East Reset

NYU's Dr. Carolyn Kissane joins Doorstep podcast co-hosts Tatiana Serafin and Nick Gvosdev to discuss the trade-offs Biden must make in energy, climate, and human rights discussions with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Is AI Upending Geopolitics?

Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach is joined by Angela Kane, a chair of the United Nations University Governing Council, to discuss how AI is likely to upend geopolitics. Kane also shares some of her concerns about the role of the UN and the many ways AI could undermine international peace. 

Emerging Technology & the War in Ukraine

Senior Fellow Arthur Holland Michel discusses facial recognition systems, loitering munitions, and drones in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and analyzes the ethics of their use on the battlefield and in the larger narrative of the conflict.

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Highlights from Our Impact Initiatives

Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G)

• How is UNESCWA Supporting Arab States in the Green Transition? - a C2GTalk podcast with Rola Dashti, executive secretary at UNESCWA  
• Marine Cloud Brightening – A Governance Dilemma - a virtual side event for the UN Ocean Conference 
• Managing the Risks of a Global Warming Overshoot to Safeguard Sustainable Development - a virtual side event for the United Nations High-Level Political Forum

Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI)

• The Battle Between Autocracy and Democracy has Blinded Us to the A.I. Oligopoly – Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach’s latest op-ed for Fortune 
• Deus Ex Machina or Diabolus Ex Machina? - an article from Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen & visiting senior research fellow at King’s College, Kobi Leins

U.S. Global Engagement Initiative (USGE) 

• Will U.S. Economic Hegemony Endure After Ukraine? - Senior Fellow Nikolas K. Gvosdev writing for National Interest 
• The Doorstep: How Much Will the Global Supply Chain Crisis Cost? - a podcast featuring Xenata’s Peter Sand

Model International Mobility Convention (MIMC)

• Principles for Responsibility Sharing: Proximity, Culpability, Moral Accountability, and Capability – Senior Fellow Michael Doyle with Dr. Janine Prantl & Mark Wood writing for California Law Review 
• Ethics & Artificial Intelligence: Migration – an article from Federal University of Minas Gerais’ Lutiana Barbosa & MIMC Networking Group member Gustavo Macedo

Resource Pages

Carnegie Council resource pages collate research and insights from our network of senior fellows, advisory board members, and our Ethics & International Affairs journal on critical topics. Consider bookmarking these pages as we will update them when new analysis becomes available. 

United Nations: Analyzing its Purpose Today

Russia Invades Ukraine: Ethical Principles at Stake