Global Ethics Forum Preview: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? with Graham Allison

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How does ethics shape the way we understand and respond to the defining challenges of our time? For Global Ethics Day 2026, experts from across disciplines convened to examine what it means to re-center ethics in a fragmented and rapidly changing world at Carnegie Council's flags ...  Show more

Cooperation Against All Odds: Transnational Networks and the Future of Global Order

How do we explain breakthroughs in international cooperation that seem to defy the odds, especially during periods of great power competition and geopolitical tension? The answer centers on social power: the capacity of transnational networks—groups of individuals who transcend n ...  Show more

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