Carnegie Council Podcasts

Michael Conroy discusses how certification systems, market campaigns, and champions within corporations are driving a major shift in global corporate accountability on social and environmental issues.

Altman stayed awake for 24 hours tuned to the wire services

to study the global economy. He discusses the growing clout of

emerging economies, the business advantages and liabilities of China's looser

ethical standards, and the dwindling national allegiances of global

corporations.

Deflecting asteroids, eradicating polio, coordinating international time, mitigating climate change--Scott Barrett explains the different incentives and actors needed to supply these global public goods, where everyone benefits and none can be excluded.

Anthony F. Lang, Jr. explores what rules can and cannot do in the war on

terrorism, pointing toward a possible world order that emphasizes

constitutionalism as a way to reorder international security.

Ambassador Koji Watanabe of the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) discusses the dynamics of the trilateral Japan-US-China relationship, which is emerging as a key force shaping the stability and governance of Asia.

Nikolas K. Gvosdev examines the declining effectiveness of the G8 summits and the U.S.-Russian politics of climate change and missile defense that played out at this year's meeting.

Lieven explores the increasing complexity of US-EU-Russian relations due to

energy interdependence, stalled eastward expansion of the EU, and the overall

diminished power of the West, the delicate balance making it more difficult to

resolve issues in places like Kosovo and South Ossetia.

Jack Marr, Adjunct Professor at New York University's Shanghai Center and

long-time China observer, comments on some of the ethical implications of

China's economic rise.

According to Marcus Noland, "a demographic imperative to create jobs, a questionable track record on globalization, and some deep uncertainty about political transitions--all work to create a very serious set of challenges for the [Middle East] region over the next decade or so."

This talk was part of the event "Taking Stock of Business and Human Rights: Policies and Practices," cosponsored by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the Carnegie Council.