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The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs is a
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-based 501(c)3 public charity serving international affairs professionals, teachers and students, and the attentive public. Founded in 1914, and originally named ''Church Peace Union'', Carnegie Council is an independent and nonpartisan institution, aiming to be the foremost voice of
ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concer ...
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international affairs International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...
. The Council focuses on, ''Ethics, War and Peace'', ''Global Social Justice'', and ''Religion in Politics'' as its three main themes. It is separate and independent from all other Carnegie philanthropies. Carnegie Council publishes ''
Ethics & International Affairs ''Ethics & International Affairs'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering ethical aspects of international relations. It was established in 1987 and is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Carnegie Council for Et ...
'', a quarterly academic journal that examines the intersection of moral issues and the international sphere. Among Carnegie Council's programs is Global Policy Innovations, which publishes '' Policy Innovations,'' an online magazine.


Mission

The Council convenes agenda-setting forums and creates educational opportunities and information resources for a worldwide audience of teachers and students, journalists, international affairs professionals, and concerned citizens. The Council's flagship publication is a quarterly scholarly journal, Ethics & International Affairs, which was launched in 1987. As an operating, rather than a grant-making foundation, the Council supports programs that it initiates and also works with partner organizations.


History


Church Peace Union (CPU)

The Carnegie Council was founded in 1914 by
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in
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. Carnegie gathered together numerous religious leaders, scientists and politicians, and appointed them trustees of a new organization, the ''Church Peace Union'' (CPU). Carnegie hoped to create, with the religious and secular leaders, a new moral leadership to prevent armed conflict. The CPU was established shortly before the outbreak of
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. The planned international inaugural meeting, on Lake Constance, could not take place due to the outbreak of war. First President of the CPU was William P. Merrill. The first activities of the organization were educational programs, calls for reductions in military spending and an end to military education in public schools. After the declaration of war by the US President
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in April 1917, which led to internal disputes within the CPU, the leadership of the organization concluded in December 1917, to stand behind Wilson and the USA’s involvement in the war. R Henry A. Atkinson was General Secretary of the CPU from 1918 to 1955. Between the World Wars, the CPU worked towards strengthening the
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and promoted the American influence to resolve international conflicts. At the same time, in the 1920s, they tried to prevent an international naval arms race, and fought against discrimination of
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. During the Great Depression, the CPU called for stronger government interventions in the economy. During
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, the CPU supported the American government in its efforts to establish the
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. After World War II, the CPU helped with the establishment of the United Nations and fought for the prevention of nuclear proliferation. From 1950 to 1985, the organization published the monthly magazine ''Worldview''.


Council on Religion and International Affairs (CRIA)

In 1961, the CPU was renamed the “Council on Religion and International Affairs” (CRIA) and appointed William A. Loos as president in 1963. Loos had been executive director since 1955. CRIA focused its work on the study of moral dimensions of a wide range of issues, especially dangers of a crusading
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in US foreign policy. In the 1960s and 1970s, CRIA was a strong supporter of the
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and led open debates on the
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. In 1977, the Council put forth the “CRIA Distinguished Lectures on Ethics and Foreign Policy,” which was later renamed the “ Morgenthau Memorial Lecture.” Robert Myers became the new president of CRIA in 1980, which the defeat of
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in
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began in the 1980s and 1990s. Throughout this time, the Council also led programs on environmental policy and
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.


Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (CCEIA)

CRIA changed its name in 1986, to the “Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs” (CCEIA). Since 1987, the council published its quarterly scholarly journal,
Ethics & International Affairs ''Ethics & International Affairs'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering ethical aspects of international relations. It was established in 1987 and is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Carnegie Council for Et ...
. Successor of Robert J. Myers as president in 1995 was Joel H. Rosenthal. In the 2000s, after the
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and the wars in
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and
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, the CCEIA fought against cruel treatment and
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. Responding to the Rwandan and
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, the Council created the "History and the Politics of Reconciliation" program in 2000. It examined the role of history education in high schools and museums, the work of truth commissions and tribunals, and the challenges of overcoming religious divisions. The result was a series of case studies and conferences that encouraged interdisciplinary work in the field of historical memory.


Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

The current name, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, was given to the organization in 2005.


Funding

The Carnegie Council is mainly funded through an endowment from Andrew Carnegie. Other sources of funding come from
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, and membership dues. The Carnegie Council is a 501(c)(3) public charity.


Assets

As of 2018 the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs had Net Assets of $38,495,383.


Funding details

Funding details as of 2018:


Resources

Resources include transcripts, streaming audio and video, journals,
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, papers, reports, and special reports.


Current publications

* ''
Ethics & International Affairs ''Ethics & International Affairs'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering ethical aspects of international relations. It was established in 1987 and is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Carnegie Council for Et ...
'' - a journal that coverscovers global justice, civil society, democratization, international law, intervention, sanctions, and related topics. * Morgenthau Lectures - Named after international relations scholar
Hans Morgenthau Hans Joachim Morgenthau (February 17, 1904 – July 19, 1980) was a German-American jurist and political scientist who was one of the major 20th-century figures in the study of international relations. Morgenthau's works belong to the tradition o ...
, this annual lecture series has speakers on ethics and international affairs."


Programs

Carnegie Council's programs ( Christian Barry was the program officer): * ''Public Affairs'' – consisting of more than 50 events each year, in which the speakers include authors, Nobel laureates, UN officials, and people from the world of international affairs. * ''US Global Engagement'' – is focused on the U.S. relations with partners throughout the established democracies, problematical allies, and states of deep concern. * ''American Leadership Series'' – an independent program that evaluated various topics related to ethics in international security, and is a partnership between the Center for National American Security (CNSA) and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. * ''Ethics Matter'' – lectures about ethics with speakers from different backgrounds, countries and professions. * ''Carnegie New Leaders'' – on global and ethical matters. * ''Global Ethics Network'' – a platform allowing educational institutions and individuals around the world to discuss international affairs by creating and sharing multimedia resources. * ''100 Carnegie Council'' – in celebration of the Carnegie Council's 100s anniversary, the Ethics for a Connected World was put into place as a three-year project aimed at public intellectuals, business leaders, policymakers, religious leaders, students, and educators worldwide. * ''Global Ethical Dialogues'' – a multi-year project, which is part of the Council's Centennial programs, involving societies across the world. *''AI & Equality Initiative –'' a project directed at understanding the innumerable ways in which artificial intelligence impacts equality for better or for worse.


Notable authors and speakers


See also

* '' Policy Innovations Magazine''


References


External links


Carnegie Council




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