COMMENTARY: Iran’s Revolution Will Come, But This Isn’t It
By Negar Rachel Treister
Despite the similarities between the June 2009 protests and those of 1979, speculation that this round will spark another revolution is premature.
INNOVATIONS: Special Innovation Zones to Restore Social Sizzle
By Alex Steffen
Imagine a free-fire zone for sustainable innovations, where new approaches could be tested rapidly without institutional, legal, and regulatory inertia.
POVERTY: Essential Resources from the Carnegie Council
By Madeleine Lynn
This compilation of resources on world poverty looks at our moral obligations; root causes and possible solutions; the problems of aid; development through trade; and the effects of the financial crisis.
VIDEO: Cross-Cultural Understanding through Virtual Worlds
In an interview for The Autograph, a program on Iran’s PressTV hosted by Susan Modaress, Carnegie Council Senior Fellows Joshua Fouts and Rita King discuss the potential of virtual worlds for cultural dialogue between the West and Islamic communities worldwide.
VIDEO: Digital Diplomacy and Cultural Collaboration
Representatives of the Carnegie Council, the British Council, Dancing Ink Productions, and the State Department discuss open government and new social media technologies as they pertain to public diplomacy. This panel took place at the 140 Characters Conference.
VIDEO: How Twitter Can Make History
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging help citizens in repressive regimes report real news and bypass censors (however briefly). The end of top-down news control is changing the nature of politics. This TED talk took place at the U.S. Department of State.
AUDIO+TRANSCRIPT: Ethics in Business: Interview with Christine Bader
“Increasingly, human rights is the lens through which people view how business impacts them.” In the inaugural episode of our Advocates for Ethics in Business series, Julia Kennedy interviews Christine Bader, formerly of BP and currently an adviser to the United Nations on business and human rights.
AUDIO: Pollution Disillusion
Julia Kennedy talks to Carbon Trust staff about their journey to discover the biggest sources of emissions for businesses, and finds that sometimes the answers are not what you might expect.
EVENT: The Practical Idealism Project
For this July 7 Carnegie New Leaders event, Alissa Wilson will discuss her experience traveling the country to interview people for Practical Idealists: Changing the World and Getting Paid. The event will run from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
COMMENTARY: A New Vision for Globalization
By Dani Rodrik
The conundrum of global reform is that the proposals that go far enough, such as establishing a global financial regulator, are wildly unrealistic, while those that are realistic, such as reform of the IMF, fall far short of what is needed. What we need is a vision of globalization that is fully cognizant of its limits.
