Joel Rosenthal

Roundtable Discussion with Joel H. Rosenthal:
Ethics in Foreign Policy
October 20, 2006

The Eisenhower Institute hosted Joel H. Rosenthal, president of the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs, for a roundtable discussion on ethics in foreign policy on October 20, 2006. The event was by invitation only and was moderated by the Institute's Daniel R. DeNicola. 

Rosenthal was a Hauser Leader in Residence at Gettysburg College from October 18 -20, where he gave a public lecture titled "How Moral Can We Get? Three Tests for U.S. Foreign Policy."

The roundtable was also attended by Anatol Lieven, senior research fellow at the New America Foundation; Charles Pena, senior fellow at the Independent Institute; Ximena Ortiz, executive editor of the National Interest; among others. In addition to Rosenthal's remarks, the group discussed Anatol Lieven's newest book Ethical Realism, democracy as a goal of American foreign policy, and the United States and its role in the world today.

Joel Rosenthal received his PhD from Yale University (1988) and a B.A. from Harvard University (1982). Rosenthal lectures and writes frequently on ethics, U.S. foreign policy, and international relations. Under his direction, the Carnegie Council sponsors educational programs for the worldwide audience. Recent partners in this work include the National Endowment for the Humanities, the International Studies Association, the Oxford Centre for Applied Ethics, and the Shanghai International Studies University.

Among his current professional activities, Rosenthal is editor-in-chief of the journal Ethics & International Affairs, and has oversight responsibilities for the Council's main projects on ethics and armed conflict with conflict prevention; comparative human rights; justice and the world economy; environmental policy; and the politics of reconciliation. Rosenthal also serves as adjunct professor in the department of politics at New York University.

For more information about the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs program, click here.