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Sebastian Junger

MAR 18, 2014 Podcast

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Sebastian Junger

Journalist Sebastian Junger knows about war from the inside: the horror and pain, the excitement and heightened awareness, and the fierce brotherhood between soldiers. In ...

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MAR 17, 2014 Podcast

Blowing the Whistle

Has the perception of whistleblowers changed? With high-profile cases like Edward Snowden and increased protections for those who accuse their employers of misconduct, have we ...

The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World

MAR 16, 2014 Podcast

The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World

"By relying so heavily on things like GDP, unemployment, and the suite of statistics that grew up in their wake, we are using a really ...

MAR 10, 2014 Podcast

The Struggle for Iraq's Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy

In this bleak and revealing talk, Iraqi lawyer Zaid al-Ali provides an insider's analysis of Iraq's many failures of governance, from creating a constitution to ...

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MAR 5, 2014 Podcast

Crisis in Ukraine: Crimean Stand-Off

In the latest Security Bulletin, Russia expert Professor Nicolai Petro speaks from Odessa in southern Ukraine on the ongoing crisis, with a particular focus on ...

The Global War for Internet Governance

MAR 4, 2014 Podcast

The Global War for Internet Governance

Who controls the Internet? Internet governance is so technically and institutionally complex that it takes place mostly out of public view. But Internet control points ...

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FEB 28, 2014 Podcast

"War on Terror," an Insider's View: A Conversation with Harold H. Koh

As legal adviser to the State Department from 2009 to 2013, Harold Koh was responsible for making judgments about the most difficult issues in the "war on ...

FEB 27, 2014 Podcast

The Future of American Warfighting: Lessons of the Contemporary Battlefield

What are the ethical and legal questions raised by unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, and surveillance? How do they affect combatants, decision-makers, and civilians? An expert ...

The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution

FEB 25, 2014 Podcast

The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution

The courageous Gianni Picco played a central role in negotiating the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, met with Saddam Hussein to bring an end to the ...

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FEB 24, 2014 Podcast

Crisis in Ukraine: The View from Beyond Kiev

This is the third in a series of Security Bulletins on the crisis in Ukraine, and here Dr. Nicolai N. Petro gives us a view ...