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SEP 6, 2017 Podcast

The Driver in the Driverless Car with Vivek Wadhwa

What are the social and ethical implications of new technologies such as widespread automation and gene editing? These innovations are no longer in the realm ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thejointstaff/36478259912">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

SEP 5, 2017 Podcast

The Trump Effect in Japan with Robert Dujarric

"When you have a president like Trump, you do have to ask yourself: 'What will the United States look like in five years or in ...

SEP 5, 2017 Podcast

Making Ethics Matter in 2017

"Ethics will be found in people of good will who believe in constructive responses to hard policy challenges. Ethics will be demonstrated by those who ...

AUG 30, 2017 Podcast

Heidi Grant on U.S. Air Force Global Partnerships

George Washington understood that building capable partners during peacetime can actually prevent war, says Heidi Grant. She is deputy under secretary of the Air Force, ...

AUG 23, 2017 Journal Online Exclusive

The Perils of Virtue Signaling in Foreign Policy

Virtue signaling that is detached from achievable outcomes is an ethically-worse option.

AUG 17, 2017 Podcast

Joshua Eisenman on "Chinese National Socialism"

Under Xi Jinping, China is stepping up a crackdown on freedom of expression, including in universities, reports China expert Joshua Eisenman. Is this the beginning ...

Shanghai Stock Exchange. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shanghaistockexchange.jpg">Heurik (CC)</a>

AUG 15, 2017 Podcast

Scott Kennedy of CSIS: Worst Case Scenarios for China's Economy

After four decades of stellar growth, where is China's economy headed today? "In the last few years not only has the economy slowed down, but ...

Beijing, 2009. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdan/3892648306/">Dan</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

AUG 10, 2017 Podcast

Stratfor's Rodger Baker on the Rebalancing of World Politics and Asia

"I think the biggest impact of Donald Trump's presidency, particularly in Asia-Pacific, has been the concept of uncertainty," says Baker, citing the lack of a ...

Yangshan Port, near Shanghai. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yangshan-Port-Balanced.jpg">Marqueed (CC)</a>

AUG 8, 2017 Podcast

Ziad Haider: U.S.-Asia Economic Ties Under Trump

In this post-TPP world where the U.S. has taken a step back from Asia, the vacuum is being filled by China's initiatives, such as ...

"Baker" explosion, part of U.S. military's Operation Crossroads. Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, July 1946. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg">U.S. Deptartment of Defense</a>

AUG 4, 2017 Podcast

Scott D. Sagan on the Nuclear Necessity Principle

Major changes must be made if U.S. nuclear war plans are to conform to the principles of just war doctrine and the law of ...