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APR 13, 2010 Podcast

How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace

Diplomatic engagement with rivals, far from being appeasement, is critical to rapprochement between adversaries, says Charles Kupchan, and diplomacy, not economic interdependence, creates the path ...

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APR 12, 2010 Podcast

The Education of an American Dreamer

Peter G. Peterson tells his remarkable life story, from growing up in Nebraska, to advertising, to secretary of commerce under Nixon, to Lehman Brothers, and ...

APR 9, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Sports, NCAA Basketball, and Money

Is the role of the NCAA to help students succeed through sports, or to garner money for educational institutions? With the high drop-out rate of ...

Book cover image - Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization

APR 9, 2010 Podcast

Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization

Everything hinges on water; it is essential to life and to civilization. Will there be enough fresh water for 9 billion of us by 2050? In this ...

APR 1, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Do Good Guys Really Finish Last?

Benefits from altruism include approval, enhanced image, and neural stimulation--feeling good. Yet if you act selfishly you will have more resources, and your individual behavior ...

Preventing Genocide: Practical Steps Toward Early Detection and Effective Action

MAR 29, 2010 Podcast

Recent Advances in the Prevention of Mass Violence

How can we prevent mass violence? Drawing on insights from leaders in the field, David Hamburg identifies the clear warnings that always appear long before ...

MAR 26, 2010 Podcast

Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East

1.9 million Sunni Muslims have been forced into exile following the Iraq War, says Deborah Amos. What impact is this having on these people's lives, on ...

MAR 26, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Markets: The Invisible Hand or Fairness?

What do you think maximizes individual benefits in the marketplace? Is it cut throat competition or altruistic norms of fairness and trust? Can you have ...

MAR 26, 2010 Podcast

Obama's Internet Initiative and Social Reform in the U.S. and Japan

In this Japan Society event, a panel of experts explore the evolving role of information and communication technologies in reforming politics, business, and society in ...

MAR 25, 2010 Podcast

Freedom for Sale: Why the World Is Trading Democracy for Security

From Russia and China to the U.S. and the U.K., many seemingly dissimilar countries have an "unwritten pact," under which, consciously or not, ...