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MAR 7, 2007 Podcast

Global Human Rights Leadership: Who Will Fill the Void Left by the United States?

With Washington's reputation as a leader on human rights gravely damaged by abuses committed in its five-year-old "global war on terror," who will fill the ...

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MAR 1, 2007 Podcast

American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion

Over six million Muslims of different backgrounds live in the United States, and for the most part, says Paul Barrett, they are highly assimilated. But ...

Diplomacy and Empire

FEB 23, 2007 Podcast

Diplomacy and Empire

"The supreme purpose of our foreign policy must be to defend our values and to do so by means that do not corrode them. By ...

Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World

FEB 21, 2007 Podcast

Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World

How did this momentous meeting between two leaders lay the foundations for today's complex and difficult relationship between the United States and China?

Secretary or General?:  The UN Secretary-General in World Politics

FEB 12, 2007 Podcast

Secretary or General?: The UN Secretary-General in World Politics

Known as the most impossible job on earth, the tensions between the roles of being Secretary or General have confronted every UN Secretary-General. What will ...

Baltic Pipeline

FEB 5, 2007 Podcast

European Energy Security and the Role of Russia

As demand continues to grow, Gernot Erler asks, can Europe persuade Russia to guarantee its future energy needs?

FEB 1, 2007 Podcast

In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India

Edward Luce argues that despite problems such as poverty and corruption, India is undergoing an extraordinary transformation, emerging as an economic powerhouse and an important ...

JAN 24, 2007 Podcast

General Sir Rupert Smith Interviewed by Jeffrey McCausland

"War no longer exists," says General Smith. "Confrontation, conflicts, and combat certainly do." He discusses the difference between these terms--too often used interchangeably--and the challenges ...

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JAN 24, 2007 Podcast

The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World

The new paradigm is war amongst the people, where the strategic objective is to win hearts and minds, and the battle is for the people's ...

JAN 18, 2007 Podcast

Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present

"Few Americans know of their very rich, centuries-long legacy in the Middle East," says Oren. "It’s a multifaceted heritage of war and statecraft, altruism ...