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FEB 3, 2005 Podcast

Conflict and Order in the New Age of Preventive War

Nichols believes that the norm against preventive military action is rapidly being eroded and that we are headed into an era where preventive war will ...

The Worlds Banker

JAN 27, 2005 Podcast

The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

Will the World Bank survive? Despite its shortcomings, Mallaby believes we need it badly, as there is a serious lack of strong institutions to manage ...

JAN 19, 2005 Podcast

Global Crises, Global Solutions

According to Lomborg, the $50 billion that will be spent on development assistance over the next four years ought to be focused on realistic goals such ...

Image of book cover - What We Owe Iraq by Noah Feldman

JAN 13, 2005 Podcast

What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building

Feldman, a constitutional expert and Arabic-speaker sent to Iraq by the Bush administration, argues that U.S. intervention in Iraq amounts to a moral promise. ...

The United States of Europe by T.R. Reid

DEC 8, 2004 Podcast

The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy

T. R. Reid discusses the state of European integration and argues that Americans are not aware of the extent to which the EU has turned ...

DEC 7, 2004 Podcast

Challenges in UN Peacekeeping Operations

The demand for UN peacekeeping troops has risen at an unprecedented rate, says Guéhenno, Under-Secretary General for UN Peacekeeping Operations. This presents enormous challenges, ...

NOV 30, 2004 Podcast

Humanitarianism under Fire

How can humanitarian organizations and their workers maintain their traditional neutrality, impartiality, and independence—and should they?

NOV 18, 2004 Podcast

Bioethical Debates on Human Enhancement

Edited transcript of a 11/18/04 Leonard Lopate show on WNYC radio on the ethical challenges posed by the rapid advances in biotechnology.

Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe

NOV 16, 2004 Podcast

Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe

Graham Allison makes a sobering assessment on why a nuclear attack on U.S. soil is inevitable unless we take immediate, well-concerted measures.

OCT 30, 2004 Podcast

The Human Rights of the Sukan Al-ahwar (Marsh Arabs of Iraq)

According to Baroness Nicholson, the Saddam regime's crimes against the Marsh Arabs from 1991 to 2003 constitute an incontrovertible case of genocide, which is in its turn "...