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FEB 26, 2019 Podcast

The Enduring False Promise of Preventive War, with Scott A. Silverstone

Does preventive war really work? "In the vast majority of cases historically, what we see is the country that thought it was saving itself from ...

FEB 25, 2019 Podcast

How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy, with Johanna Hanink

Why has there been a sudden interest in Thucydides, especially in the U.S.? Johanna Hanink discusses her new book of translations and introductions to ...

FEB 22, 2019 Podcast

The Crack-Up: Jazz Arrives, Loudly, in 1919, with David Sager

In this fascinating podcast, Ted Widmer talks to jazz historian David Sager about his "New York Times" essay on the genre's breakthrough in 1919, its popularity ...

FEB 21, 2019 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: The U.S.-Taliban Negotiations, with Jonathan Cristol

Jonathan Cristol, author of "The United States and Taliban before and after 9/11," discusses the status of the latest talks between the U.S. government and ...

FEB 20, 2019 Podcast

Jerome A. Cohen on the Taiwan Relations Act

U.S.-Taiwan relations have long been an ingenious balancing act of "strategic ambiguity." What does the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act entail and why is it ...

Tiananmen Square, Beijing. CREDIT: <a href="https://pixabay.com/en/tiananmen-square-beijing-sentinel-654627/">yefan/Pixabay</a>

FEB 19, 2019 Podcast

China's Power and Messaging, with Bonnie S. Glaser

"There are areas where China lags behind other countries in its power, areas where it's catching up, and areas where China really has leapfrogged some ...

FEB 14, 2019 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: Human Rights on the Ground, with Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox

Quinnipiac's Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox discusses her work researching the conception of human rights in a community in rural India. She tells the story of Chaya Kakade, ...

FEB 12, 2019 Podcast

The Future is Asian, with Parag Khanna

"The rise of China is not the biggest story in the world," says Parag Khanna. "The Asianization of Asia, the return of Asia, the rise ...

FEB 11, 2019 Podcast

China's Cognitive Warfare, with Rachael Burton

How is China influencing democracies such as Taiwan, Korea, and the United States? "I think there are three areas that you can look at," says ...

FEB 8, 2019 Podcast

The Crack-Up: The Early Days of Hollywood, with David Bordwell

In this episode of The Crack-Up series, which explores how 1919 shaped the modern world, film historian David Bordwell discusses two big changes in the American ...