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OCT 19, 2018 Podcast

Fight for Liberty, with Max Boot, Philip Bobbitt, Garry Kasparov, & Bret Stephens

We live in a time when liberal democracy is on the defensive, not only in the U.S. but around the world. Yet these speakers, ...

OCT 18, 2018 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: Science Fiction, Micro-democracy, & Information, with Malka Older

Malka Older has spent time as an aid worker in Darfur, Indonesia, and Japan, as was discussed in last week's podcast, but she also has ...

OCT 16, 2018 Podcast

The Nationalist Revival: Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization, with John B. Judis

Why has nationalism suddenly returned with a vengeance around the world? Why are nationalists so angry about free trade and immigration? Why has globalization become ...

OCT 11, 2018 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: Disaster Response & Ethics, with Malka Older

Former Senior Fellow Malka Older, a novelist and aid worker, details the ethical and logistical sides of disaster response, drawing on her experiences in Sri ...

U.S. sailors assigned to Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command. CREDIT: <a href=http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61310>U.S. Department of Defense (CC)</a>

OCT 10, 2018 Podcast

The Future of U.S. National Security, with Derek Reveron

"Is it still fair to say there are continuities in foreign policy two years into the Trump administration? I'm going to say yes, and I'll ...

Vladmiri Putin & Xi Jinping in Beijing, May 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Vladimir_Putin_with_President_of_China_Xi_Jinping.jpg">The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office (CC)</a>

OCT 9, 2018 Podcast

Chinese and Russian "Political Warfare" with Tom Mahnken and Toshi Yoshihara

Tom Mahnken and Toshi Yoshihara of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) discuss China and Russia's "authoritarian political warfare." "Not only do they ...

OCT 5, 2018 Podcast

An Update on Pakistan, with Ahmed Rashid

Acclaimed journalist Ahmed Rashid discusses Pakistan's new populist prime minister, Imran Khan, whom he considers woefully unprepared. He also examines Pakistan's debt-ridden economy and Pakistan's ...

OCT 4, 2018 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: Statelessness & Ethnonationalism in India & the U.S., with Kavitha Rajagopalan

Senior Fellow Kavitha Rajagopalan explains the troubling situation in Northeast India near the border with Bangladesh, where millions of citizens could end up stateless. With ...

OCT 3, 2018 Podcast

Mass Detentions in Xinjiang, China, with Francisco Bencosme

According to a recent Amnesty International Report, Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region are the targets of surveillance, ...

Donald Trump at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, September 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/36747060754/">The White House/Public Domain</a>

OCT 2, 2018 Podcast

All Options Are on the Table: Threats and Coercive Diplomacy in Foreign Affairs

Are there ever justifiable reasons for issuing threats to achieve foreign policy objectives? In particular, are President Trump's threats against Iran justified? Don't miss this ...