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APR 13, 2018 Podcast

On Grand Strategy, with John Lewis Gaddis

Are there such things as timeless principles of grand strategy? If so, are they always the same across epochs and cultures? What can we learn ...

Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, American World War I flying ace. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196753/capt-edward-v-rickenbacker/">U.S. Air Force</a>

APR 10, 2018 Podcast

The Living Legacy of WWI: Airpower During the First World War, with Philip Caruso

"World War I was the beginning of what we now consider to be one of the cornerstones of the ways in which we engage in ...

APR 5, 2018 Podcast

Hope for Asian Fisheries, with Brett Jenks

With rich and varied coral reefs, Indonesia and the Philippines are critically important for marine biodiversity, says Brett Jenks of Rare, a conservation organization. Overfishing ...

Shanghai. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/1728593481">Trey Ratcliff</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

APR 4, 2018 Podcast

#MeToo in China, with Maura Cunningham and Jeffrey Wasserstrom

China experts Cunningham and Wasserstrom start by talking about the small, mainly campus-based #MeToo campaign in China--to avoid internet censorship young people often use emojis ...

Stephanie Sy and Rana Foroohar. CREDIT: Billy Pickett.

APR 3, 2018 Podcast

The Dangers of a Digital Democracy, with Rana Foroohar

The revelations about the misuse of Facebook data have started a pushback against the top five big tech companies: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google. ...

French military hospital during World War I. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H%C3%B4pital_1914-1918.jpg">Yelkrokoyade/Public Domain</a>

APR 3, 2018 Podcast

The Living Legacy of WWI: Hidden Photographic Narratives, with Katherine Akey

Katherine Akey is researching "gueules cassées," soldiers who suffered facially disfiguring injuries on WWI battlefields, focusing on those who were treated at the American ...

APR 2, 2018 Podcast

Liberalism in the Philippines, with Lisandro Claudio

Populist leader President Duterte has killed thousands in his "war on drugs," idolizes Putin, and openly uses fake news and excessive nationalism to consolidate his ...

Indonesian National Police officers & protesters in Jakarta. November 2016. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:411_protests_of_jakarta.jpg">AWG97 (CC)</a>

MAR 29, 2018 Podcast

Normalizing Intolerance in Indonesia, with Sandra Hamid

"Indonesian civil societies and academics are very good at collecting cases of discrimination," says Sandra Hamid, author of "Normalizing Intolerance." "But what we don't have ...

MAR 29, 2018 Podcast

Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy, with William A. Galston

Some unpleasant truths for liberals, from William Galston: The rise of anti-pluralist populist movements is caused by a combination of economic factors and migration; we ...

Robert D. Kaplan. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni.

MAR 27, 2018 Podcast

Clip of the Month: What's America's Brand? It's Naval Power, with Robert D. Kaplan

Best-selling author Robert D. Kaplan describes America’s current role as a function of the immense power of the U.S. Navy. This provides great ...