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Ian Bremmer. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni

JAN 12, 2018 Podcast

Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2018 with Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer

Probably the most dangerous geopolitical environment in decades-China, AI, Trump, end of Pax Americana--yes, it's very bad. But all these challenges energize political scientist Ian ...

Vice Pres. Pence, Pres. Trump, National Security Adviser McMaster with U.S. military members, July 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trump_Pence_McMaster_Lunch_Service_Members_18_July_2017-2.jpg">White House/Shealah Craighead</a>

JAN 10, 2018 Podcast

Deciphering the Middle East and Trump's National Security Stategy, with Asha Castleberry

Asha Castleberry, Fordham professor and U.S. Army veteran, describes her "mixed reaction" to Trump's National Security Strategy--touching on China and Russia, cybersecurity, and climate ...

Stephanie Sy and Philip Alston. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni

JAN 10, 2018 Podcast

Extreme Poverty in the United States, with the UN's Philip Alston

The UN's Philip Alston traveled across the U.S. recently and found appalling conditions, from homelessness in California to open sewage in rural Alabama. He ...

JAN 9, 2018 Podcast

A Climate of Impunity? The Problem of Sexual Abuse by UN Peacekeeping Forces, with Justice Marie Deschamps

Over two years after the release of a report on sexual exploitation and abuse by international peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic, chaired by ...

The Pentagon. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_030926-F-2828D-089_Aerial_view_of_the_Pentagon.jpg">U.S. Navy/Public Domain</a>

DEC 20, 2017 Podcast

Trump's National Security Strategy, with Julianne Smith

"I would say most of the people I have talked to outside of government, including some people in Congress, have been a little taken aback," ...

ICRC and the Afghan Red Crescent Society in Faryab Province, Afghanistan, May 2006. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/icrc/8536526544">ICRC/Marcel Stoessel</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

DEC 15, 2017 Podcast

Humanitarian Ethics and the Red Cross, with Hugo Slim

"I would say that the principle of humanity, and humanity in war even, is a global ethic. We can trace it through human history," says ...

DEC 14, 2017 Podcast

Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly with Safwan M. Masri

Did you know that Tunisia started championing women's rights in the eighth century, and is still far ahead of most Arab and Muslim-majority countries? Indeed ...

DEC 11, 2017 Podcast

Slowing the Proliferation of Major Conventional Weapons with Jonathan D. Caverley

Although today's hot topic is nuclear proliferation, let's not forget that wars like Syria are being fought with conventional ones, such as aircraft and artillery. ...

DEC 7, 2017 Podcast

Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West, with William Drozdiak

In some ways Europe is more fragmented than at any time in the last three decades, says Drozdiak. There's a north/south split between wealthy ...

DEC 7, 2017 Podcast

Banning Nuclear Weapons with 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner ICAN

Did you know that 122 countries have adopted a treaty to ban nuclear weapons? The organization behind this movement is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear ...