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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 ...

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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," ...

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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 ...

DEC 4, 2017 Podcast

Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time, with David Miliband

Today there are 65 million people who have fled their homes because of conflict or persecution, says the International Rescue Committee's David Miliband. These are refugees ...

NOV 30, 2017 Podcast

Digital World War: Islamists, Extremists, and the Fight for Cyber Supremacy, with Haroon Ullah

Despite defeats like Mosul and Raqqa, ISIS and other extremist groups are thriving, says Ullah. For them, the most important battlefield is not the physical ...

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NOV 29, 2017 Podcast

Bioethics and Community Engagement with Jess Holzer

Hofstra University's Jess Holzer is focused on improving public health at the community level. But she teaches that good intentions alone are not enough to ...