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APR 17, 2017 Podcast

Megatech: Technology in 2050

In this insightful interview, "Economist" executive editor Daniel Franklin discusses driverless cars, gene-editing, artificial intelligence, and much more. Are we entering an "accelerando" stage of ...

Mohammed Alam with the Manhattan Young Democrats at the Women's March in Washington, DC, January, 21, 2017.

APR 13, 2017 Podcast

Local Politics and Criminal Justice Reform with Mohammed Alam

With his roles at Center for Court Innovation, focusing on criminal justice reform, and with the Young Democrats, working to find the next generation of ...

APR 13, 2017 Podcast

Global Ethics Forum Preview: Threats to Liberal Democracy with Alexander Görlach

Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Harvard’s Alexander Görlach discusses the rise of populism, fake news, and other threats to liberal democracy around ...

L to R top row: Alicia Izharuddin, Carolyn Nash, Daniil Davydoff, Darlene Machell de Leon Espena; L to R middle row: Gullnaz Baig, Jiyoung Kim, Nyi Nyi Kyaw, Nazneen Uddin; L to R bottom row: Philip Caruso, Ronnie Saha, Tammy Nguyen, Yukari Kayama. CREDIT: Terence Hurley

APR 12, 2017 Podcast

Pacific Delegates (2017)

Carnegie Council's Asia Dialogues program is leading a weeklong fact-finding trip to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, during October 2017. Amid growing Islamophobia and populism in Europe and the ...

Detail from book cover of "Toward Democracy"

APR 12, 2017 Podcast

Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought

"Democracy begins in bloodshed and it comes to life only through conflict," says Harvard's James T. Kloppenberg in this masterful talk. How have the French ...

APR 11, 2017 Podcast

"In Cambodia, 'democracy' is just a term . . ."

Phnom Penh-based human rights lawyer Sophorn Sek discusses the state of his nation's governance in this eye-opening interview. From corruption and nepotism to suspicious murders ...

APR 7, 2017 Podcast

Protestants: The Faith that Made the Modern World

Understanding Protestantism is fundamental to understanding the modern world, says Professor Alec Ryrie. It has shaped democratic liberalism, capitalism, limited government, the notion of free ...

APR 6, 2017 Podcast

Global Ethics Forum Preview: The Populist Explosion with John Judis

Next time on Global Ethics Forum, journalist John Judis discusses the past and present of populism, in Europe and the United States. In this excerpt, ...

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APR 5, 2017 Podcast

A Question of Order: India, Turkey, and the Return of Strongmen

Journalist Basharat Peer recounts the rise of two strongmen: Erdogan in Turkey and Modi in India. What they have in common "is a lack of ...

Pyongyang, North Korea. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/momocita/6822805138">Jen Morgan</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

APR 4, 2017 Podcast

Nuclear War with North Korea?

The North Koreans are not crazy, says Korea scholar Joel S. Wit. They have valid reasons for feeling threatened and their nuclear strategy has actually ...