Our Podcasts
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MAR 20, 2019 • Podcast
Computational Propaganda, with Nick Monaco
In this in-depth conversation, Oxford Internet Institute researcher Nick Monaco reviews the history of computational propaganda (online disinformation), which goes back almost two decades and ...
MAR 19, 2019 • Podcast
The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder, with Sean McFate
"Nobody fights conventionally except for us anymore, yet we're sinking a big bulk, perhaps the majority of our defense dollars, into preparing for another conventional ...
MAR 14, 2019 • Journal Online Exclusive
The Sicilian Expedition and the Dilemma of Interventionism
The Peloponnesian War has lessons for U.S. foreign policy beyond the Thucydides Trap.
MAR 12, 2019 • Podcast
Global Ethics Weekly: The National Emergencies Act & Trump, with Andrew Boyle
As the debates about the Southern border continue, the Brennan Center's Andrew Boyle details the 1976 law behind Trump's February 15 emergency declaration. As he tells it, ...
MAR 11, 2019 • Podcast
Censorship in China, with BuzzFeed's Megha Rajagopalan
After working in China for six years on many stories unfavorable to the Chinese government, in 2018 journalist Megha Rajagopalan's visa was not renewed, forcing her ...
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Humor, Ethics, and Dignity: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
This essay explores humans’ unique ability to understand context, something that is evident in both humor and ethics, and something that AI lacks.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Introduction: Balancing Legal Norms, Moral Values, and National Interests
How do states reconcile national interests with legal norms and moral values? One answer lies in the concept of good international citizenship.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
A Christian View of Humanitarian Intervention
Even when humanitarian intervention violates the letter of international law, and even when it is motivated by self-interest, it may still be morally justified.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Secessionist Conflict: A Happy Marriage between Norms and Interests?
In secessionist conflicts, actors tend to choose norms that align with their interests. But there are important outlier cases that complicate this picture, writes Rafael ...
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Unresolved and Unresolvable? Tensions in the Refugee Regime
Advancing durable solutions does not necessarily mean overcoming the inherent tensions in the refugee regime between law, morality, and national interests.