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SEP 18, 2019 • Article
Candidates, Calculus, and the Iran Crisis
In choosing whether and how to respond to the attack on Saudi Arabian oil refineries, what is the calculus for determining action? Should the United ...
SEP 17, 2019 • Article
The Narrative IS Changing . . .
The narrative about America's role in the world is changing--and more evidence is accumulating that suggests that no matter how the 2020 presidential and congressional elections ...
SEP 16, 2019 • Podcast
The Crack-Up: The 1919 Race Riots & the Crucible of Chicago, with Adam Green
During the "Red Summer" of 1919 dozens of race riots flared up across the U.S., but the anti-African American violence in Chicago stood out because ...
SEP 9, 2019 • Podcast
The Climate Reality Project & Environmental Activism, with Brian Mateo
Ahead of the Climate Strike rallies on September 20, Bard College's Brian Mateo discusses the Climate Reality Project, founded by Vice President Al Gore, and how ...
SEP 9, 2019 • Article
Transactionalism and U.S. Foreign Aid
A draft of a new presidential directive on American foreign aid suggests that transactionalism will shift from being a rhetorical device to an actual defining ...