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JAN 23, 2019 Podcast

Red Flags: Why Xi's China is in Jeopardy, with George Magnus

China's economy has grown exponentially over the last four decades, but George Magnus, former chief economist at UBS, sees four traps that could derail its ...

JAN 22, 2019 Article

Rischian Transactionalism

Transactionalism in U.S. foreign policy has a new proponent: James E. Risch, incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Orange County Sheriff's deputies dumping illegal alcohol, Santa Ana, California, 1932. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_County_Sheriff%27s_deputies_dumping_illegal_booze,_Santa_Ana,_3-31-1932.jpg">Orange County Archives/(CC)</a>

JAN 18, 2019 Podcast

The Crack-Up: Prohibition, Immigration, & the Klan, with Lisa McGirr

In the second podcast in The Crack-Up series, which looks at how 1919 shaped the modern world, historian Ted Widmer talks to Harvard's Professor Lisa McGirr ...

Opening ceremony of the Climate Summit COP 24 and Leaders Summit in Katowice, Poland, December 2, 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unfccc/45436135584">UNclimatechange</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JAN 18, 2019 Article

After Katowice: Three Civil Society Strategies for Ratcheting Up Climate Ambition

The recent climate conference in Katowice, Poland was a milestone for the Paris Agreement, and it points to the role NGOs can play in encouraging ...

JAN 17, 2019 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: 1919 & the Modern World, with Ted Widmer

Historian Ted Widmer discusses his new Carnegie Council podcast series "The Crack-Up" and how 1919 has shaped the modern world. He and host Alex Woodson speak ...