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"Baker" explosion, part of U.S. military's Operation Crossroads. Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, July 1946. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg">U.S. Deptartment of Defense</a>

AUG 4, 2017 Podcast

Scott D. Sagan on the Nuclear Necessity Principle

Major changes must be made if U.S. nuclear war plans are to conform to the principles of just war doctrine and the law of ...

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AUG 3, 2017 Podcast

Michele Wucker on when the Gray Rhino Hits Asia

Michele Wucker describes a gray rhino as the "love child of the black swan and the elephant in the room." In other words, "it's a ...

UN Protection of Civilians site in Wau, South Sudan. April 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unmissmultimedia/33774399210">UNMISS</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

AUG 2, 2017 Podcast

Amnesty International's Sarah Jackson on the Crisis in South Sudan

Since South Sudan's civil war broke out in late 2013, soldiers on both sides have been using rape and other forms of sexual violence on a ...

Shibuya District, Tokyo. CREDIT: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya#/media/File:Shibuya_District_at_Night_2015-04_(17806976882).jpg">IQRemix (CC)</a>

AUG 1, 2017 Podcast

George Friedman: The End of the International Order and the Future of Asia

Tired of conventional wisdom? Check out geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. The period that began at the end of World War II was a freak, he ...

Shanghai, June 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/46362496092">Trey Ratcliff</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JUL 27, 2017 Podcast

Meredith Sumpter: The "G-Zero" World Hits Asia

"First and foremost, a G-zero is a world in which no one country has dominant power or can influence the international system of governance," explains ...