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Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late

DEC 17, 2013 Podcast

Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late

The threat of a nuclear nightmare is still real, says Joe Cirincione. With unsecured stockpiles in Russia, the ever-present threat of terrorists getting hold of ...

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DEC 16, 2013 Article

Jeffrey Sachs: Idealist or Extreme Pragmatist?

Nina Munk's book about economist Jeffrey Sachs portrays his defense of the global poor as an act of faithful idealism. She could not have it ...

DEC 13, 2013 Podcast

Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy

Why did Japan recklessly attack the United States in 1941, launching a war that most of the nation's leaders knew they were almost certain to lose? ...

"The American Way of Poverty" and "The Unwinding"

DEC 10, 2013 Article

Ill Fares the Invisible Hand

According to census data from 2012, there are 46.5 million Americans currently living in poverty. That is more than one in seven Americans, or roughly 15 percent of ...

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DEC 4, 2013 Article

A Sick Asian Man Goes to Multicultural Europe: A Tale of Modern Citizenship in Transition

A parable for our times? "As the debate over multiculturalism continues, the societies to which the adjective is applied change in complex ways, as I ...