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FEB 4, 2020 Podcast

Do Morals Matter? Presidents & Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump, with Joseph Nye

How much do morals matter for U.S. presidents when it comes to international affairs? What are the ethics of "America First" or 2003 invasion of ...

Ottoman Empire map with partitions, part of the memoranda for the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peace-conference-memoranda-respecting-syria-arabia-palestine5.jpg">Stanfords Geographical Establishment London/Public Domain</a>

JAN 31, 2020 Podcast

The Crack-Up: The Birth of the Modern Middle East, with Ted Widmer

At the end of World War I, colonial powers carved up the Ottoman Empire and the reverberations are still being felt today. Historian Ted Widmer ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1063277">pxhere (CC)/Public Domain</a>

JAN 31, 2020 Article

In Favor of the Public Interest: Social Media Should be Regulated

"The sheer size of the social media market in news delivery, as well as the numerous instances of social media being used for harmful ends, ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/depsecdef/7846163030">DoD Photo By Glenn Fawcett/United States government work</a>

JAN 31, 2020 Article

Compromising on Censorship? The Case for a Bilateral Agreement Over the Internet

"To prevent this status quo where the sovereignty of some states is infringed by the power of foreign platforms, a deal should be struck between ...

World map with code. CREDIT: <a href=https://pixabay.com/illustrations/matrix-code-data-networking-1735640/>Pixabay (CC)</a>.

JAN 31, 2020 Article

Global Internet, Global Regulations

This essay written by Zahra Niazi is the third prize winner of the undergraduate category in the 2019 student essay contest. If cyberspace is an international ...