MAY 10, 2022 • page
Are Nuclear Weapons Useful?
Are nuclear weapons useful? In a lecture titled, "Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons", Ward Wilson offers his thoughts on this question.
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Ethics of Drones and Civilian Contractors
Civilian contractors and drones are both present in United States military activities today. What are the ethics of employing these two actors rather than using ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Are We Becoming More Peaceful?
When examining the history of conflict and war, has mankind developed morally and politcally in a progressive manner? What do examples of 20th and 21st ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Leadership and Nonviolent Movements
"The good news is that you need a little bit of talent to be a leader, but, like in music, like when you are playing ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Do We Still See Dust Bowls Today?
Influential environmentalist Lester Brown gives a brief description of the American Dust Bowl of the 1930s and says a similar phenomenon is happening today in ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Franklin Roosevelt and World War II
Harvard's Joseph Nye presents a counterfactual about World War II: What would have happened if FDR had not been the president?
MAY 10, 2022 • page
U.S. Policy Mistakes in the Vietnam War (Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster)
Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster describes a series of events that led to what he says was an American war in Vietnam that lacked strategy ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Demystifying Cold War Myths
Jack Matlock discusses myths and misunderstandings about the end of the Cold War.