MAY 29, 2013 • Podcast
Carnegie New Leaders: A Discussion with Independent Diplomat's Carne Ross
It's not always easy to do the right thing. "Had I had children, had I been 10 years older, I wouldn't have done it." In a ...
JUN 10, 2013 • Podcast
The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East
While domestic injustices and the information revolution were key factors, Dr. Telhami argues it's impossible to understand the Arab uprisings without also referring to foreign ...
JUN 11, 2013 • Podcast
Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era
Joseph Nye asks: "If the United States starts out the 20th century as a second-tier power and it ends up the 20th century as the ...
JUN 13, 2013 • Podcast
Ethics Matter: Jeremy Scahill on the World as a Battlefield
In the name of the "war on terror," the U.S. is conducting covert warfare and targeted killings, and it dismisses the resulting deaths of ...
SEP 15, 2013 • Podcast
Ten Billion
Stephen Emmott's short, bold manifesto asks the world to wake up and recognize that not only are the problems we face increasingly interconnected--including energy, climate, ...
OCT 1, 2013 • Podcast
Year Zero: A History of 1945
Ian Buruma makes a compelling case that many of the modern triumphs, such as the European Union, the United Nations, and Japanese pacifism, as well ...
OCT 4, 2013 • Podcast
Strategy: A History
Creating a successful strategy is not just a question of being cleverer than your opponent. Sir Lawrence Freedman lays out some cardinal rules: think about ...
OCT 9, 2013 • Podcast
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
We should break free of the cliché that World War I was futile, argues Max Hastings. "Germany in 1914, as ruled by the Kaiser and his ...