MAY 22, 2009 • Podcast
George Kennan, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War Reconsidered
Historian John Lukacs discusses his close friend George Kennan. Kennan was an architect of the Cold War, but after 1950 he became one of its critics ...
MAY 22, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: How Do We Know When We've Been Bad?
To become ethical, must behavior be grounded in a religious faith or other system of belief? How do we judge the behavior of states and ...
MAY 20, 2009 • Podcast
The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East
Despite all the bloodshed in its recent history, the Middle East is still a place of warmth, humanity, and generous eccentricity. Within the turmoil there ...
MAY 19, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Our Biology Makes Us All Truly Equal
"Race" is a persistent example of our imagination.
MAY 19, 2009 • Article
Obama Could Send Message to Iran With...a Message to Iran
In one letter, Obama could spell out common interests, mutual concerns, and prospects for peace.
MAY 19, 2009 • Podcast
The Geopolitics of Emotion: How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
What are the driving emotions behind our cultural differences? How do these varying emotions influence the political, social, and cultural conflicts that roil our world?
MAY 19, 2009 • Podcast
The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
Have U.S. actions in the "war on terror" blurred the distinction between local and global struggles? How can the U.S. develop strategies that ...
MAY 15, 2009 • Podcast
Devin Stewart Interviews Kazumasa Iwata
Kazumasa Iwata, head of the Japanese Cabinet Office's Economic and Social Research Institute, discusses moving towards a low-carbon society, Japan's response to the financial crisis, ...