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NOV 2, 2009 Podcast

Five to Rule Them All : The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World

What has been, is, and should be the role of the UN Security Council? Bosco chronicles its history--its successes and its failures—and concludes with ...

This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

OCT 30, 2009 Podcast

This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Financial crises are not random events, say Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. Looking at the the data on boom and bust cycles that have occurred ...

OCT 30, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: When You Cross a Line

When balancing life's complex tensions, how do you know when you've crossed a line?

OCT 28, 2009 Podcast

Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia

After spending years in the Kingdom talking to people in all walks of life, Robert Lacey gives us a modern history of the Saudis in ...

Smallpox--the Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer

OCT 28, 2009 Podcast

Smallpox--the Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer

Real-life hero D.A. Henderson reveals how a small but fiercely dedicated team under his direction succeeded in eliminating smallpox, a disease which had killed ...

OCT 23, 2009 Podcast

Troops in Afghanistan and Fighting Foreign Wars

When war is a foreign insurgency, balancing human risks and possibility of success is a fundamental ethical dilemma for leaders. What do you think should ...

OCT 20, 2009 Podcast

David Speedie Interviews Baroness Shirley Williams: A View from the United Kingdom on Transatlantic Relations

In a wide-ranging conversation, Baroness Williams discusses the Obama administration's foreign policy; the situation in Afghanistan and in Iran; U.S. and British politics, including ...

Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy

OCT 16, 2009 Podcast

Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy

How can America build partnerships and coalitions to solve today's global problems? Will the nation continue to dominate world affairs, or are we fast approaching ...

OCT 16, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Award Achievement or Encourage Potential: The Nobel's Purpose?

When choosing Nobel Peace Prize winners, should the Nobel Committee think of the future, using the Nobel's prestige to encourage peace-making? Or should they identify ...

Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity

OCT 16, 2009 Podcast

Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity

Rwanda, Bosnia, Cambodia, Darfur, Congo, and more--since World War II, genocide has caused more deaths than all wars put together. Goldhagen analyzes how and why ...