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OCT 31, 2006 • Podcast
Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New Political Debate
If we want substantial political argument--and without it, true democracy is impossible--both "the red" and "the blue" must recognize shared moral principles, says Ronald Dworkin.
OCT 26, 2006 • Podcast
North Korea's Nuclear Detonation and Northeast Asian Politics
Are the major powers prepared to live with a nuclear North Korea if the detonation acts as a check on U.S. power? How will ...
OCT 18, 2006 • Podcast
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
Vali Nasr argues that the Shia Crescent--stretching from Lebanon and Syria through the Gulf to Iraq and Iran, finally terminating in Pakistan and India--is gathering ...
OCT 11, 2006 • Podcast
The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South
Professor Philip Jenkins argues that by the year 2025, Africa and Latin America will have the largest number of Christians in the world. According to Jenkins, ...
OCT 5, 2006 • Podcast
Making Globalization Work
Economist Joseph Stiglitz offers new thinking about the questions that shape the globalization debate, including a plan to restructure the global financial system, ideas for ...
SEP 26, 2006 • Podcast
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
The twentieth century was by far the bloodiest in all of human history. How can we explain the astonishing scale and intensity of its violence ...
SEP 20, 2006 • Podcast
Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together
Senator John Danforth argues that religious people should engage in politics, but, he notes, "there is a difference between engaging in politics and transforming politics ...
SEP 15, 2006 • Podcast
Uberpower: The Imperial Temptation of America
International resentment and lack of legitimacy is the high price that America is paying for its imperial ambitions, says Josef Joffe. To repair the damage, ...
SEP 13, 2006 • Podcast
Can Cultural Values Save the Environment?
Drawing from the book "Forging Environmentalism," which focuses on China, India, the United States, and Japan, a panel of experts discusses the social and cultural ...
SEP 12, 2006 • Podcast
The J Curve: A New Way To Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
Ian Bremmer describes the political and economic forces that revitalize some states and push others toward collapse.