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MAR 10, 2014 Podcast

The Struggle for Iraq's Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy

In this bleak and revealing talk, Iraqi lawyer Zaid al-Ali provides an insider's analysis of Iraq's many failures of governance, from creating a constitution to ...

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MAR 5, 2014 Podcast

Crisis in Ukraine: Crimean Stand-Off

In the latest Security Bulletin, Russia expert Professor Nicolai Petro speaks from Odessa in southern Ukraine on the ongoing crisis, with a particular focus on ...

The Global War for Internet Governance

MAR 4, 2014 Podcast

The Global War for Internet Governance

Who controls the Internet? Internet governance is so technically and institutionally complex that it takes place mostly out of public view. But Internet control points ...

Statue of Blind Justice, Albert V. Bryan Federal District Courthouse, Alexandria, VA. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/6830726742">Tim Evanson</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">(CC)</a>

FEB 28, 2014 Podcast

"War on Terror," an Insider's View: A Conversation with Harold H. Koh

As legal adviser to the State Department from 2009 to 2013, Harold Koh was responsible for making judgments about the most difficult issues in the "war on ...

FEB 27, 2014 Podcast

The Future of American Warfighting: Lessons of the Contemporary Battlefield

What are the ethical and legal questions raised by unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, and surveillance? How do they affect combatants, decision-makers, and civilians? An expert ...

The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution

FEB 25, 2014 Podcast

The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution

The courageous Gianni Picco played a central role in negotiating the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, met with Saddam Hussein to bring an end to the ...

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FEB 24, 2014 Podcast

Crisis in Ukraine: The View from Beyond Kiev

This is the third in a series of Security Bulletins on the crisis in Ukraine, and here Dr. Nicolai N. Petro gives us a view ...

By All Means Necessary: How China

FEB 18, 2014 Podcast

By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World

As China's urban middle class expands, China's government--and private companies--are traveling the globe in pursuit of fuel, ores, water, and farmland. And the government has ...

FEB 13, 2014 Podcast

Differing Perspectives on Iran and the Middle East Peace Process: Is there a Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations?

Do the public disagreements between the Obama administration and the Netanyahu government over Iran's nuclear program and the current peace talks with the Palestinians signal ...

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FEB 13, 2014 Podcast

Rules of Engagement: The Legal, Ethical and Moral Challenges of the Long War

Can the drone campaign be legally and morally justified? What are the limits to the president's authority when it comes to targeted killing? Don't miss ...