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Book cover image of Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray--and How to Return to Reality

MAR 11, 2010 Podcast

Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray--and How to Return to Reality

Jack Matlock, American ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991, corrects a number of pervasive myths about the Cold War, including the belief that it ...

MAR 10, 2010 Podcast

Michael Doyle on Nonintervention and the Responsibility to Protect

What circumstances justify overriding sovereignty? Michael Doyle discusses the difficult questions surrounding nonintervention and the "unanimous revolution" of 2005, which led to the new norm known ...

MAR 10, 2010 Podcast

Freedom of the Press in the Arab World: Al Jazeera's Contribution

Al Jazeera correspondent Khaled Dawoud reviews the history behind Al Jazeera and discusses some of the issues he has confronted regarding the channel and its ...

MAR 5, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Televising the Olympics: Where Is the Sport?

Does the quest for high television ratings deter Olympic sportscasters from focusing on strategies and techniques of sports? Should Olympic coverage focus more on the ...

The Science of Liberty:  Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature

MAR 1, 2010 Podcast

The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature

Timothy Ferris argues that just as the scientific revolution rescued billions from poverty, the Enlightenment values it inspired have swelled the numbers living in free ...

FEB 26, 2010 Podcast

Global Jobs Update: Assessing the Quality and Pace of Recovery

A panel of experts from the International Labour Organization, business, academia, and the EU discuss the actions taken to address this multi-faceted crisis, and give ...

FEB 26, 2010 Podcast

Is Public Diplomacy Beneficial for all Participants?

One goal of public diplomacy is to create allies inside other states through education programs or cultural exchanges. Should this be viewed as enriching individuals, ...

FEB 25, 2010 Podcast

Democracy: A Political System for Securing Human Rights

This talk took place at the 2009 Carnegie-Uehiro-Oxford Conference, "Human Rights, Democracy, and Democratization." It was part of a session entitled "Human Rights and Democracy: Ethical ...

FEB 24, 2010 Podcast

Some Pitfalls of Democratization

This talk took place at the 2009 Carnegie-Uehiro-Oxford Conference, "Human Rights, Democracy, and Democratization." It was part of a session entitled "Human Rights ...

FEB 23, 2010 Podcast

Sovereignty and Human Rights: Rethinking their Interrelationship

This talk took place at the 2009 Carnegie-Uehiro-Oxford Conference, "Human Rights, Democracy, and Democratization." It was part of a session entitled "Human Rights Protection, Democratization, and ...