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SEP 2, 2009 • Podcast
Joel Rosenthal Interviews Thomas Griffith: When Is Military Outsourcing Appropriate?
When is outsourcing appropriate? asks Griffith. We need to be thinking more deeply about what using military contractors means for the U.S. in terms ...
SEP 2, 2009 • Podcast
Jeffrey McCausland Interviews Eric "Rick" Olson: The Role of Military Contractors
"I just couldn't conceive of a battlefield now without contractors," says Olson, former Major General in the U.S. army and now an independent defense ...
SEP 2, 2009 • Podcast
Joel Rosenthal Interviews Colonel Thomas X. Hammes: Unexplored Issues Regarding Military Contractors
Military contractors bring up many issues which have not been fully explored, says Hammes; loyalty, for example. While we can expect great loyalty from U....
AUG 28, 2009 • Podcast
Ecological Intervention
Do states have a responsibility to protect the planet? If so, who would decide when environmental protection is a legitimate reason to interfere in the ...
AUG 25, 2009 • Podcast
Interview with Robert S. Harrison, CEO, Clinton Global Initiative
"I hope that CGI is able to serve as the catalyst for action, the group that is essentially creating a market between companies and governments ...
AUG 22, 2009 • Podcast
Michael Selgelid on Infectious Diseases
Can we infringe individual rights to promote public health? Should, say, people be allowed to decide for themselves when they are too infectious to get ...
AUG 21, 2009 • Podcast
Global Migration: Open the Doors or Build the Walls?
Do immigrants help or hurt America? Closed borders cut off the world's best and brightest, while open borders may invite the world's desperate, criminal, and ...
AUG 18, 2009 • Podcast
Interview with Seth Merrin of Liquidnet Holdings
Seth Merrin is the CEO and founder of Liquidnet, a successful investment firm which gives 1 percent of its pretax income to philanthropic initiatives. Here Merrin ...
AUG 18, 2009 • Podcast
Jeffrey McCausland Interviews James Carafano: The Role of Contractors in Combat
Using contractors on the battlefield is not new for the U.S. What's more, it's a good option and it's here to stay, says Carafano. "...
AUG 14, 2009 • Podcast
Dealing with Dictators: North Korea
Should you ever deal with dictators? Two American journalists held hostage in North Korea were released as a result of Bill Clinton's recent meeting with ...