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MAR 22, 2018 Podcast

Piety and Public Opinion: Understanding Indonesian Islam, with Tom Pepinksy

Are there differences in political, social, and economic attitudes among Indonesians--and Indonesian Muslims in particular--based on their levels of religious piety? Intriguingly, Tom Pepinsky and ...

Detail from book cover.

MAR 21, 2018 Podcast

The Origins of Happiness, with Richard Layard

Today we can accurately measure happiness and we know much more about its causes, says Professor Layard. It turns out that getting richer is often ...

Andrew Yang. CREDIT: Billy Pickett.

MAR 21, 2018 Podcast

The Case for Universal Basic Income, with Andrew Yang

Automation is causing the greatest shift in human history and will put millions of Americans out of work, says entrepreneur and 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang. ...

U.S. and NATO military members, Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 2017. CREDIT: <a href-"http://www.ramstein.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1228559/us-nato-wrap-up-saber-strike-17/">U.S Air Force/Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh</a>

MAR 16, 2018 Podcast

European Futures in the Shadow of American Disengagement, with Andrew Michta

Europe is going through deep structural changes, says Andrew Michta of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. He argues that it may ...

MAR 16, 2018 Podcast

The Return of Marco Polo's World, with Robert D. Kaplan

If you wish to understand the depth and breadth of the geographical, historical, technological, and political forces that are shaping our world, there is no ...

MAR 15, 2018 Podcast

The U.S. Foreign Service and the Importance of Professional Diplomacy, with Nicholas Kralev

Professional diplomats are made not born, says Nicholas Kralev of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy. It's not enough to be a people person: training is ...

Protest against the Philippine drug war at Philippine Consulate General, New York City, October 2016. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philippines_Drug_War_Protest_2.jpg">VOCAL-NY (CC)</a>

MAR 14, 2018 Podcast

Fighting Threats to Philippine Democracy, with Joy Aceron

"Despite the vibrancy of civil society, political and economic power continues to be in the hands of very few people in the Philippines. In fact, ...

Defendants at the Nuremberg trials, including Hermann Göring (at the left edge on the first row of benches), 1945/1946. <br>CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuremberg_Trials_retouched.jpg">U.S.Government/Public Domain</a>

MAR 13, 2018 Podcast

The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes, with Dan Plesch

Before Nuremberg--indeed, long before the end of the war--there was the United Nations War Crimes Commission, a little-known agency which assisted national governments in putting ...

Detail from book cover of <i>The Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxis Drivers, Mobility, and Politics in Bangkok</i>

MAR 9, 2018 Podcast

Motorcycles & the Art of Politics in Thailand, with Claudio Sopranzetti

Anthropologist Sopranzetti's new book discusses the surprising role of motorcycle taxi drivers in a recent coup in Thailand, and their important place in everyday Thai ...

Melanne Verveer. CREDIT: Billy Pickett.

MAR 8, 2018 Podcast

Economics, Peace, Security, and "Women's Issues" with Ambassador Melanne Verveer

We have made tremendous progress, but there's still a long way to go, says Melanne Verveer, head of Georgetown's Institute for Women, Peace and Security ...