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FEB 27, 2017 Podcast

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Soon, humankind may be able to replace natural selection with intelligent design and to create the first inorganic lifeforms, says Yuval Noah Harari. If so, ...

U.S. Navy helicopter in the South China Sea. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/compacflt/17174540208/">U.S. Pacific Fleet</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">(CC)</a>

FEB 23, 2017 Podcast

A "Chaotic" White House, and the U.S. Role in Asia and the World

In this outspoken and thoughtful interview, former State Department adviser Eliot Cohen expresses his dismay at the "chaotic and very badly run administration" and discusses ...

Shanghai. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/88556909@N05/8160802746">Gonzalo RA</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

FEB 23, 2017 Podcast

Geoeconomics and Statecraft: Is China Outdoing the United States?

Co-author of "War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft," Jennifer Harris defines geoeconomics as "the use of economic instruments to achieve specific geopolitical results." Why ...

FEB 22, 2017 Podcast

Launch of Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative

C2G2 serves a vital purpose: connecting and mobilizing actors from many sectors of society to look at the very real possibilities of engineering the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe at the White House, February 10, 2017. CREDIT: <a href="http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/actions/201702/10article1.html">Government of Japan</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">(CC)</a>

FEB 22, 2017 Podcast

Trump and the "Trilateral Relationship" in Northeast Asia

Asia expert and former Bush administration official Michael Green discusses the recent meeting between Trump and Abe and what may come of it, on trade ...

FEB 16, 2017 Podcast

Global Ethics Forum Preview: Kumi Naidoo on Human Rights and the Impact of Climate Change

Next time on Global Ethics Forum, former Greenpeace executive Kumi Naidoo discusses his life of activism, from fighting apartheid in South Africa to his focus ...

FEB 15, 2017 Podcast

Data for the People: How to Make our Post-Privacy Economy Work for You

"I want people to be empowered by the data they create and not to be stifled by the data they create," says Andreas Weigend, one ...

Alexander Görlach. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni

FEB 14, 2017 Podcast

Alexander Görlach on Threats to Liberal Democracy

In this wide-ranging and lively discussion, Alexander Görlach, founder of the debate magazine "The European," tackles the rise of populism and the far right ...

Stephanie Sy and Robert Quinn. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni

FEB 13, 2017 Podcast

A Conversation with Robert Quinn on Scholars at Risk

Scholars at Risk provides temporary teaching positions and advisory services to hundreds of threatened scholars around the world. Quinn describes how its caseload has doubled ...

FEB 13, 2017 Podcast

The Global Phenomenon of #GivingTuesday

Jessica Schneider, of the Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, explains how and her team ...