NOV 17, 2010 • Podcast
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
Master raconteur Simon Winchester tells a series of gripping and little-known tales of the Atlantic, the ocean he calls "the inland sea of modern civilization."
NOV 15, 2010 • Podcast
The U.S. Navy's New Energy Revolution
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is working to chart a new course for the Navy and Marine Corps, that by 2020 will dramatically reduce the ...
NOV 12, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Rare Earths Diplomacy
The world should expect China to leverage its dominance in rare earth elements to climb up the manufacturing value chain and build green technologies in ...
NOV 12, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Handpicking Successors and the Brazilian Elections
Brazil's President Lula da Silva handpicked Dilma Rousseff as his successor, even though she has never held political office. How important is continuity in governments? ...
NOV 10, 2010 • Podcast
Interview with Jonathan Rose on Green Real Estate
Jonathan Rose was one of the sustainability movement's "early adopters." He led the way in developing green affordable housing, and continues to focus on green ...
NOV 8, 2010 • Podcast
Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Robert D. Kaplan declares that the Indian Ocean area will be the true nexus of world power and conflict in the coming years and it ...
NOV 8, 2010 • Podcast
Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
Ian Morris draws on 50,000 years of history, archeology, and the methods of social science, to make sense of when, how, and why the paths of ...
NOV 5, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: The EU and Serbia
Would Serbian admission to the EU prevent another Balkan War? Is promoting Serbian democracy more important than securing justice for 1990s genocides? In pursuing war ...