If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Ken Cook, president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group, discusses the enormous challenges as Congress begins work to reauthorize the omnibus Farm Bill. He touches on issues such as protecting land and water, spending taxpayer dollars on environmental programs, improving the quality of food, and enhancing federal...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Ken Cook, president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group, discusses the enormous challenges as Congress begins work to reauthorize the omnibus Farm Bill. He touches on issues such as protecting land and water, spending taxpayer dollars on environmental programs, improving the quality of food, and enhancing federal...

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Uzi Rabi, professor at Tel Aviv University, discusses Iran's efforts toward regional hegemony and provides insight into the various scenarios the Israeli government is considering in response.

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Charles Kupchan, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University, predicts the 21st century will not belong to America, China, Asia, or anyone else.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Stewart Gordon, Senior Research Scholar of South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan, traces the evolution of human history along the geographic routes that traversed it. Gordon discusses the physical and mental aspects of some of the great routes of human history, which were conduits for ideas, religions, art,...

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Jonathan Pershing, the State Department's Special Envoy for Climate Change, discusses the progress made on international climate policy and prospects for future agreement. Since the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was established in 1994, efforts to secure international agreement on climate policy have gained increasing...

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Journalist Hal Weitzman discusses South America's independence from the U.S. and the region's economic future. Weitzman analyzes the questions: Will the U.S. continue losing influence in Latin America? Will China soon dominate the area both commercially and strategically? Can the U.S. do business with countries from Mexico to...

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Human rights lawyer and diplomat David Scheffer provides new insights into the continuing struggle for international justice. His book "All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals" details the international gamble to prosecute those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Gilbert Achcar, professor and political scientist at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, discusses the conflicting narratives of Arabs and the Holocaust and considers their role in today's Middle East dispute. Achcar analyzes Arab responses to Nazism and challenges distortions of the historical record, while...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Journalist Peter Eichstaedt explores the links between the pirates, global financiers, and extremists who control southern Somalia and whose influence extends well beyond the country's borders. Eichstaedt attempts to answer the questions: Are the Somali pirates a legion of desperate fisherman attacking cargo ships and ocean...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. John Mearsheimer, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, provides the first systematic analysis of lying as a tool of statecraft. He identifies the varieties, reasons, and potential costs and benefits, arguing that leaders often lie for good strategic reasons, while distinguishing between lying to another...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. John Mearsheimer, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, provides the first systematic analysis of lying as a tool of statecraft. He identifies the varieties, reasons, and potential costs and benefits, arguing that leaders often lie for good strategic reasons, while distinguishing between lying to another...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Sociologist Zsuzsa Gille places the October 4, 2010 toxic spill in Hungary and political reactions to it in context of the country's post-socialist transition and the rise of a peculiar right wing party that is implementing an anti-neoliberal agenda. She describes how locals make sense of the tragedy, include their views on the...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Sociologist Zsuzsa Gille places the October 4, 2010 toxic spill in Hungary and political reactions to it in context of the country's post-socialist transition and the rise of a peculiar right wing party that is implementing an anti-neoliberal agenda. She describes how locals make sense of the tragedy, include their views on the...

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Journalist Ahmed Rashid and professor Ebrahim Moosa discuss the often overlooked social and political context of Islamist movements in South Asia. Rashid examines recent political developments in the Middle East, while Moosa explores the South Asian madrasa (Islamic seminaries) and considers how this educational institution...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Marine wildlife experts discuss 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the importance of the Gulf of Mexico in the US energy economy. Also addressed are the impacts of oil on marine ecosystems, the costs of the spill on the regional economy, and the risks associated with oil drilling in the US.