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OPENING PANDORA’S BOX WITH KATHARINA PISTOR
Is legally avoiding taxes a smart thing to do, or is it dodging one’s social responsibility? Does tax avoidance treat the law as a mere formality to circumvent, a tool to manipulate, or a shield of justification? How can we...
DO HUMANE WARS LEAD TO FOREVER WARS? WITH SAMUEL MOYN
Have efforts to make war "humane" made it easier for the United States to undertake military action? How do those efforts balance with efforts that are instead aimed at peace? What can we expect from the laws of war in...
KEEPING CZECH POPULISM IN CHECK WITH PETRA GUASTI
In the recent Czech elections, a broad coalition edged out the populist ANO (YES) party and changed the political landscape. Meanwhile, the ailing Czech president must appoint the government from the intensive care unit in order to avoid a constitutional...
THE LONG SHADOW OF 9/11 HANGS OVER GUANTÁNAMO BAY
The Graduate Center, CUNY · The Long Shadow of 9/11 Hangs Over Guantánamo Bay Philip Luke Johnson is a Political Science Ph.D. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is also a lecturer in the undergraduate writing program at Princeton...
GETTING IT RIGHT: THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUALS IN CONTEMPORARY FAR-RIGHT POPULISM, WITH JAMES MCADAMS
Where do intellectuals fit within the recent resurgence in right-wing populism? What differentiates European and American far-right ideologies? How internationally organized is today’s far right? A. James McAdams, William M. Scholl Professor of International Affairs, University of Notre Dame, talks...
WHY ANDREA ALÙ CHALLENGES THE LIMITS OF NATURE
The Graduate Center, CUNY · Why Andrea Alù Challenges the Limits of Nature Today’s guest is physicist and engineer Professor Andrea Alù, who joined the Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center, CUNY as the founding director of the...
THE FUSS OVER AUKUS WITH GARETH EVANS
What are the immediate and long-term political implications of the new Australia-U.K.-U.S. (AUKUS) cooperation agreement, providing Australia with nuclear submarines despite the fact that the French had been contracted to provide Australia with subs? Does the pact signal a return...
PROSPECTS FOR AFGHANISTAN UNDER THE TALIBAN WITH SARAH SHAH
What should we expect in Afghanistan’s future? How is the Taliban governing the country, and what challenges will they face? Will the end of the war bring peace, or will it leave a power vacuum that risks even further destabilizing...
How to Fight and Win a War on Guns
The Graduate Center, CUNY · How to Fight and Win a War on Guns Today’s guest, Professor Candace McCoy, is a faculty member in the Criminal Justice Ph.D. program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Trained in law, she applies legal...
FROM CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE TO HISTORIAN: RACHEL B. TIVEN COMES TO THE GRADUATE CENTER
The Graduate Center, CUNY · From Civil Rights Advocate to Historian: Rachel B. Tiven Comes to the Graduate Center Today’s guest, Rachel B. Tiven, is an established civil rights leader and change-maker who is coming to the Graduate Center to...