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About Christian Peterson
NBN Episodes hosted by Christian:
September 16, 2016
America Abroad
A decade and a half of exhausting wars, punishing economic setbacks, and fast-rising rivals has called into question America's fundamental position an…
September 2, 2016
Crimea
In 2014 Crimea shaped the headlines much as it did some 160 years ago, when the Crimean War pitted Britain, France and Turkey against Russia. Yet few …
July 1, 2016
Chinese Nuclear Proliferation
While the world's attention is focused on the nuclearization of North Korea and Iran and the nuclear brinkmanship between India and Pakistan, China is…
June 23, 2016
Empowering Revolution
As the most populous country in Eastern Europe as well as the birthplace of the largest anticommunist dissident movement, Poland is crucial in underst…
May 13, 2016
The Democracy Promotion Paradox
In book his new book The Democracy Promotion Paradox (Brookings Institution Press, 2015), Lincoln A. Mitchell (Political Correspondent for the New Yor…
April 30, 2016
Realpolitik
Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean. To some, it represents the best approach to meaningful…
April 8, 2016
Humanitarian Invasion
The plight of Afghanistan remains as relevant a question as ever in 2016. Just what did the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the international occupat…
December 30, 2015
Empires and Colonies in the Modern World
Heather Streets-Salter's and Trevor R. Getz's new book Empires and Colonies in the Modern World (Oxford University Press, 2015) takes on world history…
December 7, 2015
The Modern Spirit of Asia
What are the differences between religion, magic, and spirituality? Over time, these categories have been articulated in a variety of ways across diff…
December 4, 2015
Of Limits and Growth
Today, sustainability is all the rage. But when and why did the idea of sustainable development emerge, and how has its meaning changed over time? …
October 29, 2015
Open Wounds
The assassination of the Armenian-Turkish activist Hrant Dink in 2007 raised uncomfortable questions about a historical tragedy that the leaders of th…
October 6, 2015
Degrees of Freedom
"What exactly is liberalism?" The independent scholar Edwin van de Haar tackles this important question in his new book Degrees of Freedom: Liberal Po…
June 20, 2015
Religion and Post-Conflict Statebuilding
The subject of statebuilding has only become a more visible issue since the end of the Cold War and collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the 1990s, the…
May 18, 2015
The Summit
The functioning of the global economy remains as relevant a topic as ever before. Commentators continue to debate the causes and consequences of the f…
March 11, 2015
The United States, Italy, and the Origins of Cold War
In the annals of cold war history Italy is rarely seen as a crucial locale. In his stimulating new book, The United States, Italy, and the Origins of …
December 12, 2014
Why We Lost
During the past several years, numerous books and articles have appeared that grapple with the legacy and lessons of the recent U.S. wars in Iraq and …
November 28, 2014
Conservative Internationalism
The recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have raised important questions about the future direction of U.S. foreign policy and how Americans can best e…
November 3, 2014
The Limits of Partnership
In 2005, the Comedy Central Network aired an episode of "South Park" in which one of the characters asked if any "Third World" countries other than Ru…
October 10, 2014
Shifting Sands
Any person who turns on CNN or Fox News today will see that the United States faces a number of critical problems in the Middle East. This reality sho…