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Small Risk, Catastrophic Consequence: The Challenge of Nuclear Terrorism
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 – 8:00pmMaclaurin BuildingsWatch this program. Listen to Jim Walsh on NPR’s “Here and Now”. Follow Jim Walsh on Twitter. Co-sponsored with MIT Global Zero.
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Iran and American Foreign Policy: Where the US Went Wrong
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 – 7:00pmBuilding 26Watch this program Flynt Leverett served at the National Security Council, State Department, and CIA and is currently a professor of international affairs at Penn State. Hillary Mann Leverett served at the National Security Council and State Department and negotiated for the US government with Iranian officials. She…
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LISTEN The Syrian uprising broke out more than two months into the Arab Spring and took everyone by surprise. For a number of reasons, the prospect of an uprising taking place in Syria at this point was deemed to be low, but the resilience and bravery of the…
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The Cold War Hangover: Nuclear Risks and Political Realities in the 21st Century
Thursday, February 20, 2014 – 4:00pmMaclaurin BuildingsSponsored by MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Global Zero.
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The environmental damage being done to the earth has reached crisis proportions. Many causes have been proposed: too many people; industrial society; human ignorance or inability to control themselves; human nature (greed); and a “perpetual growth philosophy.” Discussion will be focused on how the inner logic and normal…