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The birth of what we know as big science. The big money supported, cross institution collaborations that have supported both medicine and weaponry. How did science and government get so entrenched with industry, and one another? And what have been the results? Michael Hiltzik is the author of Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That Launched the Military Industrial Complex. [ dur: 28 mins. ]

Michael Hiltzik is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author. He has been writing for the Los Angeles Times for three decades and is currently the Times’ Business Columnist. He is the author of many books including, The New Deal: A Modern History; The Plot Against Social Security, and his latest Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That Launched the Military Industrial Complex.

Yemen is facing one of the worst humanitarian crisis on earth. How did it get to this? And what should be done? [ dur: 30 mins. ]

Charles Schmitz is professor of Geography at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an Affiliated Scholar with the Middle East Institute in Washington DC. He has authored articles “Negotiating Yemeni Peace: Deep Divisions and Hard Realities”, “No Winners in Yemen” and co-authored Historical Dictionary of Yemen.
Hammoud Salhi is Professor and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Cal State Dominguez Hills. He is a host of SWANA Region Radio on KPFK in Los Angeles. He is a commentator for Arabic media.

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Scholars’ Circle – Look at World Arms Trade -/- Insight into Good and Evil – July 30, 2017

August 6, 2017 host

First, a look inside the arms trade and its effects on politics and society.[ dur: 33mins. ]

Suzette Grillot is a Professor of International Studies at University of Oklahoma. She is the co-author of the book The International Arms Trade.

Then, we speak with Erwin Staub about his latest book, The Roots of Goodness and Resistance to Evil: Inclusive Caring, Moral Courage, Altruism Born of Suffering, Active Bystandership and Heroism. [ dur: 25 mins. ]

Ervin Staub is a Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Founding Director of its Ph.D. concentration in the Psychology of Peace and Violence.

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Scholars’ Circle – Animal and Human Connections -/- Humanitarian Intervention – July 16, 2017

July 15, 2017 host

First, do animals get depression, eating disorders, alcoholism, or diabetes? What can we learn from animals about healing? We explore the surprising common grounds between animals and human beings.[ due: 28mins. ]

Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., is a Professor of Medicine at the Division of Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is a cardiovascular consultant to the Los Angeles Zoo. She is the co-author of Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health.
Kathryn Bowers is a Fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. She is the co-author of Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health.

Then, do states have sovereign rights over their citizens or should outside forces bear responsibility to protect innocent victims within states? When should the international community/United Nations interfere? And how? What are the laws and ethics that should guide these decisions? Our panel of scholars looks at the politics and ethics of humanitarian intervention.[ dur: 28mins. ]

Frank Chalk is Professor of History and Director of Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. He is Co-director of the Will to Intervene project. He is the co-author of The History and Sociology of Genocide: Analyses and Case Studies, and associate editor of Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.
Jeff Holzgrefe is Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. He is the co-editor of Humanitarian Intervention: Legal, Ethical and Political Dilemmas.
Fernando Teson is Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar at Florida State University College of Law. He is the author of Humanitarian Intervention: An Inquiry Into Law and Morality and Philosophy of International Law.

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Scholars’ Circle – Power Shifts -/- Truth about Lies we speak and hear – July 9, 2017

July 8, 2017 host

First, power is shifting and changing hands more rapidly than ever. What does it mean for global politics, religion, and economies? [ dur: 22 mins. ]

Moisés Naím is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the author of The End of Power.

Then, while many argue that we are in a post-truth era, some scholars argue that deception has always been ubiquitous. In this hour, we get some truth about lying. [ dur: 36 mins. ]

For a transcript of this interview, please visit: TheBigQ

Timothy R. Levine is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the editor of Encyclopedia of Deception, Vol. 1 & 2 and many scholarly articles on deception.
David Livingstone-Smith is Professor of Philosophy in the University of New England. He is the author of Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind, Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others and The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War.
Briony Swire-Thompson is a Ph. D. student in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia. She is a co-author of the studies Processing Political Misinformation: Comprehending the Trump Phenomena, and Correcting false information in memory: Manipulating the strength of misinformation encoding and its retraction.

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Scholars’ Circle – Promoting GMO to Mexico by US State Department Diplomats -/- Effects of UK and France Elections – June 18, 2017

June 17, 2017 host

Is the US State Department using its diplomatic efforts to push genetically modified foods into other countries? Our guest says yes. She traced US multi-pronged effort to persuade Mexico to allow genetically modified foods.[ dur: 23 mins. ]

Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja, PhD candidate in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland. Her recent paper is titled, United States promotion of GM foods: the use of public diplomacy strategies and instruments to target government agencies in Mexico.

Then, what will the elections in UK and France mean for the geopolitics with the US and the world? We’ll explore what may be in the global political forecast. [ dur: 35 mins. ]

Jeroen Dewulf is Associate Professor in the Department of German, Director of the Institute of European Studies, and Director of the Dutch Studies Program at University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of The Pinkster King and the King of Kongo: The Forgotten History of America’s Dutch-Owned Slaves and Spirit of Resistance: Dutch Clandestine Literature during the Nazi Occupation.
Patrick Chamorel is Senior Resident Scholar at the Stanford University Center in Washington DC. He is the author of article Now it’s France’s Turn, Aspirations and Reality: French foreign policy and the 2012 elections, and the book chapter Anti-Europeanism and Euroskeptisicm in the United States
Mark Amsler is Director of the Europe Institute at the University of Auckland and Professor of Languages. He is the author of Affective Literacies: Writing and Multilingualism in the Later Middle Ages.

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Scholars’ Circle – Political Corruptions it’s history, causes, effects and remedies – June 11, 2017

June 10, 2017 host

We spend the hour discussing corruption, particularly political corruption, its history, causes, costs to society and possible remedies.[ dur: 58mins. ]

Paul Heywood is Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics at the University of Nottingham in UK. He is the author of the Routledge Handbook of Political Corruption, and the co-editor of Debates of Corruption and Integrity: Perspectives from Europe and the US.
Susan Rose-Ackerman is Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. Her publications include, Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform, Corruption: A Study in Political Economy and Anti-Corruption Policy: Can International Actors Play a Constructive Role?
Bruce Buchan is Professor of Political Science at Griffith University in Australia. His publications include An Intellectual History of Political Corruption: From Antiquity to 1800 and The Empire of Political Thought: Indigenous Australians and the Language of Colonial Government.

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Scholars’ Circle – Future of Europe – June 4, 2017

June 3, 2017 host

Today’s Scholars’ Circle was recorded before a live audience and explored the future of Europe, and whether the election of Macron gave signals about how the European Union would manage both internal and external issues.

Simon Green is Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University, UK. He is the author of The Politics of Exclusion: Institutions and Immigration Policy in Contemporary Germany. He is co-author of The Politics of the New Germany, and co-editor of Understanding the Transformation of Germany’s CDU.
John Morgan is Professor in the School of Education and Pedagogy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of research papers: Schooling the Crisis?, Education in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, and What do we mean by thinking geographically?
Mark Amsler is Director of the Europe Institute at the University of Auckland and Professor of Languages. He is the author of Affective Literacies: Writing and Multilingualism in the Later Middle Ages

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Scholars’ Circle – Insight into Russian Politics in Patronal System (2 of 2 ) -/- Discussion on “Just War Theory” – May 21, 2017

May 20, 2017 host 1 Comment

First, while many in the West decry the politics of the former Soviet Union countries as corrupt and anti-democratic, our guest argues that there are much better ways of understanding the processes and politics of patronal systems. This is part 2 of 2 part interview with Professor Henry E. Hale. You can find part one here. [ dur: 24 mins. ]

Henry E. Hale is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University. His books include Patronal Politics: Eurasian Regime Dynamics in Comparative Perspective, The Foundations of Ethnic Politics: Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World and Why Not Parties in Russia? Democracy, Federalism, and the State.

Then, on the Scholars’ Circle panel, What exactly is “Just(ified) war theory”? And can it be applied to modern warfare? [ dur: 35 mins. ]

Jeff McMahan is a Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of Killing in War, The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life and editor of Ethics and Humanity: Themes from the Philosophy of Jonathan Glover
Heather Roff is a Professor of International Studies at the University of Denver. She is the author of Global Justice, Kant and the Responsibility to Protect: A Provisional Duty (Global Politics and the Responsibility to Protect) .
Thomas Gregory is a lecturer of Political Studies at the University of Auckland. He is the author of “Drones – mapping the legal debate”.

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Scholars’ Circle – Media for Ultraconservative movement -/- Since LA unrest, what has changed? – May 7, 2017

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First, the roots of the ultraconservative media movement. Nicole Hemmer is the author of Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics.

Nicole Hemmer is Professor of Presidential Studies at University of Virginia. She is the author of Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics

Then, 25 years after the LA civil unrest, what has changed?

Manuel Pastor is Professor of Sociology and American studies and Ethnicity at University of Southern California ( USC ). He is co-author of following books, Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America’s Metro Areas, This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Reshaping Metropolitan America, Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future and Just Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America’s Metropolitan Regions

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Scholars’ Circle – Brexit implications -/- North Korea Insight – April 30, 2017

April 30, 2017 host

The political implications of Brexit. [ dur: 29mins. ]

Paul P. Craig is currently Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St John’s College. Professor Craig is a specialist in Administrative and EU Law. He is the author of Britain Alone. The Implications and Consequences of United Kingdom Exit from the EU [Brexit].

Then, on the Scholars’ Circle, making sense of the politics of North Korea. This discussion was recorded and originally aired on April 2013. [ dur: 28mins. ]

For a transcript of this interview, please visit: TheBigQ

Stephan Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies, director of the Korea-Pacific Program, and distinguished professor of political science at the School. He is the author of the book Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights into North Korea
Jacques E.C. Hymans is associate professor of international relations at the University of Southern California. He is author of Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation and The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation: Identity, Emotions and Foreign Policy.
Charles K. Armstrong, Professor of Korean Studies at Colombia University. He is the author of The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950

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Tag Archives: Governance / Law

Scholars’ Circle – Big Science insight -/- Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen – August 13, 2017

Scholars’ Circle – Look at World Arms Trade -/- Insight into Good and Evil – July 30, 2017

Scholars’ Circle – Animal and Human Connections -/- Humanitarian Intervention – July 16, 2017

Scholars’ Circle – Power Shifts -/- Truth about Lies we speak and hear – July 9, 2017

Scholars’ Circle – Promoting GMO to Mexico by US State Department Diplomats -/- Effects of UK and France Elections – June 18, 2017

Scholars’ Circle – Political Corruptions it’s history, causes, effects and remedies – June 11, 2017

Scholars’ Circle – Future of Europe – June 4, 2017

Scholars’ Circle – Insight into Russian Politics in Patronal System (2 of 2 ) -/- Discussion on “Just War Theory” – May 21, 2017

Scholars’ Circle – Media for Ultraconservative movement -/- Since LA unrest, what has changed? – May 7, 2017

Scholars’ Circle – Brexit implications -/- North Korea Insight – April 30, 2017

By Maria Armoudian