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Should the U.S. shed some global ambitions and responsibilities? Or, is America's global role simply too important, both to the U.S. and the world?...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:15
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Should election results accurately reflect public opinion or should elections promote effective governance?

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Is it time to reform the U.S. electoral structure? Should more views be represented? Do narrow interests have too much power? What do you think?

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Are nuclear weapons a necessary evil? Is it better to live in a world with nuclear deterrence or one that is free of nuclear threats? What do you t...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Is the role of the NCAA to help students succeed through sports, or to garner money for educational institutions? With the high drop-out rate of NC...

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  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Benefits from altruism include approval, enhanced image, and neural stimulation--feeling good. Yet if you act selfishly you will have more resource...

  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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What do you think maximizes individual benefits in the marketplace? Is it cut throat competition or altruistic norms of fairness and trust? Can you...

  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Can basic income grants work for those living in extreme poverty? Or are grants discouraging people from taking individual responsibility?

  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Is Goldman Sachs responsible for the current financial crisis in Greece? Or should Greek politicians who knew of Goldman's practices be blamed for ...

  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Does the quest for high television ratings deter Olympic sportscasters from focusing on strategies and techniques of sports? Should Olympic coverag...

  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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One goal of public diplomacy is to create allies inside other states through education programs or cultural exchanges. Should this be viewed as enr...

  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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How do we balance the short-term interests at stake in the energy debate with our long-term needs?

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Is U.S. foreign policy determined by individual policy-makers and core values, or by external threats and domestic pressures?

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Has pluralism in America emphasized private interest over public good? Does the market for ideas need more supervision, or should the market rule?

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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For President Obama, what is the relation between religion and politics?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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America's global future seems in doubt with a frozen political process, mountains of debt, stagnant exports, global military commitments, and less ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Iraqis prepare an election poster, Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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The Eurasia Group identified ten top global risks for business this year, which should be understood not just as political and economic, but also a...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Is climate change a common public burden, or should individuals make their own choices? Globally do modernized countries have an obligation to deve...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Are we responsible for the well-being of children around the globe, millions of whom die every year from preventable causes? Or does charity begin ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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In a difficult and protracted war democracies may accept a draw due to a lack of public support. If you were caught between bowing to public opinio...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Within society there seems to be a general public disdain for excess and a private commitment to excess. Should there be formal or informal standar...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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What is the U.S. role in the world? There are two extremes. Being an example, or employing forceful U.S. engagement and being a moral champion. Nei...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Private contractors bring important skills to tasks outside the capability or mission of military personnel, but they are not accountable to the go...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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When balancing life's complex tensions, how do you know when you've crossed a line?

  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00