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A New Era of Economic Warfare

Eliot and Eric welcome Edward Fishman, Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy and Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University's SIPA program. They discuss the American tradition of reaching for economic sanctions as an alternative to kinetic military action or war and how U.S. policymakers have weaponized the role of the dollar in international finance to U.S. advantage.
Eric Edelman
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The presidency transformed? Trump 47 at 100 days

As President Trump reaches the 100-day mark of his second first year, join us for an assessment of how he is changing the institution of the American presidency. Using a new book by Sidney M. Milkis and Nicholas F. Jacobs—Subverting the Republic: Donald J. Trump and the Perils of Presidentialism—as a starting point, Sidney Milkis, Sai Prakash, Marc Short, and moderator William Antholis discuss the actions and conditions that may be reshaping our institutions, including Congress, the courts, the political parties, and interest groups.
Sidney Milkis, Luisa Terrell, Saikrishna Prakash, William Antholis
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Turning Point: The Vietnam War

This thought-provoking documentary series examines the harrowing consequences of the Vietnam War, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon.
Ken Hughes, Marc Selverstone