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Worldwise: The Perils of Global Legalism
Henry Farrell & Eric Posner

Oct 19

2009

	Eric’s new book, “The Perils of Global Legalism”
	Debating the limits of international law
	When does international law work?
	Remaking the world in Sweden’s image
	Can the EU serve as a model for the rest of the world?
	What if an international law violates a nation’s values?

Worldwise: Russian Relations
Dimitri K. Simes & James F. Collins

Oct 12

2009

	Previewing Secretary Clinton’s upcoming Russia trip
	Is Russia serious about sanctions on Iran?
	Clinton won’t be meeting Putin. Is this a problem?
	Ominous Soviet parallels in America’s Afghanistan struggle
	Dimitri: Russia not yet embracing Obama’s proffered hand
	Western companies face difficult terms from Putin

Worldwise: Central and South East Asia
Sundaa Bridgett Jones & Alanna Shaikh

Oct 5

2009

	The problems of the “stans”
	Central Asia’s baby boomers
	The region’s major health challenges
	Will misery ever lead to revolt?
	America’s struggle in Pakistan
	If Karzai survives, will he be weaker or stronger?

Worldwise: Reasons to Be Happy You’re in Pittsburgh
Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner

Sep 27

2009

	The late-breaking, strategically made news about Iran
	Is the Iranian regime stable enough to negotiate?
	What’s the bare minimum Iran has to do to avoid sanctions?
	The G-8 is dead. Long live the G-20!
	Multilateralism: Bush vs. Obama
	Obama’s UN week will hurt his poll numbers

Worldwise: The Inevitable Issue
Helena Cobban & Marina Ottaway

Sep 21

2009

	Grading Obama’s Middle East approach
	Can rebuilding the Palestinian economy lead to peace?
	The complex effects of the Fatah-Hamas rivalry
	Helena: Israel is turning its back on the Middle East
	Why is the Middle East so undemocratic?
	Is Iraq returning to civil war?

Worldwise: A Spicy Security Policy Stew
Robert Farley & Rachel Kleinfeld

Sep 14

2009

	Is there a progressive security policy?
	Adding pacifism and anti-imperialism to the security stew
	Why counterinsurgency and liberalism go hand in hand
	Confronting the moral relativism charge
	How should progressives think about the Af-Pak drone war?
	The fuzzy ethics of 21st-century warfare

Worldwise: The Asian Century
Parag Khanna & Ali Wyne

Sep 7

2009

	Will the rest of Asia accept China’s rise to preeminence?
	Domestic problems that can curb China’s global influence
	Predicting when China will surpass the US economically
	Debating the collapse of American hegemony
	How can “non-interventionist” China lead an integrated world?
	The 21st century belongs to no one. And everyone.

Worldwise: Strategic Thinking Out Loud
Rachel Kleinfeld & Christian Brose

Aug 31

2009

	Can America remain a great power?
	Rachel: Don’t divide state and non-state threats
	Drafting a security strategy for the 21st century
	The problem with modern alliances
	It’s time for Europe and Afghanistan to lead
	Should the US support the corrupt Afghan government?

Worldwise: Transatlantic Pragmatism
John Hulsman & Charles Kupchan

Aug 25

2009

	The many disappointments of the European Union
	What will the next global order look like?
	The last best chance to turn rising powers into global stakeholders
	Why American conservatives are EU-skeptics
	Worrisome anti-European sentiment among British conservatives
	How to save NATO

Worldwise: Stuck With Afghanistan
Joshua Foust & Michael Cohen

Aug 17

2009

	Optimism vs. pessimism on Afghanistan
	Vague goals, uncertain metrics
	Failing to capitalize on success, mission-creeping into a drug war
	Which lessons should we take from Iraq?
	If the Taliban returns to power, will America be cool with that?
	Can the US still fight wars effectively?

Worldwise: The Hound of the Bloggingheads
Daniel Drezner & David Frum

Aug 10

2009

	Clinton in North Korea: distasteful but necessary
	Now Iran has US hostages, too—what should Obama do?
	Dan: John Bolton is the Glenn Beck of foreign policy
	Why North Korea’s neighbors support the status quo
	How the Iranian upheaval hurts Obama
	David: Make Iran’s leaders permanent international pariahs

Worldwise: Stab-in-the-Back Edition
Andres Martinez & Matt Welch

Aug 3

2009

	Did Joe Biden reset the US-Russia “reset”?
	Andrés: America screwed up the post-Soviet Russian relationship
	Is an attack on Latvia an attack on America?
	Why Obama is failing on health care
	Matt: Birthers are an incredible boon to Obama
	How US immigration policy affects the coup in Honduras

Worldwise: Understanding Identity in the Muslim World
Amit Pandya & James Pinkerton

Jul 29

2009

	Did Obama pick the wrong time to go realist on the Middle East?
	Iranian interests and identities
	How might a stable Iraq emerge?
	Amit: Afghanistan didn’t have to be “Obama’s war”
	Trusting Pakistan to solve its own problems
	An 18th-century philosopher’s 21st-century foreign policy wisdom

Worldwise: Failed States
Pauline Baker & Christopher Preble

Jul 21

2009

	Somalia: 2009’s most failed state
	Prospects for future interventions in the wake of the Iraq War
	What justifies intervention in a failed state?
	What can America do about threats from ungoverned spaces?
	Oases of non-conflict and the ironies of sovereignty
	Chris questions the utility of economic sanctions

Worldwise: No Nukes Is Good Nukes
Elizabeth Turpen & James Acton

Jul 13

2009

	Should we even be talking about nuclear abolition?
	Fixing US nuclear weapons labs to avoid “disarming by default”
	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty horse trading
	The need for (and hurdles to) US leadership
	The North/South disconnect on the UN’s nonproliferation efforts
	Grading Obama’s discussions with the Russians

Worldwise: A World of Priorities
Will Ferroggiaro & Judah Grunstein

Jul 6

2009

	Will: What should America’s priorities be?
	What Europe wants America to do
	How history’s shadow colors international relations
	Strengthening the UN strengthens the US
	Equipping US students for the modern world
	Does McDonald’s increase America’s soft power?

Worldwise: Live From Beirut
Ellen Laipson & Paul Salem

Jun 30

2009

	Paul sees an “Obama effect” in Iran
	Iran loses its luster in the eyes of Muslims
	Why Ellen is optimistic about Iraq
	Lebanon + Iran + Obama = a more positive future?
	Why Hezbollah is still happy
	What Obama hasn’t yet faced in Israel-Palestine

Worldwise: Witnessing History in Iran
Gary Sick & Afshin Molavi

Jun 21

2009

	Deep divisions within the Iranian regime
	Moussavi, the “accidental leader” of the opposition
	Eroding legitimacy and expanding repression
	Obama’s huge challenge
	Afshin: What Bloggingheads viewers can do
	Political Islam: It’s not easy being green

Worldwise: Iranian Instability and Pirate Parliamentarians
Henry Farrell & Judah Grunstein

Jun 15

2009

	Covering Iran’s election: MSM fails, blogs filter
	Is the Iranian regime in danger?
	Henry wants a more contentious European Union politics
	The Pirate Party and the future of copyright
	NATO and the increasingly American war in Afghanistan
	Drone strikes in Pakistan: counterproductive or game changing?

Worldwise: Kittens of Democracy
Joshua Eisenman & Devin Stewart

Jun 8

2009

	Twenty years after Tiananmen, silence doesn’t mean peace
	The ethical power of Obama’s diplomatic approach
	Joshua: Solving North Korea is America’s responsibility
	Is the North Korean regime in danger of collapse?
	Freedom’s erratic course in Asia
	Could China’s rise actually make the US more secure?