The Doorstep: TikTok & the Normalization of Protests Around the World, with Dr. Tia C. M. Tyree

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Amoral American Power, with Professor Matias Spektor

For decades, America couched its foreign policy not only in the language of interests, but in universal values such as freedom and human rights. But what happens when that moral framing of liberal values falls away? From the streets of Caracas to the skies over Tehran, U.S. power ...  Show more

Why Space Matters and How to Govern It

Since the establishment of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, space has been understood to be a "global commons" in which no country has sovereignty. But today, with over 90 countries and dozens of private companies operating in space—with the backdrop of a challenging and dangerous ...  Show more

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