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Host Aroop Mukharji sits down for conversations with experts from the Belfer Center and beyond to discuss their areas of expertise and to get to know the people on the front lines and at the forefront of thought just a little bit better.
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Norman Roule (@Norman_Roule), a 34-year CIA veteran and Middle East expert, sits down with with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about the culture at the CIA, Yemen, and theater.
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More about Norman Roule: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/norman-t-roule
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Social psychologist Jennifer Lerner, the Navy’s first Chief Decision Scientist and a Harvard Kennedy School professor, sits down with with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about decision science, leadership, and the sunk cost bias.
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Read Lerner's Article on "Decision Science Meets National Security": https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/Lerner.2019.pdf
More about Jennifer Lerner: http://jenniferlerner.com
Belfer Center website: http://www.belfercenter.org
Cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog), author of the “Schneier on Security” blog and a Research Fellow with the Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project, sits down with with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about cybersecurity and tech, his book "Click Here to Kill Everybody," and the hacker mentality.
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More about Bruce Schneier: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/bruce-schneier
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Retired Army Major General William Rapp, former Commandant of both the United States Military Academy and the U.S. Army War College, and currently the Faculty Chair of the Belfer Center’s National Security Fellows Program, sits down with with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about civilian-military relations, congressional oversight, and the biggest adjustments to civilian life.
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More about William Rapp: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/william-rapp
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James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence and a Senior Fellow with the Belfer Center’s Intelligence Project, sits down with with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about his book “Facts and Fears,” defending the intelligence community, and comic books.
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More about James Clapper: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/james-r-clapper
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Robby Mook (@RobbyMook), Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Campaign Manager and a Belfer Center Senior Fellow, sits down with with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about lessons from the 2016 campaign, the Defending Digital Democracy Project, and dark chocolate.
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More about Robby Mook: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/robby-mook
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Calder Walton (@calder_walton), the author of Empire of Secrets: British intelligence, the Cold War, and the Twilight of Empire, sits down with with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about the history of intelligence, Russian espionage, and his favorite secret.
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More about Calder Walton: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/calder-walton
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James K. Sebenius, the Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author (with R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin) of Kissinger the Negotiator, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about why Kissinger was an effective negotiator, the lessons we can all learn about negotiation, and Trump’s private sector negotiations.
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Kissinger the Negotiator: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062694171/kissinger-the-negotiator/
More about James Sebenius: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/james-k-sebenius
Belfer Center website: http://www.belfercenter.org
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Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook (@Cluverc), Executive Director of the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project and the newly created Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, speaks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about the future of the U.S.-Europe relationship, how language can influence policy, and the benefits of dual citizenship.
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More about Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/cathryn-cluver-ashbrook
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Halla Logadóttir, former director of the Iceland School of Energy at Reykjavík University and co-founder of the Belfer Center’s Arctic Initiative, speaks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about the future of the Arctic region, sustainability in Iceland, and how Icelanders get their names.
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More about Halla Logadóttir: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/halla-hrund-logadottir
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Original Release Date: July 2, 2018
Radosław Sikorski (@sikorskiradek), former Foreign Minister and Defense Minister of Poland and a Fisher Family Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about the rise of right-wing nationalism, Russia, and gastrodiplomacy.
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Watch highlights from this interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9
More about Radosław Sikorski: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/radoslaw-sikorski
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Original Release Date: June 1, 2018
Margaret Macmillan, Professor of History at the University of Toronto and affiliate with the Belfer Center’s Applied History Project, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about how to identify good history, dead white man theory, and Canadian vs. U.S. donuts.
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More about Margaret Macmillan: http://www.margaretmacmillan.com
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Original Release Date: May 3, 2018
Kendall Hoyt, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School and former fellow with the Belfer Center’s International Security Program, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about improving response time to outbreaks, a brief history of anti-vaxxers, and how she got into biodefense.
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More about Kendall Hoyt: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/kendall-hoyt
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Original Release Date: April 2, 2018
Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Adviser, Belfer Center Senior Fellow, and Author of “Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change,” talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about Israel’s goals for the future, its relationship with the U.S., and his personal experience making aliyah as a teenager.
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Get the book “Israeli National Security”: https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/israeli-national-security-new-strategy-era-change
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More about Chuck Freilich: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/chuck-freilich
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Original Release Date: March 1, 2018
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall (@LSRTweets), former Deputy Secretary of Energy and Belfer Center Senior Fellow, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about the mystery surrounding the Energy Department’s National Laboratories, the smart grid, the U.S. nuclear arsenal, energy sources of the future, and her favorite energy bar.
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Watch Highlights from this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kCstR9Uf2M&index=3&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9
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More about Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/elizabeth-d-sherwood-randall
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Original Release Date: February 1, 2018
Ash Carter, the 25th Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Belfer Center, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about how he connected the technology industry with the Defense Department through DIUx, the tensions between the President and his cabinet, and what lessons we can learn from medieval history.
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More about Ash Carter: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/ash-carter
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Original Release Date: January 3, 2018
Vera Mironova (@vera_mironov), an Associate with the Belfer Center’s International Security Program, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about ISIS’s drug and alcohol problem, her experience embedded in combat zones, and how insurgents shop around for the best job opportunities.
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More about Vera Mironova: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/vera-mironova
Vera’s Personal Website: http://vmironova.net
Belfer Center website: http://www.belfercenter.org
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Original Release Date: December 1, 2017
Jake Sulllivan, former Director of the Policy Planning Office at the U.S. State Department and former National Security Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about the secret negotiations behind the Iran nuclear deal, long-term policy planning at the State Department, and how to stay sharp on a demanding travel schedule.
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More about Jake Sullivan: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/jake-sullivan
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Original Release Date: November 1, 2017
Avril Haines, former CIA Deputy Director and former Deputy National Security Adviser to President Obama, chats with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about being a woman at the CIA, why we don’t know much about North Korea, what it’s like inside the White House situation room, and how she went from indie bookstore owner to No. 2 at the CIA.
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More about Avril Haines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avril_Haines
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Original Release Date: October 2, 2017
Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of 'Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power,' talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about fracking, America’s strategic petroleum reserve, energy abundance, and her early start in geopolitics.
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Buy her book “Windfall”: http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Windfall/Meghan-L-OSullivan/9781501107931
More about Meghan O’Sullivan: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/meghan-l-osullivan
Belfer Center website: http://www.belfercenter.org
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Original Release Date: September 1, 2017
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