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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 26, 2017
Political History and Theory
U.S. Entry Into World War I: Lessons One Hundred Years Later
One hundred years ago this month, the United States declared war on Germany and thereby entered World War I. Experts discuss why the United States entered "the Great War," the consequences it had for…
November 30, 2010
Heads of State and Government
National History Center Series: Presidents and the Lure of War
DOUGLAS G. BRINKLEY: Good evening, everybody. Hello. Good evening. I'm historian Douglas Brinkley, and it's a great honor as always to be here at the council, but particularly to get to introduce to…
November 30, 2010
Heads of State and Government
Presidents and the Lure of War
Newsweek editor-at-large, Evan W. Thomas III discusses U.S. military history and the various reasons that former presidents have gone to war. This meeting is part of a series hosted with the Nationa…
October 22, 2020
Elections and Voting
Voting and Demographics in Election 2020
Theodore R. Johnson, senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, discusses the factors that distinguish Election 2020 from previous election cycles, including demographic shifts and voting beha…
February 22, 2006
Peacekeeping
HBO History Maker Series: Terje Roed-Larsen
Watch Terje Roed-Larsen discuss his past and present role in the Middle East peace process as part of the Home Box Office (HBO)-sponsored History Makers Series.