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Steven Lamy / Usc:
Iraq, Iran, and Terrorism—Critical Challenges for Obama’s Foreign Policy
This lecture offers a critical primer in American foreign policy, often defined as the articulation of national interests and the means chosen to secure those interests. It w... read more
Free TrialAnti-Americanism in Latin America and What It Means for the U.S.
Instructor:
Steven Levitsky / Harvard
Since 2000, Latin America has experienced an unprecedented turn to the left. Whereas 1990s had been the decade of the “Washington Consensus,” in the region, the 2000s have seen the elec... read more
Are Lawyers Subverting Criminal Justice in Our Courts?
Instructor:
Stephen Bibas / Penn
In England and colonial America, criminal justice was run by laymen, not lawyers. Ordinary citizens passed judgment as jurors, and everyone gossiped about trials and saw convicts punished in the t... read more
Bringing an Alleged Nazi to Justice 50 Years Later
Instructor:
Jonathan Steinberg / Penn
On June 22, 1941 at 3:00a.m. the Wehrmacht swept across the Soviet frontier. Each Army Group had a team of SS murders, the so-called Einsatzgruppen, assigned to exterminate the 5 million Soviet ... read more
