Blockchain: What It Is and How It Will Change Lives
Jonathan Johnson is the President of Medici Ventures, the venture capital subsidiary of online retailer Overstock.com. He played an integral role in getting the retailer known for its furniture stock ...
12 Jun 201857min
Common Sense Farm Subsidy Reforms
The Senate Agriculture Committee has slated the week of June 11th for markup of its farm bill. Despite repeated calls for fundamental subsidy reform it appears that the Senate Agriculture Committee bi...
11 Jun 20181h 10min
U.S.-Indonesia Relations and the Rise of China
The Rise of China is a reality. Its influence – and the opportunity it represents – is being felt from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Southeast Asia, however, is a neighbor. Indonesia, in fact, given In...
8 Jun 20181h 31min
Daughter of the Cold War
Grace Kennan Warnecke’s memoir, Daughter of the Cold War, is about a life lived on the edge of history. Daughter of George F. Kennan, one of the most influential diplomats of the 20th Century, as well...
7 Jun 201855min
Sharp Power: The Growing Challenge to Democracy
The concept of “soft power” evokes for many a benign alternative to the exercise of hard power as nations strive for strategic influence abroad. Among the United States and its democratic allies, soft...
6 Jun 20181h 4min
U.S.-North Korean Summit: Cancelled or Postponed?
What are the ramifications of the sudden termination of the planned meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un? What factors led to the cancellation and has the door be...
5 Jun 20182h 59min
The Transatlantic Bond: Preserving the West
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs A. Wess Mitchell will outline the Trump Administration’s strategy in Europe. He will highlight the important role of the transatlantic pa...
5 Jun 201852min
How Great Philanthropists Failed and You Can Succeed at Protecting Your Legacy
Men of amazing entrepreneurial genius – like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford – built commercial empires larger than the world had ever seen. They produced astronomical returns on ...
23 Mai 20181h 1min
