Snack Break with Aroop

Snack Break with Aroop episodes:

• 05.17.2019

  Dr. John S. Park - North Korea's Surprising Endurance

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Dr. John S. Park, Director of the Korea Project at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, about North Korea's surprising endurance in the face of harsh sanctions, the 2019 Trump-Kim Hanoi Summit, and local...

  
• 02.09.2019

  Dr. Tarek Masoud - The Shifting Politics of the Middle East

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Dr. Tarek Masoud, the Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, about the shifting political dynamics of the Middle East, the region's potential for democratization, and a triple snack of doughnuts,...

  
• 01.13.2019

  Lisa Monaco - The Greatest Security Threats Americans Face

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Lisa Monaco, Assistant to President Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (2013-2017), about the greatest national security threats Americans face, misperception, fear, and Goldfish crackers.

  
• 12.02.2018

  Bob Mnookin - Negotiation and the Jewish-American Paradox (2018)

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Professor Bob Mnookin, Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, about the art of negotiation, Kissinger the Negotiator (Harper 2018), the Jewish-American Paradox (PublicAffairs 2018), and apple pie.

  
• 11.11.2018

  Jill Abramson - The State of the News

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Jill Abramson, former Executive Editor of the New York Times and Senior Lecturer in English at Harvard University, about the current challenges of news media, reasons for optimism, what makes a good story, and apples.

  
• 10.22.2018

  Dr. Steven Pinker - Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (2018)

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Dr. Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, about his new book, "Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress" (Viking 2018) and beer and mixed nuts.

  
• 09.13.2018

  Dr. Chris Miller - Putinomics: Money and Power in Resurgent Russia

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Dr. Chris Miller, Asst. Professor of International History at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, about his new book, "Putinomics: Money and Power in Resurgent Russia" (UNC Press 2018), and chocolate ice cream.

  
• 06.23.2018

  Dr. Mary Elise Sarotte - Russia, Europe and US Foreign Policy

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Dr. Mary Elise Sarotte, Kravis Professor of Historical Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS, about the end of the Cold War, US-Europe relations, Putin's strategic calculus, and chocolate.

  
• 06.13.2018

  Dr. Kelly Greenhill - Fake News and other Extra-Factual Information

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Dr. Kelly Greenhill, Tufts University Professor of Political Science, about extra-factual information (EFI), why people believe inaccurate information, what society can do about it, and spicy chickpeas.

  
• 04.13.2018

  Ambassador Laura Holgate - WMDs, Bad Actors, and North Korea

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Ambassador (ret.) Laura Holgate, President Obama's U.S. Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations and International Atomic Energy Agency (2016-2017), about how easy it is to get a nuke, who to worry about, the...

  
• 03.24.2018

  Dr. Liz Perry - China and China Policy

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Dr. Liz Perry, Harvard University Professor of Government, about what China wants, the risks of a growing China, Chinese national identity, and Japanese rice crackers (sembei).

  
• 12.19.2017

  General (ret.) James Clapper - National Intelligence, Russia, and Trump

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews General (ret.) James Clapper, 4th Director of National Intelligence (2010-2017), about national intelligence, the Russia threat, President Trump, and peanut butter cookies.

  
• 12.17.2017

  Avril Haines - International Law and US Role in the World

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews former Deputy Director of the CIA and Deputy National Security Advisor, Avril Haines, about international law, America's role in the world, and Cheetos.

  
• 12.13.2017

  Gina McCarthy - Scott Pruitt, Bonn, and the EPA

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Gina McCarthy, 13th Administrator of the EPA, about the Bonn Climate Talks, Scott Pruitt, the EPA, and Union Square Donuts doughnuts.

  
• 12.10.2017

  Dr. Derek Reveron - Exporting Security

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Naval War College professor of national security affairs, Dr. Derek Reveron, about national security, the second edition of his book "Exporting Security: International Engagement, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Face of the U.S. Military" (Georgetown University...

  
• 11.27.2017

  Dr. Laura Hatfield - Biostatistics and Health Care Policy

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Harvard professor Dr. Laura Hatfield about biostatistics, health care policy, and Trader Joe's Giant Peruvian Inca Corn.

  
• 10.29.2017

  Dr. Joe Nye - Leadership Theory, American Decline, and Soft Power

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Harvard Professor Joe Nye about the effect of individual presidents on foreign policy, American decline, soft power, and apples.

  
• 10.01.2017

  David Sanger - Reporting and Leaks in the Trump Era

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews New York Times national security correspondent David E. Sanger about President Trump's relationship with the media, leaks, and chocolate-covered macaroons.

  
• 07.10.2017

  David Gergen - Trump, Watergate, and the Media

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews senior political analyst for CNN and Harvard professor David Gergen about presidential image, Donald Trump, analogies to Nixon, and chocolate chip cookies.

  
• 07.10.2017

  Dr. Kathryn Sikkink - Human Rights in the 21st Century

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Harvard professor and political scientist Dr. Kathryn Sikkink about human rights, her new book "Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century" (Princeton University Press 2017), and shortbread.

  
• 06.25.2017

  Paul Mauro - Intelligence at the NYPD

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Deputy Inspector Paul Mauro, Executive Officer of Intelligence Operations and Analysis at the NYPD, about intelligence collection in the age of encryption, local and federal intelligence coordination, and halwa.

  
• 06.01.2017

  Dr. Peter Krause - Terrorism and National Movements

  Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Boston College political science professor Dr. Peter Krause about terrorism, his new book "Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win" (Cornell University Press 2017), and raspberries.