Psychedelics help an Air Force veteran maintain sobriety from alcohol- The War Horse
Psychedelics help an Air Force veteran maintain sobriety from alcohol- The War Horse Scroll to top
Soldier carves Ranger scroll ice sculpture for Thanksgiving dinner
Soldier carves Ranger scroll ice sculpture for Thanksgiving dinner – The War Horse Scroll to top
VA sent warning letters to veteran disability benefit companies
VA sent warning letters to veteran disability benefit companies – The War Horse Scroll to top
Marine perseveres through health problems after service
Marine perseveres through health problems after service – The War Horse Scroll to top
Chris Blattman über Krieg und Frieden: “Ein Präsident mit sehr viel Macht erhöht immer das Kriegsrisiko”
Inhalt Auf einer Seite lesen Inhalt Seite 1“Ein Präsident mit sehr viel Macht erhöht immer das Kriegsrisiko” Seite 2“Funktionierende Gewaltenteilung und ein starkes System aus Regeln” Warum führen Menschen Krieg? Und wie findet man Wege zum Frieden? Der Politikwissenschaftler Chris Blattman ist diesen Fragen an den unterschiedlichsten Orten nachgegangen: in Norduganda und Liberia, dem kolumbianischen […]
Making The World A Safer Place
The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. Shankar Vedantam:This is Hidden Brain, I’m Shankar Vedantam. One of the first television crime dramas in the United States debuted in 1958.Audio/video:The same guys, wearing […]
What the Numbers Say About PM Liz Truss and Prospects for Peace | Opinion
Liz Truss is the United Kingdom’s new prime minister—that brings the number of female leaders in the G20 to two. She enters world politics at a tense moment: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine looks unlikely to end anytime soon, and tensions in the Taiwan Strait are greater than ever. The risk of a […]
Teaching Why We Fight in High School – Chris Blattman
My students love the book. One thing that jumps out is how clearly Blattman writes. For high school students who are encountering a big topic for the first time, clarity is incredibly important. The book really speaks to a wide audience. —Matt Cone, Carrboro High School, Carrboro, North Carolina I tried to make Why We […]
Teaching Why We Fight to Undergrads & Master’s students – Chris Blattman
I use Why We Fight in my undergrad international development class [syllabus], an intro-level course in an interdisciplinary major. Students love it, both the ideas and because the anecdotes gave them a sense of how development work and research are conducted. I’ve enjoyed it a lot myself. —Penn State sociologist Brian Thede Graduate students and […]
The Future Perfect 50: Chris Blattman, economist and political scientist, University of Chicago
Chris Blattman is an economist and political scientist at the University of Chicago, but he’s not the type to dwell in an ivory tower working purely on theoretical questions. Instead, he does empirical work that gathers data from the real world — which then influences the real world in turn. His recent research focuses on […]