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World politics and human nature are such that you can't assume that virtue will triumph. Human beings are flawed, they make mistakes; some of them are deeply flawed and do […]

The underdog.

How many people can the planet fit?

Walt aims for the non-polemical approach to opening discussion.

Walt applies both a theoretical knowledge about how international politics works and a careful analysis of particular circumstances to untangle or unravel specific puzzles that are facing foreign policy, usually […]

Walt describes how growing up in a priveleged Northern California family with a scientist father cultivated the idea that the highest pinnacle of human achievement doing was something involving ideas, […]

"Economics is a social science."

"It's the number of people."

We should be thinking more about the "we" than just about the "me."

Democracy in Cuba will be a work in progress for some time.

Better communication gives us a greater global perspective and a greater ability to empathize with those in danger.

It would not be a traditional global leader.

By the overreaction to terrorism.

Darfur, Eastern Congo, North Korea, Burma to name a few.

Roth does not necessarily see it as an advantage.

While there has been evolution in China, tremendous growth is needed.

Roth, on the significance of the Charles Taylor trial.

The U.S. must reestablish its moral authority.

The fear of intervention, says Roth.

Roth talks about terrorism, human rights and war.