Office Hours

Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (2007–2016), takes a moment to talk with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, how to become UN Secretary-General, and his favorite meals in New England. Subscribe to the Belfer Center for a new episode of Office Hours the first of each month! Listen to the full interview and subscribe to the podcast: http://hvrd.me/K2K330e5mfD More about Ban Ki-moon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon Belfer Center website: http://www.belfercenter.org Listen to the full interview: http://hvrd.me/jeMZ30e5mj1 Original Release Date: August 1, 2017

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Graham Allison (@GrahamTAllison) takes a moment to talk with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about his new book “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?” Allison explains the big idea that is Thucydides’s Trap, what might spark war between America and China, and what he has in common with Queen Elizabeth II. Subscribe to the Belfer Center for a new episode of Office Hours the first of each month! Listen to the full interview and subscribe to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/office-hours/id1232032283 More about “Destined for War” and the Thucydides’s Trap: https://www.belfercenter.org/thucydides-trap/overview-thucydides-trap More about Graham Allison: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/graham-allison Belfer Center website: http://www.belfercenter.org Listen to the full interview: https://soundcloud.com/belfercenter/sets/office-hours Original Release Date: June 30, 2017

Former Chair of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers (@RepMikeRogers), the U.S. Representative for the 8th district in Michigan from 2001 – 2015, and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about tensions between the FBI and the White House, meeting Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, and who’s his favorite spy. Subscribe to the Belfer Center on YouTube for a new episode of Office Hours the first of each month! Listen to the full interview and subscribe to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/office-hours/id1232032283 More about Mike Rogers: http://www.belfercenter.org/person/mike-rogers Belfer Center website: http://www.belfercenter.org Listen to the full interview: https://soundcloud.com/belfercenter/sets/office-hours Original Release Date: June 1, 2017

Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak (@barak_ehud), the most decorated soldier in Israel’s history and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about who needs to defeat ISIS, how Israelis view President Trump, and his curiosity about clocks. Watch highlights on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok0JNSl-ZxQ&index=2&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9 More about Ehud Barak: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud_Barak Original Release Date: May 1, 2017

Former Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman, a lead negotiator of the P5+1 Iran Nuclear deal and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about her place in history as the first female Undersecretary of State, Vladimir Putin’s sense of humor, and how many snacks it takes to fuel a negotiating team. Watch interview highlights on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSsm3CIYZmQ&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=2 More about Amb. Wendy Sherman: http://www.belfercenter.org/person/ambassador-wendy-r-sherman Original Release Date: April 3, 2017

U.S. Navy Admiral (ret.) Mike Mullen, Chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff from 2007 to 2011, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about global leaders who are moving the needle, worrying trends in U.S. government, and golf and fly fishing. Watch Highlights on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7p8ywGyayk&index=2&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9 More about Adm. Mike Mullen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mullen Original Release Date: March 1, 2017

Chuck Hagel, 24th U.S. Secretary of Defense, former U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and former Belfer Center Visiting Fellow, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about his advice to the next Secretary of State, bringing Bowe Bergdahl home, being a pioneer in the cellphone industry, and how he likes to insert a bit of fun into a serious job. Watch highlights from this interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu_eJ6B6WXI&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=2 More about Chuck Hagel: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/chuck-hagel Original Release Date: February 1, 2017

Republican Strategist, Hollywood writer and producer, and Belfer Center Senior Fellow Mike Murphy (@murphymike) chats with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about the 2016 presidential election, kale messages, and who in Hollywood has the chops to be a viable political candidate for the Democrats. Watch highlights on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ygOepkVhT8&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=2 More about Mike Murphy: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/2728/michael_murphy.html Original Release Date: January 5, 2017

U.S. Army General (ret.) and former CIA Director David Petraeus speaks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about ISIS, America’s other challenges in the world, how he gets his news, and his ideal vacation. Watch highlights on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N57A-QOzf8E&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=20 More about David Petraeus: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/3016/david_h_petraeus.html Original Release Date: December 5, 2016

Secretary General of NATO and former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) speaks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about NATO, the Arctic, Russia, and what he looks forward to when he visits America. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bswgCP1pXoo&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=55 More about Jens Stoltenberg: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_49999.htm Original Release Date: November 1, 2016

Kelly Greenhill, an Associate Professor at Tufts University and a Research Fellow with the Belfer Center’s International Security Project, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about refugees, building walls, R2P, and weapons of mass migration. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2NbHnRGPaE&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=2 More about Kelly Greenhill: http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/experts/803/kelly_m_greenhill.html Original Release Date: October 3, 2016

Zachary Kaufman (@zacharykaufman), an academic specializing in political science, public policy, and law, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about transitional justice, genocide, and the time democracy failed him. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szjb9CJxKP0&index=47&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9 More about Zachary Kaufman: http://www.zacharykaufman.com Original Release Date: September 1, 2016

Steven Pinker (@sapinker), Cognitive Scientist and Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about language, violence and video games, the future of war, and the possibility of a Trump presidency. Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz-Ip7rrH…9yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9 More about Steven Pinker: stevenpinker.com Original Release Date: August 1, 2016

Sir Peter Westmacott (@PeterWestmacott), former British Ambassador to the United States and Belfer Center Senior Fellow, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about life as an Ambassador, the British embassy in Washington, D.C., and U.S.-U.K. relations. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRFBe0Gr_zY&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=2 More about Sir Peter Westmacott: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/3486/sir_peter_westmacott.html Original Release Date: July 1, 2016

Michael Sulmeyer (@sultanofcyber), Director of the Cyber Security Project at the Belfer Center and former Director for Plans and Operations for Cyber Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about protecting yourself online, running for office in the age of social media, and cyber security’s “sex appeal.” Watch highlights on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvEFAggwTGY&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=46 More about Michael Sulmeyer: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/3279/michael_sulmeyer.html Original Release Date: June 1, 2016

Farah Pandith (@Farah_Pandith), Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project and formerly the first ever Special Representative to Muslim communities at the U.S. State Department, sits down with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about how to curb the spread of violent extremism, particularly among Muslim youth. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmMOgySs8h8&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=29 More about Farah Pandith: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/3165/farah_pandith.html Original Release Date: May 2, 2016

Matthew Bunn, Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Principal Investigator at the Belfer Center’s Project on Managing the Atom, sits down with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about everything nuclear—from the nuclear football to the best way to prevent nuclear smuggling. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TY3vKMUQUM&index=2&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9 More about Matthew Bunn: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/368/matthew_bunn.html Original Release Date: April 4, 2016

Richard Zeckhauser, Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, at Harvard Kennedy School, sits down with Aroop Mukharji to talk about everything from how to test your optimism to eating salmon and saving the Air Force money. Watch the video clips on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bnyIjqKl40&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9&index=2 Zeckhauser’s Paper on Paltering: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/rzeckhau/paltering.pdf Original Release Date: March 1, 2016

Niall Ferguson (@nfergus), Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University, and author of “Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist,” sits down with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about everything from Kissinger, the “secret swinger,” to why ISIS is like the Bolsheviks. Watch the series on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QezWCcPFaU&index=2&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9 More about Niall Ferguson: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/1420/niall_ferguson.html Original Release Date: January 19, 2016

Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, sits down with Aroop Mukharji to talk about everything from safeguarding mega events to safeguarding your home and family. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HwWZqbwew&index=6&list=PLp1QSxtgPnf5jtL09yzdIlpSuNMOijtm9 More about Juliette Kayyem: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/62/juliette_kayyem.html Original Release Date: December 10, 2015