So, what we're trying to do at the National Geographic, finally, is, we believe that politicians will never accomplish anything.

No politics, no plotting, no war.

We argued politics.

(Laughter)

There's not a country in the world that now is not asking whether we can afford what doctors do.

I suggest we discuss politics.

So for me this is extremely important.

Politics. As exciting as war.

What is the relationship between politics and war?

What's the relationship between politics and war?

But this is politics, not war.

He explained the political background of the war on TV.

And then, of course, they were used by extremists and politicians on the other side.

Actually, the answer is more nuanced and subtle than that.

Every day I hope that politicians, diplomats, development workers can turn conflict into peace and threat into hope.

Public opinion plays a vital in the political realm.

What has friendship become in the age of Facebook?

Add in the increased vulnerability of very large numbers of people in the developing world, caused by civil wars, ethnic conflicts, kleptocratic governments, disease ... you name it, you know it.

Political parties oh, boy.

And behind this powerful disagreement between how to close that gap, there's the worst kind of cynical party politics, the worst kind of insider baseball, lobbying, all of that stuff, but there's also this powerfully interesting, respectful disagreement between two fundamentally different economic philosophies.

The question is, which god was it?

This political problem gave rise to hot discussions.

Statesmen should take account of public opinion.

The Politics of Frustration

What do the Atkins Diet and the Japanese Diet have in common?

We'll be discussing politics, next.

You can't go to jail for something you haven't done.

I would start covering my hair.

He's a political consultant.

Political Officer!

Political Officer.

Political Officer.

Political Officer!

Tensions between these two families date back to 1913 when there was a dispute over local political power.

You'll notice too from the syilabus that we don't only read these books, we also all take up contemporary political and legal controversies that raise philosophical questions.

This will be difficult.

Lu Su, today we are celebrating.

Now, that is difficult.

So much attention in our world turns to what divides us.

I'm a good organizer.

Where would that leave us?

But what we won't do, what the country can't afford to do is refight the political battles of two years ago or go back to the way things were.

But beyond exhibiting contemporary art, the Hirshhorn will become a public forum, a place of discourse for issues around arts, culture, politics and policy.

Ines So why is prevalence still rising?

And that gets me back to the dollar, and it gets me back to reminding myself that we know this experience.