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Scholars’ Circle – Aging & wars ; Peaceful use of nuclear power – June 29, 2025
Manage episode 492220165 series 179571
Does the aging world population mean fewer wars in the future? What exactly is a geriatric peace?

Our guest, Mark L. Haas, is the author of The Geriatric Peace – Population Aging and the Decline of War. [ dur: 30mins. ]
- Mark L. Haas is the Duquesne Professor of Political Science at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He is the author of many books including The Clash of Ideologies: Middle Eastern Politics and American Security. His newest book is The Geriatric Peace – Population Aging and the Decline of War.
Then, we explore a new book on the peaceful uses of nuclear power: The Wretched Atom by Jacob Hamblin. [ dur: 28mins., recorded August 2021 ]
- Jacob Hamblin is Professor of History at Oregon State University. His books include Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age, Oceanographers and the Cold War, Arming Mother Nature: The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism and his latest The Wretched Atom: America’s Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology.
This program is produced by Doug Becker, Maria Armoudian, Ankine Aghassian, and Sudd Dongre.
21 episodes
Manage episode 492220165 series 179571
Does the aging world population mean fewer wars in the future? What exactly is a geriatric peace?

Our guest, Mark L. Haas, is the author of The Geriatric Peace – Population Aging and the Decline of War. [ dur: 30mins. ]
- Mark L. Haas is the Duquesne Professor of Political Science at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He is the author of many books including The Clash of Ideologies: Middle Eastern Politics and American Security. His newest book is The Geriatric Peace – Population Aging and the Decline of War.
Then, we explore a new book on the peaceful uses of nuclear power: The Wretched Atom by Jacob Hamblin. [ dur: 28mins., recorded August 2021 ]
- Jacob Hamblin is Professor of History at Oregon State University. His books include Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age, Oceanographers and the Cold War, Arming Mother Nature: The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism and his latest The Wretched Atom: America’s Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology.
This program is produced by Doug Becker, Maria Armoudian, Ankine Aghassian, and Sudd Dongre.
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