Office Hours
Host Aroop Mukharji sits down for conversations with experts from the Belfer Center and beyond to discuss their areas of expertise and to get to know the people on the front lines and at the forefront of thought just a little bit better.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 41
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
Ban Ki-moon on Trump, Climate Change, the UN, and His Favorite Foods
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…
Graham Allison on U.S.-China, War, Thucydides, and Corgis
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 Thucyd…
Mike Rogers on Leaks, the Russian Ambassador, and What Causes the Divide in Congress
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 Belfe…
Ehud Barak on Israel, the U.S., Trump, and His Curiosity About Clocks
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 (@aroopmukhar…
Wendy Sherman on The P5+1 Iran Nuclear Deal, Putin's Sense of Humor, and Snacks for Negotiators
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 h…
Mike Mullen on National Service, Worrying Trends, and Golf
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 tren…
Chuck Hagel on Advice for the Next SecDef, the Bowe Bergdahl Swap, and Having Fun in a Serious Job
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 Secre…
Mike Murphy on the 2016 Election and Possible Political Candidates from Hollywood
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 m…
David Petraeus on ISIS, PhD Training on the Battlefield, and His Ideal Vacation
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 va…
Jens Stoltenberg on NATO, Russia, and His Favorite American Meal
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…
Kelly Greenhill on Refugees, R2P, and Weapons of Mass Migration
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, b…
Zachary Kaufman on Transitional Justice, Genocide, and When Democracy Doesn't Work
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…
Steven Pinker on Language, Violence, and the Possibility of a Trump Presidency
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 wa…
Sir Peter Westmacott on Life as an Ambassador and U.S.-U.K. Relations
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 Br…
Michael Sulmeyer on Cybersecurity
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,…
Farah Pandith on Countering and Combating Extremism
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,…
Matthew Bunn on Nukes and Nuclear Security
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…
Richard Zeckhauser on Optimism, Paltering, and Eating Sushi
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 a…
Niall Ferguson on Kissinger, U.S.-China, and Playing Snape
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…
Juliette Kayyem on Homeland Security and Safeguarding Family
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 Muk…