What was accomplished in Paris? Sanford's dean Kelly Brownell talks with faculty member Billy Pizer. Pizer is a faculty fellow with the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, a nonpartisan institute at Duke that focuses on finding solutions to some of the nation's most pressing environmental challenges. He also served a three-year stint as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy in the Treasury Department. Pizer says the structure of the agreement is one that he's excited about, particularly because it considers how hard countries are trying to make change. "I'm optimistic that once we have the right incentives and the commitments in place, we'll actually do a lot more things that people couldn't even imagine," Pizer says.

A new report explores the challenge and promise of using community policing strategies to prevent violent extremism. The author of the report is David Schanzer, Director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security. As a part of the report, Schanzer's team talked with chiefs of police nationwide, including a survey, interviews and site visits. He also conducted focus groups with Muslim Americans to better understand the community's feelings about how Muslim Americans are treated by law enforcement. "I'm excited about the report because I think it's one of the first things that tries to merge the views of law enforcement and the views of the community that they are interacting with," said Schanzer. He speaks with Sanford's dean, Kelly Brownell.

There's increasing concern about violent acts from religious extremists around the world and particular concern about such acts being carried out on U.S. soil. David Schanzer, Dir. of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security says many people see terrorists as angry individuals engaged in barbarous conduct. Schanzer argues such acts are really all about politics, not bloodlust. "If we want to solve this kind of violence, we have to understand that," he says. Schanzer speaks with Kelly Brownell.