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MAR 31, 2008 Podcast

Dealing Fairly with Developing Country Debt

Barry Herman, Lydia Tomitova, and Jonathan Shafter of the joint Carnegie Council–New School Ethics and Debt Project present the new book, Dealing Fairly with ...

MAR 18, 2008 Podcast

Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East

What are the ideas and movements driving change in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, the Gulf States and the Palestinian territories, and what are ...

A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity

MAR 18, 2008 Podcast

A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity

"In spite of being stingy, and in spite of being late, and in spite of being half-hearted, we are making progress," says Egeland. But we ...

Winners Without Losers: Why Americans Should Care More about Global Economic Policy

MAR 17, 2008 Podcast

Winners without Losers: Why Americans Should Care More about Global Economic Policy

Shining a spotlight on foreign trade policy as an agent for political change, Lincoln urges policymakers, the business community, and citizens to find a path ...

The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East

MAR 4, 2008 Podcast

The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East

Kishore Mahbubani argues that the Western dominance is waning and Asia has adopted many Western best practices, from meritocracy to free-market economics. Therefore it's high ...

Uniting Against Terror: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat

MAR 4, 2008 Podcast

Uniting Against Terror: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat

George Lopez gives an overview of effective, multilateral counter-terrorism measures, and as an illustration, Ambassador McNamara analyzes how Libya went from rogue state to member ...

Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed

FEB 22, 2008 Podcast

Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed

After the bloody war of independence, Algerians hoped for a brighter future. Yet an estimated 200,000 people were killed in the 1990s, and today Islamic terrorism ...

FEB 21, 2008 Podcast

Islam in Saudi Arabia's Politics

Bernard Haykel sheds light on the inner workings of Saudi Arabia, from the relationship between the government and various Islamic groups, to the position of ...

Freedom House Map of Freedom 2008

FEB 15, 2008 Podcast

Freedom in Retreat

Freedom House representatives and Larry Diamond discuss the findings of the FH annual survey, "Freedom in the World 2008," which shines a light on the decline ...

FEB 12, 2008 Podcast

Subprime: Is the United States Repeating Japan's Experience?

Economist and Japan expert Edward Lincoln discusses the similarities and significant differences between the Japanese experience and the current U.S. subprime crisis.