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JAN 13, 2016 Podcast

Carnegie Council New Year Greeting

Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal looks back over the highlights of 2015 and forward to our ambitious plans for 2016 (includes slide show).

JAN 7, 2016 Podcast

Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2016

Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer discusses the top political risks for 2016 and gives a stark warning for the year ahead. Touching on the Saudi-Iranian tensions, China's ...

JAN 5, 2016 Podcast

Back to the Future? Battlefield Nuclear Weapons in South Asia

In this information-filled talk, Jeff McCausland, a retired U.S. Army colonel, explains why the India/Pakistan border may be the most dangerous place on ...

CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni, Carnegie Council

DEC 21, 2015 Podcast

Bearing Witness to War and Injustice: Ron Haviv, Photojournalist

From the Balkan Wars to both invasions of Iraq to the current refugee crisis, photojournalist Ron Haviv has been at the center of many of ...

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DEC 15, 2015 Podcast

Violence All Around

What is terrorism, and how is it different from other violence? How does technology affect rates of violence? How and when can nonviolence be effective? ...

DEC 9, 2015 Podcast

The State of the European Union: Challenges for the Future

Yes, says former EU Commission president José Manuel Barroso, the European Union is facing extraordinary challenges. But the EU also possesses extraordinary resilience and resources. ...

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DEC 4, 2015 Podcast

Sinai: Egypt's Linchpin, Gaza's Lifeline, Israel's Nightmare

The Sinai, this crucial land bridge connecting Asia and Africa, has become a haven for transnational crime, fostering arms trafficking, smuggling through the tunnels into ...

DEC 3, 2015 Podcast

Suchitra Vijayan on the Politics and Rhetoric of the Refugee Crisis

The co-founder of the Resettlement Legal Aid Project in Cairo during the Iraq War, Suchitra Vijayan discusses the refugee crisis from a legal, political, and ...

L to R: Ahmed Rashid and Barnett Rubin. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni, Carnegie Council

DEC 1, 2015 Podcast

Afghanistan and Pakistan: The Re-emergence of the Taliban and the Arrival of ISIS

Ahmed Rashid and Barnett Rubin dissect the complicated situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan--a region of many competing terrorist groups--and also comment on ISIS in the ...

Rami Khouri. CREDIT: Terence Hurley, Carnegie Council

NOV 23, 2015 Podcast

Perspectives from Inside a Tumultuous Middle East: Syria-Iraq-ISIS-Russia and Iran

The majority of the Arab World seeks justice, accountability, and democracy, says Beirut-based Rami Khouri. What we are dealing with now is bad governance in ...