Overview
Public Affairs hosted speakers who are prominent people in the world of international affairs, from acclaimed authors, to Nobel laureates, to high-ranking UN officials.
APR 17, 2013 • Podcast
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War (2013)
Andrew Bacevich argues that militarism now permeates U.S. society. These attitudes emerged in the decades after the Vietnam War, and are at odds both ...
APR 16, 2013 • Podcast
To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism
Very soon, "smart" technologies and "big data" will allow us to make sophisticated interventions in everyday life. Technology will create incentives to get more people ...
APR 15, 2013 • Podcast
Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
Which countries will be the next big thing? Most follow a four-point cycle, says Sharma: "You have economic crisis. They carry out economic reforms. After ...
MAR 21, 2013 • Podcast
The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
Ian Morris demonstrates that social development can be measured across thousands of years. Based on past trends, what can we expect in the future? For ...
MAR 15, 2013 • Podcast
Public Affairs: Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice
In this inspiring talk about her extraordinary life so far, Mary Robinson tells us of her early years and how she became president of Ireland, ...
MAR 8, 2013 • Podcast
Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State
Economic growth is driven by successive processes of trial and error: research and invention and then experiments in exploiting the new economic space opened by ...
FEB 25, 2013 • Podcast
Behind the Headlines--After the Israeli Elections: A New Chapter or More of the Same?
Why were the recent Israeli elections results so different from expectations? Why were the main issues domestic ones, with little attention paid to Iran or ...
FEB 19, 2013 • Podcast
Public Affairs: China's Search for Security
In this masterly and comprehensive talk, Andrew Nathan looks at the world from Beijing's viewpoint and sees a very challenging environment for China. He identifies ...
FEB 12, 2013 • Podcast
The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World
As more people become prosperous and interstate conflicts diminish, there is a convergence between East and West, says Kishore Mahbubani. Now we have to change ...
FEB 4, 2013 • Podcast
After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
Alan S. Blinder, Princeton professor, "Wall Street Journal" columnist, and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, explains how the worst economic crisis in ...