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 9, 2009 • Podcast
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
In the past 50 years, Africa has received more than $1 trillion in development-related aid. Has it improved Africans' lives? No, says Dambisa Moyo. In fact, aid ...
APR 7, 2009 • Podcast
Barbara Crossette Interviews Nandan Nilekani
Journalist Barbara Crossette talks to Indian software entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani about his book, "Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation." Their topics include politics, ...
MAR 30, 2009 • Podcast
Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation
Nandan Nilekani argues that India's recent economic boom has triggered tremendous social, political, and cultural change. He discusses India's challenges and advantages, such as its ...
MAR 23, 2009 • Podcast
The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty
It wouldn't take much to rescue those living in extreme poverty, says philosopher Peter Singer. If the top 90 percent of Americans gave at least 1 percent ...
MAR 18, 2009 • Podcast
Great Powers: America and the World after Bush
Military geostrategist Thomas P. M. Barnett argues that the 21st century will see the rise of a global middle class for the first time, which ...
MAR 17, 2009 • Podcast
A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America's Relations with the Muslim World
In an informed assessment of the past, present, and future of America's relations with the Muslim world, the CIA's point person on Islam, Emile A. ...
MAR 10, 2009 • Podcast
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
Economist Jeffrey Sachs focuses on the financial crisis, both in the U.S. and worldwide. He concludes that we should look at it as a ...
MAR 3, 2009 • Podcast
The United Nations and Gender: Has Anything Gone Right?
The UN's record on women's issues has been abysmal, declares Stephen Lewis, particularly in dealing with HIV/AIDS. In order to give 52 percent of the ...
FEB 27, 2009 • Podcast
The Dictator's Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet
In his first-hand account of the brutal Pinochet years and their aftermath, H.E. Mr. Heraldo Muñoz asks, "The agonizing question is: Was Pinochet ...
FEB 20, 2009 • Podcast
Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East
What can the mistakes and missed opportunities of the past teach the new Obama administration about how to go forward with the Arab-Israeli peace process?