Public Affairs

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.

The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

FEB 20, 2009 Podcast

The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

What's next for Iraq? Thomas Ricks predicts that the U.S. military presence there will continue for at least another five to ten years, and ...

FEB 13, 2009 Podcast

Jeffrey McCausland Interviews Thomas Ricks

Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Jeffrey McCausland talks to Thomas Ricks about his latest book, "The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006...

image of book cover - Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

FEB 11, 2009 Podcast

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

Once the stuff of science fiction, robotics are already changing the way wars are being fought, says P.W. Singer. How will they affect the ...

FEB 9, 2009 Podcast

The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States and the Next Revolution

As Castro finally leaves the stage and a new president arrives in Washington, both the Cuban system and U.S.-Cuba relations could be on ...

The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

FEB 4, 2009 Podcast

The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

George Friedman, founder and CEO of Strategic Forecasting, Inc., asks: What's in store during this new century? Which nations will gain and lose power? How ...

JAN 27, 2009 Podcast

Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

For Bundy, the ultimate actor in Vietnam was not the military, the secretary of state or of defense, or the national security advisor. It was ...

JAN 27, 2009 Podcast

The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism in the Twenty-First Century

Was George W. Bush the true heir of Woodrow Wilson, the architect of liberal internationalism? Was the Iraq War a result of liberal ideas about ...

JAN 13, 2009 Podcast

Andrew Carnegie

Biographer David Nasaw tells the fascinating story of Andrew Carnegie's efforts to stop World War I, and how his failure broke his heart.

DEC 22, 2008 Podcast

A Conversation on NATO

The post-Cold War NATO has expanded, both in mission and membership. In each instance, problems have arisen with Russia. What are the lessons to be ...

Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization

DEC 12, 2008 Podcast

Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization

How can we understand the dynamics of globalization? Author David Singh Grewal explains that the idea of network power supplies a coherent set of terms ...