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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 11, 2008 • Podcast
Perspectives on National Reconciliation in Iraq
Appointed by the Arab League as Special Envoy to Iraq, Mohktar Lamani spent a year in Baghdad's dangerous Red Zone trying to bring about peace ...
JAN 24, 2008 • Transcript
Beyond the National Interest: The Future of UN Peacekeeping and Multilateralism in an Era of U.S. Primacy
Why do so many UN peacekeeping operations end in mixed results or outright failure? Reasons include the indecisiveness and bad financial management of the UN ...
JAN 23, 2008 • Podcast
The New American Story
What will it take to make America better and stronger? We can solve such problems as health insurance and our addiction to oil, says Senator ...