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.
JAN 7, 2008 • Podcast
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Global poverty is falling, but a minority of developing countries are stagnant and diverging from the rest of mankind, says Collier, which is a danger ...
DEC 12, 2007 • Podcast
Pakistan: The Struggle Between Politics and Extremism
Created as a Muslim state 60 years ago this August, Pakistan is in crisis, wrestling with Draconian laws, the conflict between secularism and Islam, and an ...
DEC 10, 2007 • Podcast
Towards a New Culture of International Relations: Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual in Multilateral Decision-Making
We need to involve individuals more and give a lot of what we call our sovereignty to the individual, says Kerim. Shared responsibilities should be ...
DEC 6, 2007 • Podcast
The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House
The Internet has transformed the election process, says Graff, and whether candidates like it or not, fundraising and campaigning will never be the same again.
NOV 29, 2007 • Podcast
Finance as a Tool of National Security: Update on the Effort to Combat Terror Financing
Levitt discusses the behind-the-scenes work that Treasury is doing to cut off funds for terrorism, with particular focus on Iran.
NOV 7, 2007 • Podcast
The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
Diversity, says Shashi Tharoor, is the very essence and strength of India. Rather than a melting pot, it is more like an Indian "thali," with ...
NOV 5, 2007 • Transcript
Secularism Confronts Islam
What we are witnessing in Europe," says Olivier Roy, "is a transformation from an ethnic minority into a faith community. These people want to be ...
NOV 1, 2007 • Podcast
Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
Richard Rhodes says that it's time to finish the work that Reagan and Gorbachev began and get rid of all the nuclear weapons in the ...
OCT 31, 2007 • Podcast
God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
Walter Russell Mead wittily explains how the individualistic faiths of Britain and America lent themselves so well to the creation of the modern economic and ...
OCT 17, 2007 • Podcast
Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy
Does labor abuse and outright slavery still exist in the United States? Yes, says author and journalist John Bowe, who travels from Florida to U....