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 24, 2007 • Podcast
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life
In spite of the hatred and frustration on the surface, Palestinian activist and scholar Sari Nusseibeh optimistically believes that deep down there is readiness on ...
APR 11, 2007 • Podcast
The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
Ali A. Allawi, until recently a senior minister in the Iraqi government, discusses the Iraq crisis. How did it get to this point, and what ...
APR 5, 2007 • Podcast
China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail its Peaceful Rise
The more developed and prosperous China becomes, the more threatened its leaders feel. What are the internal issues that create this insecurity?
APR 4, 2007 • Transcript
The Darfur Crisis: Humanitarian Aid in the Balance
The Darfur crisis is one of the most serious in the world, says Weissman of MSF. But contrary to many reports, it is neither a ...
MAR 27, 2007 • Transcript
Energy Security in the Gulf and the Growing Importance of "the East"
The panelists discuss newly emerging relationships between the Persian Gulf States and India, two regions with close ties for millennia, and which have increasingly convergent ...
MAR 12, 2007 • Transcript
Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam
This is a tense time in Pakistan and Afghanistan, says Zahid Hussain. The Pakistan intelligence service and militant Islam are connected, Musharraf is walking a ...
MAR 7, 2007 • Podcast
Global Human Rights Leadership: Who Will Fill the Void Left by the United States?
With Washington's reputation as a leader on human rights gravely damaged by abuses committed in its five-year-old "global war on terror," who will fill the ...
MAR 1, 2007 • Podcast
American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion
Over six million Muslims of different backgrounds live in the United States, and for the most part, says Paul Barrett, they are highly assimilated. But ...
FEB 21, 2007 • Podcast
Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World
How did this momentous meeting between two leaders lay the foundations for today's complex and difficult relationship between the United States and China?
FEB 12, 2007 • Podcast
Secretary or General?: The UN Secretary-General in World Politics
Known as the most impossible job on earth, the tensions between the roles of being Secretary or General have confronted every UN Secretary-General. What will ...