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.
JUN 14, 2005 • Podcast
Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq
After a recent visit to Iraq, Larry Diamond reflects sadly on how we have allowed the situation "to slip into a state of severe insecurity, ...
JUN 8, 2005 • Podcast
Globalization: What's New?
William Easterly, Joseph Stiglitz, and Michael Weinstein discuss the main features of globalization, asking what is new, what drives the process, how it changes politics, ...
JUN 1, 2005 • Podcast
Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East
Economist Clyde Prestowitz believes that the United States is sliding toward economic decline under globalization, arguing that these trends are creating not only increased economic ...
MAY 17, 2005 • Podcast
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War (2005)
Bacevich argues that military force has increasingly become the preferred instrument of American foreign policy, a process that began not with 9/11, but with the end ...
MAY 12, 2005 • Podcast
Ending Torture and Secret Detention in America's Name
The abuses at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo, and elsewhere, have undermined our standing around the world, say Posner and Hutson.
MAY 4, 2005 • Transcript
At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention
David Rieff tries to bridge the gap between our democratic dreams and the means we use to achieve them in tricky wars of humanitarian purpose.
MAY 3, 2005 • Podcast
Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World
Hugh Pope discusses the past, present, and future of the Turkic world, which stretches from Central Asia to Turkey. His topics include oil, trade, and ...
APR 27, 2005 • Transcript
Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco
Originally in favor of going to war, Phillips, a former State Department official, discusses the mistakes made because of the lack of a plan for ...
APR 19, 2005 • Podcast
Return to Greatness: How America Lost Its Sense of Purpose and What It Needs to Do to Recover It
In a candid discussion of American politics and ideals, Alan Wolfe looks to the future and how the U.S. can keep liberty and equality ...
APR 6, 2005 • Podcast
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
Globalization, particularly outsourcing, is leveling the playing field around the world, says columnist Thomas Friedman, making India a major player.