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 30, 2005 • Podcast
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
In this 2005 talk, Jeffrey Sachs, director of the New Millennium Project, proposes ways to end extreme poverty all over the world within the next 20 years.
MAR 22, 2005 • Transcript
Liberty for Latin America: How to Undo 500 Years of State Oppression
Most Latin American countries have not overcome their inheritance from the colonial past: corporatism, state mercantilism, privilege, bottom-up wealth redistribution, and political law. By adopting ...
MAR 17, 2005 • Transcript
The Democracy Advantage: How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace
The authors argue that democracy and development go hand in hand. Therefore, more aid should be given to poor democracies and democratizers than to poor ...
MAR 15, 2005 • Transcript
Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil
"Hezbollah makes Al-Qaeda look like Sunday-schoolers, children, kindergartners" according to an FBI contact interviewed by journalists Diaz and Newman.
MAR 2, 2005 • Podcast
Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between America and the World
Mahbubani observes that much of the world is disappointed with America's leadership, and yet would like it to take the lead in creating a stable ...
FEB 16, 2005 • Transcript
The Ethics of Identity
"Questions of identity, especially various forms of political identity, ethnicity, nationality, and politicized religion, are supposed to be problems for liberalism. So I became interested ...
FEB 11, 2005 • Transcript
Bearing Witness to Genocide: Rwanda, Darfur, and the Implications for Future Peacekeeping Operations
In 1994, General Dallaire was the commander of the UN Assistance Mission to Rwanda and powerless to stop the massacre of 800,000 people, who were slaughtered in 100 ...
FEB 9, 2005 • Podcast
Children at War
The ever-growing number of child soldiers across the globe is one of the world's most under-reported stories. "There are an estimated 300,000 child soldiers right now ...
FEB 3, 2005 • Podcast
Three Challenges for the Human Rights Movement: Darfur, Abu Ghraib, and the Role of the United Nations
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, discusses Darfur, Abu Ghraib, and the role of the UN.
JAN 27, 2005 • Podcast
The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Will the World Bank survive? Despite its shortcomings, Mallaby believes we need it badly, as there is a serious lack of strong institutions to manage ...