Public Affairs

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.

NOV 8, 2004 Transcript

Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West

EU-U.S. strategic cooperation is required to tackle the main security challenges of the 21st century.

OCT 28, 2004 Podcast

In Defense of Globalization

While a leading free trade proponent, professor Jagdish Bhagwati does not advocate total laissez-faire economics. Instead he argues that continued globalization needs to be "managed."

American Power and Empire by John Judis

OCT 19, 2004 Transcript

American Power and Empire

John Judis uncovers troubling parallels between America's foreign policy in the beginning of the 21st century and its imperialist experiments in the 1890s.

Arguing About War by Michael Walzer

OCT 13, 2004 Transcript

Arguing About War (2004)

Walzer rejects the argument that the invasion of Iraq was justified: "It is only massacre or ethnic cleansing or mass enslavement in progress that justifies ...

Arguing About War by Michael Walzer

OCT 13, 2004 Podcast

Arguing About War (2004)

Walzer rejects the argument that the invasion of Iraq was justified: "It is only massacre or ethnic cleansing or mass enslavement in progress that justifies ...

Arguing About War by Michael Walzer

OCT 13, 2004 Podcast

Arguing About War (2004)

Walzer rejects the argument that the invasion of Iraq was justified: "It is only massacre or ethnic cleansing or mass enslavement in progress that justifies ...

Arguing About War by Michael Walzer

OCT 13, 2004 Podcast

Arguing About War (2004)

Walzer rejects the argument that the invasion of Iraq was justified: "It is only massacre or ethnic cleansing or mass enslavement in progress that justifies ...

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OCT 6, 2004 Transcript

The Universal Hunger for Liberty: Why the Clash of Civilizations Is Not Inevitable

Novak insists that concepts of political, economic, and religious liberty can be found in the Qur'an.

Blood and Oil

SEP 30, 2004 Transcript

Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum

"Because of the geographic shifts in the production of oil to areas of instability, growing competition for access to that oil, and the militarization of ...

Tainted Legacy by William Schulz

SEP 23, 2004 Transcript

American Power and Human Rights

The success of the war on terror will ultimately depend on optimal respect for fundamental rights at home and abroad, not on curtailing them in ...