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."
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...