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.
MAY 5, 2004 • Transcript
The Press and the War on Terrorism
Cooper says that the war on terrorism is producing new dangers and new restrictions for the press.
APR 28, 2004 • Transcript
Colossus: The Price of America's Empire
Ferguson argues that the United States would be better off embracing, rather than denying, its imperial destiny.
APR 22, 2004 • Podcast
Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment
Environmental lawyer James Speth recommends steps towards sustainability ranging from creating a world environmental organization with the power to make treaties with teeth, to encouraging ...
APR 21, 2004 • Transcript
Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003
Itamar Rabinovich discusses the current Palestinian-Israeli "war of attrition" following the failure of Camp David and the Oslo Process.
APR 21, 2004 • Podcast
Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003
Itamar Rabinovich discusses the current Palestinian-Israeli "war of attrition" following the failure of Camp David and the Oslo Process.
APR 21, 2004 • Podcast
Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003
Itamar Rabinovich discusses the current Palestinian-Israeli "war of attrition" following the failure of Camp David and the Oslo Process.
APR 21, 2004 • Podcast
Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003
Itamar Rabinovich discusses the current Palestinian-Israeli "war of attrition" following the failure of Camp David and the Oslo Process.
APR 15, 2004 • Transcript
A New World Order
Slaughter describes a vision of a world order where international institutions are embedded in an increasingly dense web of networks spanning the globe.
APR 13, 2004 • Podcast
Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics
Joseph Nye's concept of "soft power" has become part of the international relations lexicon. In this 2004 book talk, he argues that hard power alone cannot ...
APR 8, 2004 • Transcript
Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies
Buruma points out that the hatred animating Islamic radicals conforms to the classic counter-Enlightenment vision of Western society as rootless, timid, and soulless.