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 25, 2004 • Podcast
The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership
To prevail in the war on terrorism and other looming geo-strategic crises, says Brzezinski, America needs serious allies, not just "coalitions of the willing."
MAR 18, 2004 • Transcript
Opening Mexico: The Making of a Democracy
Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon discuss Mexico's extraordinary democratic transformation.
MAR 10, 2004 • Transcript
Where is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him? America’s Search for a Post-Conflict Stability Force
Perito argues the need for creating a new U.S. force that is trained to assist with post-conflict operations in places like the Balkans, Afghanistan, ...
MAR 4, 2004 • Transcript
The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century
Malone points out that disagreements among the Permanent Five Security Council members have been confined to just three issues since the end of the Cold ...
MAR 1, 2004 • Transcript
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Coll spotlights the interactions among the CIA, Pakistani intelligence (ISI), Saudi intelligence, and other hidden networks (particularly al Qaeda and its affiliates) decades before 9/11/01.
MAR 1, 2004 • Podcast
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Coll spotlights the interactions among the CIA, Pakistani intelligence (ISI), Saudi intelligence, and other hidden networks (particularly al Qaeda and its affiliates) decades before 9/11/01.
MAR 1, 2004 • Podcast
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Coll spotlights the interactions among the CIA, Pakistani intelligence (ISI), Saudi intelligence, and other hidden networks (particularly al Qaeda and its affiliates) decades before 9/11/01.
MAR 1, 2004 • Podcast
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Coll spotlights the interactions among the CIA, Pakistani intelligence (ISI), Saudi intelligence, and other hidden networks (particularly al Qaeda and its affiliates) decades before 9/11/01.
FEB 26, 2004 • Transcript
Universal Democracy? Prospects for a World Transformed
Diamond insists that the United States and the international community have a moral obligation, as well as a political opportunity, to encourage, foster, and promote ...
FEB 24, 2004 • Transcript
Afghanistan: Between Hope and Abyss
Since the time of the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan, much of the Afghan population has endured enormous hardship. Dr. Reinhard Eroes, the founder of Children's ...