![Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Rising-Powers-Shrinking-Planet.jpg?v=1721245772)
MAY 21, 2008 • Podcast
Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy
Michael Klare warns that the world's diminishing sources of energy may create a new arms race between the U.S. and China. It is essential ...
![Breathing the Fire](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Breathing-the-Fire.jpg?v=1721250545)
MAY 16, 2008 • Podcast
Breathing the Fire
Kimberly Dozier, a veteran Middle East journalist who was critically wounded in a Baghdad bomb blast, talks about the difficulties of reporting from Iraq. It's ...
MAY 16, 2008 • Podcast
The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State
In the West the idea of governance by Sharia law is radioactive, says Noah Feldman, yet for many in the Muslim world it represents their ...
MAY 16, 2008 • Podcast
New Media and Chinese Nationalism
Journalist Thomas Crampton looks at how Chinese nationalism is being expressed in new digital media, including what he calls "user-generated propaganda" on YouTube and anti-foreigner ...
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MAY 15, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: China's Earthquake After Shock
Devin Stewart interviews Alexandra Harney, author of The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage, on how China is coping with the recent ...
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MAY 14, 2008 • Podcast
David Speedie Interviews Jack Matlock
Senior Fellow David Speedie interviews former U.S. ambassador Jack Matlock on U.S. relations with Russia: how they evolved, current policy problems, and what ...
![A public phone in Cuba. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/pauljoyce/2289007314/">Paul Joyce</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/cuba_phone_2023-04-10-054014_uinr.jpg?v=1721255378)
MAY 13, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Calling for Change in Cuba
Raul Castro's decision allowing Cubans to purchase prepaid cell phone plans may foster new liberty on the communist island.
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MAY 13, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Hu's Dumpling Diplomacy
James Farrer interviews Japanese political scientist Koichi Nakano on the significance of Chinese President Hu Jintao's May 2008 visit to Japan.