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NOV 24, 2014 Podcast

From "Indispensable Nation" to "Realism-Based Restraint": Reconsidering U.S. Engagement with the World

Former ambassador Chas Freeman has had a wide breadth of diplomatic experience, from the Middle East to Africa, East Asia, and Europe. In this conversation ...

NOV 20, 2014 Podcast

Michael Ignatieff in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber at the NYPL

Carnegie Council Centennial Chairman Michael Ignatieff, a Canadian writer, teacher, and former politician, discusses his life, his work, and the Council's Centennial project, Ethics for ...

Suchitra Vijayan. CREDIT: Gusta Johnson

NOV 20, 2014 Podcast

Citizenship, Identity, and Conflict in South Asia's Borderlands

The intrepid Suchitra Vijayan is working on a 9,000-mile journey through South Asia, which has taken her to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the disputed territory of ...

NOV 19, 2014 Podcast

Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East

Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive faiths. How are groups such as the Mandaeans and Yazidis of ...

NOV 14, 2014 Podcast

A Conversation with David Keyes on Advancing Human Rights

In the Soviet era, it was difficult to alert the world of what was happening to dissidents, says David Keyes. Today, however, there's an overload ...