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.
OCT 8, 2010 • Podcast
Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War
It is time to examine the Washington consensus on national security and why it must change, says Professor Bacevich--and to acknowledge that fixing Afghanistan should ...
OCT 6, 2010 • Podcast
Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order
Reading classical literature teaches us that there are seldom clear answers to real-life dilemmas, says Charles Hill. It gives us the breadth of knowledge to ...
SEP 28, 2010 • Podcast
Self-Determination and Conflict Resolution: From Kosovo to Sudan
Drawing on the International Court's judgment on the legality of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence, Arbour examines the pursuit of self-determination in a range of ...
SEP 27, 2010 • Podcast
The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam
More than half of the world's Muslims and Christians live along the tenth parallel in Africa or in Asia. How do these two great intersecting ...
JUL 2, 2010 • Podcast
Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban
Journalist Jere Van Dyk tells of his decades-long involvement with Afghanistan, and gives a harrowing account of his 2008 kidnapping and imprisonment by the Taliban in ...
JUN 24, 2010 • Podcast
Rebuilding War-Torn States: The Challenge of Post-Conflict Economic Reconstruction
After wars end, what steps should countries take to consolidate peace? Graciana del Castillo identifies five premises that are necessary for war economies to transition ...
JUN 22, 2010 • Podcast
Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future
Stephen Kinzer argues that the United States needs to rethink its alliances in the Middle East and focus on strategic relationships with Iran and Turkey ...
JUN 8, 2010 • Podcast
The Betrayal of American Prosperity: Free Market Delusions, America's Decline, and How We Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era
Clyde Prestowitz argues that the U.S. is rapidly losing the basis of its wealth and power, as well as its freedom of action and ...
JUN 3, 2010 • Podcast
The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?
Ian Bremmer demonstrates the growing challenge that state capitalism will pose for the entire global economy, and what free market nations must do to protect ...
MAY 28, 2010 • Podcast
Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War
Washington has squandered the opportunity for a fundamentally new U.S.-Russian relationship after the Cold War, says Stephen Cohen.