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Past Events
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David Rodin,
David Luban
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06/26/08
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This lecture will inaugurate the Carnegie-Uehiro fellowship program.
Why has the Arab Center (Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia) made such little progress in bringing stability to the region?
How can the United States secure its space interests and assets without provoking international violence?
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Marshall I. Goldman
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06/04/08
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What factors contributed to the recovery of Russia after its financial collapse of August 1998?
How has the promise of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia progressed?
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Sir Lawrence Freedman
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05/19/08
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How does the history of the U.S. in the Middle East reveal America's view of its role in the wider world?
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Michael T. Klare
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05/14/08
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How are the world's diminishing sources of energy radically changing the international balance of power?
Kim Dozier, CBS News correspondent in Baghdad, suffered life-threatening injuries from a bomb, lost much of her crew, and began to trace the roots of her inner strength and reassess her world.
Today's popular Islamist movements call for the establishment of Sharia as a crucial plank in their political platform. But will this call help the Islamic state succeed?
What is needed to understand the problems of state-building?
How is the Kurds’ quest for statehood shaping Iraq and the Middle East?
If globalization is the main battlefield of geo-politics, will America run the risk of descending into the second world if it does not renew itself and redefine its role in the world?
Dani Rodrik, the Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University will be discussing his book, "One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth."
What drives China's political party? Is China's success a mirage? Is the West misled?
How can we reclaim the relationship between America's government and its citizens?
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H.E. Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland
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04/01/08
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How will the fate of nations large and small be affected by climate change?
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Cesare P. R. Romano,
Stephen M. Schwebel,
Daniel Terris
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03/19/08
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A panel discussion on who are the judges that sit on the International Court of Justice.
What are the ideas and movements driving change in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, the Gulf States and the Palestinian territories, and what are the obstacles they confront?
What are the core issues facing a nation when its deepest values of human dignity are defiled by state-sanctioned practices of torture?
Taking us to the frontline of civil wars in Iraq and Darfur, and ground zeroes of earthquakes, famines, and tsunamis, Jan Egeland challenges the first world to act to help the helpless.
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Kishore Mahbubani
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02/28/08
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History teaches us that tensions and conflicts are more likely when new powers emerge. As the East gains momentum, will the West resist the rise of Asia?
Although Saudi Arabia is often vilified for its severe interpretation of Islamic law and theology, what role does Islam actually play in Saudi Arabia's politics and society?
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George A. Lopez,
Thomas E. McNamara
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02/19/08
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As terrorist attacks continue around the world, what is the best way to defeat the global terrorist threat? For example, what convinced Libya to end its support of terrorism?
Recent suicide bombings in Algiers raise the question, how did Algeria become a breeding ground for instability, violence, and Islamic terrorism?
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Peter Ackerman,
Larry Diamond,
Arch Puddington,
Jennifer L. Windsor
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02/06/08
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In the struggle to build free societies throughout the world, what are the latest developments in Burma, Kenya, Pakistan, Russia, and Venezuela?
Given that it may be impossible to find an exclusively American solution, what is the likelihood for national reconciliation in Iraq?
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Jean-Marc Coicaud
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01/24/08
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What has happened to multilateral international peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention?
What will it take to make America a better, stronger, truer country?
What can and should be done to improve the plight of around 50 failing states--the bottom billion?
This year Pakistan will celebrate its 60th anniversary of independence. Politically, the country is experiencing its most serious challenges since General Musharraf came to power in 1999. What are the country's most critical challenges and what are the most practical solutions?
What are the immediate challenges being addressed by the 62nd Session of the General Assembly? And how can the UN transform shared values into individual commitment and collective action?
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Garrett M. Graff
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12/06/07
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The emergence of the Web as a political tool has shaken up the campaign process, leaving front-runners vulnerable right up until Election Day. Will the two major parties seize the moment and run the first campaign of the new era, or will they run the last campaign all over again?
What role does the world of finance play in safeguarding our national security and combating international security threats?
What does the twenty-first century hold for the subcontinent?
What are the limits of our understanding of contemporary Islamic religious practices in the West?
What nuclear policies emerged after World War II that are still impacting on our country today?
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Walter Russell Mead
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10/31/07
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What accounted for the origins and the continuing rise of a global political and economic system that rested first on the power of Britain but rests today on that of the United States?
Does forced labor in the United States exist? If so, what are the contributing factors that allow this practice to continue unnoticed?
While supercapitalism is working well to enlarge the economy, why is democracy becoming less and less effective under its influence?
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Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
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10/02/07
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As the leading multi-lateral Islamic organization, what can the OIC (Organisation of the Islamic Conference) do to address the schism between Islam and the West, and the extremism within Islam itself?
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D. Michael Lindsay
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09/20/07
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How have Evangelicals reached the pinnacles of power in such a short time, and what does this mean for Evangelicals—and for America?
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Robert W. Hefner,
Muhammad Qasim Zaman
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09/18/07
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What is the relationship between Islamic education and radical Islam? Are Madrassas medieval institutions opposed to all that is Western, or are they more complex?
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Philippe Legrain
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09/10/07
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In Europe and the United States, migration is a rapidly growing global trend and it is here to stay--but can it benefit us all?
In a world where partisan blogs have emerged as a significant force in politics, will the Internet become an echo chamber where likeminded only listen and speak to each other, thus thwarting democracy and free speech?
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The Hon. Mr. François Delattre
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06/27/07
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How will the French election results impact on France and Europe's future?
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Major General John D. Altenburg (U.S. Army ret.)
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06/20/07
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While military commissions are a useful policy option in the current war against international terrorism, they cannot negate the existence of the most basic fundamental rights for which Americans believe. Is there a viable solution?
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Norman Pearlstine
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06/19/07
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As reporters become more vulnerable to officials who use the shield of confidentiality to get their message out, what can be done to protect journalists from needless intrusion of government?
How did U.S. foreign policy become so inconsistent with the ideals and goals pursued by statesmen of an earlier era?
Why isn't the government of Sri Lanka more effective in protecting its children from being recruited as child soldiers?
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Joshua Eisenman,
Eric Heginbotham,
Devin T. Stewart
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05/30/07
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What are China's objectives in the developing world? How will it seek to achieve them? What do they mean for security, economic development, and human rights?
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Gregory A. Raymond
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05/30/07
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Once the war in Iraq draws to a close, what opportunities and risks is the U.S. likely to face?
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Michael Oppenheimer
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05/23/07
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The climate change challenge, while serious and urgent, also presents economic opportunity.
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Andrew Kohut,
Bruce Stokes
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05/15/07
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Where once America was considered the champion of democracy, we are now seen as a militant hyperpower.
The cost of the war in Iraq combined with increased expenditures in the face of a long-term war on terrorism places America's national security at risk.
While the U.S. focuses on the Middle East, democracy is under seige elsewhere.
What really led the United States to invade Iraq, and why have events failed to unfold as planned?
What are the fears that are creating insecurity in the Chinese leadership?
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Fabrice Weissman
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04/04/07
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What has been the impact of the various political and advoacy efforts on the delivery of humanitarian aid?
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Barbara Bodine,
John H. Gill,
John Tirman
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03/27/07
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As India, China, and Japan become major consumers of oil, will the U.S. lose its influence in the Gulf region? What are the implications in these new relationships?
It is often said that President Pervez Musharraf's authority is threatened from within his own country. What are these threats? Do they emanate only from the jihadists or are there additional elements that he must contend with?
With Washington's reputation as a leader on human rights gravely damaged by abuses committed in its five-year-old "global war on terror," who will fill the vacuum?
With over six million Muslims residing in the United States, what are the challenges they face as they reconcile their faith with a mix of American ideologies and cultures?
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Lieutenant General Peter W. Chiarelli,
Jeffrey D. McCausland
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02/22/07
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Lieutenant General Peter W. Chiarelli, Commander of the Multinational Corps in
Iraq, and Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Colonel Jeffrey McCausland (retired)
discuss the situation in Iraq. This talk is off the record.
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Margaret MacMillan
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02/21/07
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How did this momentous meeting between these two leaders lay the foundations for this complex relationship between China and the United States?
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Simon Chesterman,
James Traub
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02/12/07
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What are the political factors and challenges that will shape the new Secretary-General?
Can Europe persuade Russia to guarantee its future energy needs as the demands continue to grow?
What are the forces shaping India as it tries to balance the traditions of the past with the modernizing present?
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Peter Ackerman,
Andrei Illarionov,
Jennifer L. Windsor
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01/30/07
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This year's Freedom House survey includes insights into Russia's descent into the ranks of "Not Free" states and the implications for the international community.
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General Sir Rupert Smith
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01/24/07
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Why do we use military force to solve our political problems? And how is it that our armies can win battles but fail to solve these problems?
What are the roots of America's Middle East involvement today? And what impact did American statesmen, merchants, and missionaries have on the shaping of this region?
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