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 Did you miss one of our events? Do you live too far away to attend? Are you a professor who wants your class to listen to Nobel laureates speaking on issues of world peace and global social justice? No problem. Audio recordings of the Carnegie Council events are now available through Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and as a podcast in the Apple iTunes Music Store. Both sources are free and include the same selections of our best recent events.
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Christoph Lueneburger,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
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09/03/10
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Christoph Lueneburger is the leader of the sustainability practice and the U.S. private equity practice at Egon Zehnder international, a human capital advisory firm. His prior career includes water investment, and he has worked to bring sustainability into both his personal and professional life.
Half the world now lives in cities, and they are growing. Are megacities an opportunity or a threat?
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Joan Krevlin,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
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09/02/10
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Joan Krevlin's work as an architect demonstrates what integrity can bring to a career. Deploying form and function with integrity is key to design. Krevlin manages to do so in her projects while maintaining environmental sustainability and social accessibility.
Have aircraft carriers lost their place as core naval assets for projecting force? Does the carrier's symbolic role and massive armament still sustain its central mission? For instance, would you risk U.S. carriers in a conflict across the Taiwan Strait?
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Jake Adelstein,
Devin T. Stewart
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08/24/10
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Three years in a Zen temple taught Jake Adelstein the core virtues of Japanese society, such as reciprocity, and the police beat at Tokyo newspaper "Yomiuri Shinbun" showed him its vices--the far-reaching powers of the "Yakuza," Japan's organized criminal underworld.
Should national parks introduce non-native species for recreational purposes, or focus on preserving the parks' natural state?
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Joy Gordon,
Christian Barry,
Matt Peterson
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08/13/10
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Joy Gordon's new book "Invisible War" describes a superpower run amok. The international sanctions on Iraq were the strictest ever imposed. The tremendous damage that ensued set the stage for the devastated country we see today.
The proposed building of an Islamic community center two blocks from 9/11’s Ground Zero has become a contentious issue. Would building the center promote the American virtues of religious freedom and speech? Or would it be counterproductive and insensitive, even if the intent is pure?
Smartphones rely on coltan, much of which is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Given that the Congo represents one of the worst illustrations of modern mineral exploitation, what will you do?
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Christopher Case,
David Rodin,
Joel H. Rosenthal
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08/02/10
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What are the basic principles that should guide professional soldiers in the 21st century?
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