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Kimberly Dozier,
Jeffrey D. McCausland
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05/16/08
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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 dangerous, it's expensive, and people don't want to hear it.
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Noah Feldman,
Joanne J. Myers
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05/16/08
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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 aspirations for rule of law. Can Islamic States succeed?
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Ashraf Ghani,
Joanne J. Myers
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05/06/08
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Drawing on his background at the World Bank and as the first post-Taliban finance minister of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani (and co-author Clare Lockhart) develops a comprehensive framework for understanding the problem of state-building.
Quil Lawrence tells the story of the Kurds, the only Iraqi ethnic group that want the Americans to stay. Divided among Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria and numbering 25 million, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group without their own nation.
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Parag Khanna,
Joanne J. Myers
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04/28/08
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Americans ask, "Why do they hate us? Is this country pro or anti-American?" But what Khanna finds as he travels the world is that increasingly, many just don't care about the United States. Countries are going their own way and making multiple alliances.
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Guy Sorman,
Joanne J. Myers
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04/15/08
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"There are not six million Tibetans in China," says Guy Sorman. "There are one billion." If the many Chinese who are not beneficiaries of economic development could express themselves, they would say the same things as the Tibetans.
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Paul Krugman,
Joanne J. Myers
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04/11/08
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How can we reclaim the relationship between America's government and its citizens? What will it take to achieve a new New Deal?
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Cesare P. R. Romano,
Daniel Terris,
Stephen M. Schwebel,
Joanne J. Myers
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04/08/08
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Who are the judges that sit on the International Courts; what are the issues and challenges they face; and what is their approach to international law?
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H.E. Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland,
Joanne J. Myers
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04/07/08
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H.E. Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, discusses how Iceland has successfully reduced its use of oil and coal, and how the fate of nations large and small is being affected by climate change.
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Darius Rejali,
Joanne J. Myers
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04/04/08
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In his exhaustive study, Rejali traces the history of torture through the ages. "It's not so much that torture never works," he says. "The point is, works better than what?" There are better alternatives.
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Jan Egeland,
Shashi Tharoor,
Joanne J. Myers
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03/18/08
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"In spite of being stingy, and in spite of being late, and in spite of being half-hearted, we are making progress," says Egeland. But we must respond to all disasters, not just those that hit the headlines.
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Edward J. Lincoln,
Sam Natapoff,
Devin T. Stewart
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03/17/08
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Shining a spotlight on foreign trade policy as an agent for political change, Lincoln urges policymakers, the business community, and citizens to find a path to increased stability by forging stronger international economic ties.
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Kishore Mahbubani,
Joanne J. Myers
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03/04/08
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Western dominance is waning, says Kishore Mahbubani, and Asia has adopted many Western best practices, from meritocracy to free-market economics. Therefore it's high time that the West gives up its domination of global institutions, from the IMF to the UN Security Council.
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George A. Lopez,
Thomas E. McNamara,
Joanne J. Myers
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03/04/08
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George Lopez gives an overview of effective, multilateral counter-terrorism measures, and as an illustration, Ambassador McNamara analyzes how Libya went from rogue state to member of the Security Council.
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Martin Evans,
Joanne J. Myers
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02/22/08
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After the bloody war of independence, Algerians hoped for a brighter future. Yet an estimated 200,000 people were killed in the 1990s, and today Islamic terrorism is on the rise. What went wrong?
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