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Category: International Affairs

Graham Allison, Harvard University

October 27, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

It’s hardly an exaggeration to say that 50 years ago tonight, we sat on the edge of World War III. We were nearing the end

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Thanassis Cambanis, The Century Foundation

August 24, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

Just a over a year since the famed Arab Spring blossomed in the Middle East — and notably in Cairo’s Tahrir Square — Egypt today

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Joe Nye, Former US Asst. Sec. of Defense

July 11, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Public Policy, Uncategorized

From potential bank runs in Spain to full revolt in Greece. From new leadership in France to new tensions in Germany. From fallout in Ireland

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Juliette Kayyem, Former Asst. Sec., Dept. of Homeland Security on the Middle East

July 8, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

It would be hard to find a more troubled part of the world right now than the Middle East. In Syria, terrible massacres, including last

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Daniel Yergin, Energy Expert, Author of “The Prize” & “The Quest”

May 16, 2012 admin All Conversations, Business & Economics, International Affairs, Public Policy, Uncategorized

Is there a more important topic in the world today than the future of energy? From global economies to local politics, from what we breathe

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Peter Bergen, CNN national security analyst, Author of “Manhunt”

May 15, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

It is just over a year since the hunt for America’s No. 1 enemy, Osama Bin Laden, ended in a one-sided firefight in a walled

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Steve Coll, President, New America Foundation

May 14, 2012 admin All Conversations, Business & Economics, International Affairs, Uncategorized

If you were to list some of the world’s most secretive institutions, you surely wouldn’t be surprised to see the CIA or the Bin Laden

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Dan Perry, AP Jerusalem Bureau Chief & Acting Middle East Editor

May 12, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

As if enough wasn’t already happening in and around Israel — internal calls for new elections, tensions with Iran, a pending Presidential vote in Egypt

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Steven Cook, Council of Foreign Relations

May 12, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

From France to the United States, this year we will see a series of incredibly important elections that can and will change the course of

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James Fallows, The Atlantic

April 14, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

After what feels like years of watching China’s rise, new questions about how sustainable their growth is are creeping up. Manufacturing conditions. Political instability in

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Guy Lagache, VP & Journalist, French Television “Direct 8”

April 14, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

By now you surely know that one of the world’s great democracies is in the middle of a Presidential election race where the main issues

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Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University, School of International & Public Affairs

April 14, 2012 admin All Conversations, Business & Economics, International Affairs, Uncategorized

Just one year ago, all eyes were on the Middle East — in particular, Egypt — as the Arab Spring sprung. One year later, the

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