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Tag: International Affairs

Joe Nye, former US Asst. Secretary of Defense

July 2, 2013 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Public Policy, Uncategorized

As we consider our incredible range of urgent international and defense affairs – challenges with our deepest Intelligence Gathering secrets revealed, China, Russia, North Korea,

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Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow, Brookings; Author, “The World America Made”

January 29, 2013 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

As President Obama’s second term begins, he — and we — find ourselves yet again at foreign affairs crossroads. A possible nuclear rise in Iran.

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Nicholas Burns, Harvard University & former US Undersecretary of State

December 21, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Public Policy, Uncategorized

If you’re looking for a region that provides a grab bag of major, potentially destabilizing issues, you’d have to look first at the Middle East.

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Sheryl WuDunn, China Expert

December 21, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

Only a month after the first change to the head of China’s Communist Party in a decade, and already, the change is being felt. From

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

December 21, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

The headlines from the Middle East don’t seem to stop. In Egypt, a vote on a draft constitution that many in the opposition felt would

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Eric Trager, Washington Institute

December 16, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Uncategorized

As you surely know, yesterday Egyptians voted on a new draft constitution. At first glance, this would seem like cause for great celebration for lovers

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Elizabeth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations

December 16, 2012 admin All Conversations, International Affairs, Public Policy, Uncategorized

If all the international challenges our next President will face, perhaps none is as complex, risky and integral to our economic, environmental and security future

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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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Judge Michael Mukasey, former US Atty General

August 25, 2012 admin All Conversations, Public Policy, Uncategorized

On the 40th anniversary of Watergate, the topic of national security leaks has again come front and center. In recent weeks, we’ve seen public disclosures

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Sebastian Junger, author and founder of RISC

August 25, 2012 admin All Conversations, Culture, Uncategorized

Sebastian Junger knows chance. As author of the book-then-movie “The Perfect Storm”, Junger first became widely known for his terrifically reported and heartbreaking tale of

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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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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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