Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland was interviewed by the Brookings Institution’s Strobe Talbot. They discussed a broad range of issues on …
1,238 viewsStrobe Talbottalked about President Trump’s recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly outlining his foreign policy, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. Mr. Talbott, a Russia scholar, h…
1,130 viewsSusan Glasser talked about her latest Brookings essay, “Covering Politics in a Post-Truth America", outlining how political reporting had changed and whether facts still mattered. Then she w…
532 viewsThe Brookings Institution held a discussion on the history of the 1986 nuclear arms control summit between President Ronald Reagan and Russian Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev. Topics inc…
727 viewsPanelists talked about current relations between the U.S., Russia, and China. They also discussed Russia’s suspected role in the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails and the impac…
853 viewsHarold Hongju Koh delivered keynote remarks on international law, cybersecurity, and counterterrorism. Mr. Koh also criticized presidential candidates for suggesting the use of waterboarding…
451 viewsTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke about challenges facing his country. Topics included terrorist attacks, the Syrian refugee crisis and relations with Iran. Mr. Erdogan was also p…
1,333 viewsSupreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer talked about his book, The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities, about the challenges facing the judiciary and the application …
1,495 viewsFormer Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton detailed how she would implement and enforce the Iran nuclear agreement if she is elected president. Amon…
5,459 viewsVice President Joe Biden spoke about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and its implications for European security. The vice president said that helping Ukraine to defend against and deter Rus…
1,123 viewsGerman Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble talked about the future of the Eurozone and the German economy. Then he was joined in discussion by David Wessel and Kemal Dervis. “Eurozone at …
342 viewsDeputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken talked about priorities and future prospects for U.S. diplomacy in Central Asia. He spoke about U.S. objectives, including a security partnership, st…
540 viewsNational Security Adviser Susan Rice outlined President Obama’s national security strategy. Topics included a renewed focus on the Asia-Pacific region, Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and th…
1,826 viewsAssistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel talked about the U.S. pivot to the Asia-Pacific. He talked about the Obama administration’s commitment to this s…
283 viewsBruce Riedel talked about his book, What We Won: America’s Secret War in Afghanistan, 1979-89, about the CIA’s involvement in Afghanistan from 1979-1989. He also talked about the legacy of t…
947 viewsPanelists talked about Russia’s actions in Ukraine and their implications for U.S. and European foreign policy. They also discussed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motives and long-term g…
992 viewsPanelists talked about the state of U.S.-Russia relations. Topics ranged from the collapse of the Soviet Union to more recent disagreements on Syria and former National Security Agency contr…
1,483 viewsWang Yi talked about the state of relations between United States and China. He commented on several issues, including North Korea’s nuclear program, Syria, Afghanistan, Taiwan, and cybersec…
604 viewsJeffrey Feltman gave the keynote speech at a Brookings Institution forum on the role of the United Nations in conflict mediation. He focused on the Syrian civil war, the transition to democr…
198 viewsPanelists talked about bolstering job growth in manufacturing industry. Topics included corporate tax rates, vocational education and internships, and the gap between workers' jobs skills an…
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