Videos

Author and journalist Robert Kaplan explored the life of Bob Gersony, a freelance contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and how his reports from war zones imp…

Max Boot, Bret Stephens, Garry Kasparov, and Philip Bobbitt talked about the threat to liberty in the U.S. and around the world.

Panelists talked about the effects of race, ethnicity, and religion on policies such as affirmative action and immigration. This forum was part of a series of discussions on the state of…

Academics and public policy analysts compared historical U.S. foreign policy events to contemporary global issues that were prevalent in the 2016 presidential campaign. They also explored th…

Panelists talked about immigration policy and refugees in the United States. Speakers included a former CIA analyst, a Syrian activist, a Muslim adviser to the Trump presidential campaign, a…

Charles Kupchan argues that we are moving into an age when no country or region will dominate the world the way the American, British, or other empires have in the past. He responded to ques…

John Kampfner argues that over the past twenty years several countries have decided to trade freedom and liberty in exchange for economic prosperity. He says that this trend challenges the …

Avishai Margalit talked about his book On Compromise and Rotten Compromises (Princeton University Press; November 1, 2009). In his book he talks about the virtues and limits of political com…

Larry Diamond talked about his book The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World, published by Times Books. He talked about the spread of democracy arou…

Italian journalist Riccardo Orizio discussed his book Talk of the Devil: Encounters with Seven Dictators, published by Walker and Company. The book profiles seven infamous leaders whose care…

Josef Joffe talked about his book, Uberpower: The Imperial Temptation of America, published by W.W. Norton. Mr. Joffe talked about the role of the United States as the world’s only superpowe…

Professor Andrew Bacevich talked about his book American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy, published by Harvard University Press. According to Professor Bacevich, …