Future of the Army
General Perkins presented the new Win in a Complex World: Unified Land Operations Concept. He explained that the Army no longer fought a well-known enemy in a well-known place, but instead h…
626 viewsGeneral Perkins presented the new Win in a Complex World: Unified Land Operations Concept. He explained that the Army no longer fought a well-known enemy in a well-known place, but instead h…
626 viewsPanelists assesed the agreement the U.S. and five other global powers (P5+1) reached with Iran on a six-month test freeze of the country’s nuclear program. Moderator Barbara Slavin began wit…
280 viewsIan Morris looks at the development of civilizations over the past 15,000 years and uses current measures for human development to explain why the center of advancement moved from the East t…
1,391 viewsPanelists debated U.S. foreign policy toward Iran, Iran’s nuclear program, and the prospects of military confrontation.
383 viewsSimon Johnson (MIT professor; former chief economist at the IMF) talked about the power of Wall Street banks since the 2008 financial collapse. In March 2009, the heads of the 13 largest ban…
1,712 viewsDavid Smick talked about The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy (Portfolio, September 4, 2008), which looks at the workings of central banks and finance ministries around …
373 viewsPanelists spoke about U.S. foreign policy and the concept of “American exceptionalism,” the belief that America differs from other developed nations as a result of its national heritage, div…
540 viewsPakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani talked about recent events in his country including the recent election of President Asif Zadari, U.S.-Pakistan relations, and efforts to confront the Tal…
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