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Ethan Chorin, a diplomat who served as an economic and commercial attache in Tripoli from 2004 to 2006, talked about his book, Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution, …

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…

Historian David Nasaw discussed the one million refugees throughout Europe in the years following World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in Internat…

Historian Ted Widmer looked at the days leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration, which included a precarious trip to Washington and an assassination attempt. This was a virtual au…

Ali Khan talked about his book, The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind’s Gravest Dangers, in which he examines the world’s deadliest diseases, possible new threats, lessons …

New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik talked about his book, A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism, in which he shared his thoughts on liberalism and how it has been def…

Following opening remarks, Andrea Thompson, the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, took part in a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discussion on n…

Stephen Biegun, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, was the featured speaker at a discussion on nuclear policy and U.S.-North Korea relations hosted by the Carnegie Endowment fo…

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger and First Amendment scholar Geoffrey Stone examined the evolution of free speech since the Supreme Court’s 1919 ruling which decided that freedom …

Vassar College history and international relations Professor Robert Brigham provided a critical look at Henry Kissinger’s foreign policy initiatives during the Vietnam War.

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

Gregg Easterbrook introduced policy reforms to address economic inequality, climate change, and more. He emphasised shifting from a fear-based approach to one that restores hope.

David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, offered his thoughts on the global refugee crisis and what can be done about it.

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…

Panelists talked about the media and the rise of “fake news.” Speakers included author Salman Rushdie, Daily Beast White House reporter Lachlan Markay and Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, senior ed…

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 Donald Trump’s presidency and how it compares to previous administrations, including Richard Nixon’s. Panelists included former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, fo…

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…

Eri Hotta, former research fellow at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo, talked about her book, Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy, in which she examines the attack on …

Professor Akhil Reed Amar talked about his book, The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era, about the relevance of America’s Constitution to contemporary headlines.