Multimedia Resources

Audio and video files of select CFR meetings are posted on a regular basis. Audio streams allow you to listen to CFR meetings by using the preferred audio player on your computer or by downloading the file onto your computer and using an MP3 player. Videos allow you to connect via the Internet (either via Windows Media Player or Quicktime) to watch select CFR meetings at your convenience. You can start the video stream over the Internet or download it so that the session is brought in its entirety to your desktop.

Audio

Effects of Investment Treaties in the Global South

Speaker: Lori Wallach
Presider: Terra Lawson-Remer

Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, discusses investment treaties, their implications for policies to promote financial stability and sustainable use of natural resources, and the flaws of the arbitration system used by investors and nations to settle conflicts, with a focus on the global south.

See more in Economics, Business and Foreign Policy, Emerging Markets, International Finance

Audio

The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces

Presider: Stephen Biddle

Linda Robinson discusses her recently released Council Special Report, The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces, which calls for conceptual, institutional, and operational changes to reorient U.S. special operations forces to ensure that they are employed to best effect.

See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Defense Strategy, Defense Technology, Homeland Security, Intelligence, National Security and Defense, Preparedness, Wars and Warfare

Audio

Film Screening: "Manhunt"

Speakers: Greg Barker, Nada Bakos, Peter Bergen, and Philip Mudd
Presider: Fareed Zakaria

A panel of experts discuss the new HBO documentary film, Manhunt, which details the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

See more in 9/11

Transcript

A Conversation with Helen Clark

Speaker: Helen Clark
Presider: George Rupp

Helen Clark discusses the 2013 Human Development Report, The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World. The report identifies more than forty developing countries that have done better than expected in human development in recent decades, with their progress accelerating markedly over the past ten years

See more in Society and Culture

Video

Film Screening: "Manhunt"

Speakers: Greg Barker, Nada Bakos, Peter Bergen, and Philip Mudd
Presider: Fareed Zakaria

A panel of experts discuss the new HBO documentary film, Manhunt, which details the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

See more in 9/11

Audio

The Future of U.S. Space Policy

Speakers: Scott Pace and Robert Walker
Presider: James Fallows

Scott Pace and Robert Walker discuss U.S. space program budget cuts, the indefinite cancellation of U.S.-government-sponsored human space exploration, and the rise of private sector activity in the area.

See more in United States, Space

Video

The Future of U.S. Space Policy

Speakers: Scott Pace and Robert Walker
Presider: James Fallows

Scott Pace and Robert Walker discuss U.S. space program budget cuts, the indefinite cancellation of U.S.-government-sponsored human space exploration, and the rise of private sector activity in the area.

See more in United States, Space

Audio

A Conversation with Helen Clark

Speaker: Helen Clark
Presider: George Rupp

Helen Clark discusses the 2013 Human Development Report, The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World. The report identifies more than forty developing countries that have done better than expected in human development in recent decades, with their progress accelerating markedly over the past ten years.

See more in UN