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December 13, 2007
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Watch Italian president Giorgio Napolitano discuss U.S.-Italy relations and Italy's role in the greater European community.
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December 13, 2007
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President of Italian Republic discusses foreign policy issues in Italy, Europe, and the United States.
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December 13, 2007
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Listen to Italian president Giorgio Napolitano discuss U.S.-Italy relations and Italy's role in the greater European community.
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November 2, 2006
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Listen to Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian minister of economy and finance, discuss the European Central Bank, global imbalances, and the regulation of financial markets as part of the Council's C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics.
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November 2, 2006
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Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian minister of economy and finance, addresses the Council’s corporate members as part of the C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics.
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September 20, 2006
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi discusses his country’s foreign policy, including relations with China, the Middle East, and Europe.
September 20, 2006
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Listen to Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi discuss Italy’s foreign policy, and relations with China, the Middle East, and Europe.
September 20, 2006
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Watch Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi discuss Italy‘s foreign policy, and relations with China, the Middle East, and Europe.
April 6, 2006
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Italians will head to the polls for parliamentary elections on April 9 and 10 to determine whether Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi or challenger Romano Prodi and his center-left coalition will win the tight race.
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Nigeria (11/4): John Campbell writes that under the presidency of Umaru Yar'adu, Nigeria is moving away from its corrupt system, on the Huffington Post.
Israel (11/3): Amity Shlaes says that the Israeli military has played a role in Israel's record of innovation, on Bloomberg.com.
Afghanistan (11/2): Walter Russell Mead says it is no surprise the U.S. has made deals with warlords, on the Daily Beast.
Conflict Assessment (11/2): Leslie Gelb on stalled U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran, on the Daily Beast.
Terrorism (11/2): Max Boot argues that success in Afghanistan depends on a cohesive counterinsurgency--rather than a counterterrorism--strategy, in Commentary.
Pakistan (11/2): Walter Russell Mead says there’s no doubt that Pakistan is the most dangerous problem in U.S. foreign policy, in the American Interest.
Wars (11/2): Max Boot says the war effort is succeeding in parts of Afghanistan--with time and troops the gains can be consolidated, in the Weekly Standard.
U.S. Strategy (10/30): Micah Zenko says "don't rush the Afghan debate," in the Christian Science Monitor.
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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
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