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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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December 14, 2009
Political History and Theory
The Sinews of Power: Rediscovering the Foundations of National Strength
Watch Paul M. Kennedy, director of International Security Studies and the Dilworth Professor of History at Yale University, analyze characteristics of great powers and what constitutes national stren…
May 24, 2010
Homeland Security
A Conversation with Thomas J. Ridge
Former Homeland Security Secretary Thomas J. Ridge discusses his experiences as the first leader of the Department of Homeland Security, as well as other lessons from his career. This session was pa…
June 16, 2010
South Korea
U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula: Report of a CFR-Sponsored Independent Task Force
The CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force report on U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula assesses current U.S. policy toward both North and South Korea. The report identifies three essential elemen…
May 7, 2009
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
The United States and the Future of Global Governance: H1N1 - The Global Response to the Swine Influenza
JAMES TRAUB: (In progress) -- is Laurie Garrett. And now my microphone is on. Welcome to the third session. Let me put my spectacles on so I can read this -- MS. : (Off mike.) TRAUB: The six…
June 8, 2011
Energy and Climate Policy
The Future of Energy
Experts discuss the relationship of energy with geopolitics, modernity, and the environment, as well as sources of clean and renewable energy.