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October 15, 2007

United States
The Legacy of Sputnik

Watch Matthew Brzezinski, an author and former Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent, and Roger D. Lanius, a space historian at the Smithsonian Institute, discuss the legacy of Sputnik fifty years…

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October 15, 2007

Technology and Innovation
The Legacy of Sputnik

The panelists will discuss the October 4, 1957 launching of the Soviet satellite, Sputnik, its impact on the Cold War, and its role in propelling the Information Age.

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December 18, 2007

Education
Beyond Primary: Making the Case for Universal Secondary Education

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently published the book Educating All Children: A Global Agenda that considers the challenges of achieving universal basic and secondary education global…

April 2, 2008

Israel
Annapolis and Beyond: The United States and the Pursuit of Arab-Israeli Peace

Watch experts discuss the state of Arab-Israeli peace efforts since the Annapolis conference.

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April 2, 2008

Israel
Annapolis and Beyond: The United States and the Pursuit of Arab-Israeli Peace

CHRISTOPHER ISHAM: I'm very pleased to be here today. We've got a very distinguished panel. Our topic is Annapolis and Beyond: the United States and the Pursuit of the Arab-Israeli Peace. To my imm…

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