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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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May 26, 2009
Financial Markets
Reforming Global Finance: The Squam Lake Papers
The global financial crisis has revealed serious flaws in regulatory systems worldwide. To explore these flaws and offer guidance on reform, the Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation, a co…
November 30, 2010
Heads of State and Government
Presidents and the Lure of War
Newsweek editor-at-large, Evan W. Thomas III discusses U.S. military history and the various reasons that former presidents have gone to war. This meeting is part of a series hosted with the Nationa…
November 30, 2010
Heads of State and Government
National History Center Series: Presidents and the Lure of War
DOUGLAS G. BRINKLEY: Good evening, everybody. Hello. Good evening. I'm historian Douglas Brinkley, and it's a great honor as always to be here at the council, but particularly to get to introduce to…
June 4, 2012
Political History and Theory
The Lasting Legacy of George F. Kennan
John Lewis Gaddis, author of George F. Kennan: An American Life, discusses the diplomatic and personal legacy of George F. Kennan, former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. This meeting is part of…
June 4, 2012
Political History and Theory
The Lasting Legacy of George F. Kennan
This meeting is part of a series hosted with the National History Center featuring prominent historians who will examine the events and times that shaped foreign policy as we know it today.