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January 13, 2020

United States
Arthur Ross Book Award: "These Truths–A History of the United States"

Presider Gideon Rose celebrates the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Jill Lepore, Andrew Roberts, and Max Hastings. Gold medalist Jill Lepore discusses why the United States needs a nat…

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Event by Jill Lepore and Gideon Rose Renewing America

June 5, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Assessing Public Health Risks

Dr. Leana Wen, visiting professor of public health at George Washington University, and former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore, discusses COVID-19, ​considerations for reopening, and be…

Play Workers wearing protective gear disinfect a classroom of Central Model School before its reopening, as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Barrackpore on the outskirts of Kolkata, India.
Webinar by Leana S. Wen and Irina A. Faskianos State and Local Webinars

April 15, 2013

United States
The Future of U.S. Space Policy

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 a…

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April 15, 2013

United States
The Future of U.S. Space Policy

As we approach the fifteenth anniversary of the assembly of the International Space Station, please join Scott Pace and Robert Walker to discuss the U.S. space program in the context of budget cuts, …

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Event by Scott Pace, Robert Walker, and James Fallows

June 14, 2017

United States
The Link Between Foreign Languages and U.S. National Security

Experts discuss foreign language learning in the U.S. education system as well as learning methods that go beyond the classroom walls, and the value of foreign language learning to U.S. national secu…

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Event by Michael Nugent, Esther Brimmer, Martha "Marty" Abbott, and Sanford J. Ungar