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Robert Kagan

Robert Kagan talked about his book The Return of History and the End of Dreams, published by Knopf. In his book he argues that the internati… read more

Robert Kagan talked about his book The Return of History and the End of Dreams, published by Knopf. In his book he argues that the international stability predicted after the end of the Cold War did not emerge and that instead there is now a contest for power between liberal democracies, autocratic governments, and radical Islamists. The guest interviewer was Cliff May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Robert Kagan is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and a columnist for The Washington Post. He is also the author of A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990, and editor, with William Kristol, of Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign and Defense Policy. Kagan served in the State Department from 1984 to 1988.

Clifford May, president of The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, was previously associate editor of [The Rocky Mou close

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After Words with Robert Kagan

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Program ID:
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Category:
Interview
Format:
Interview
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Jun 07, 2008 | 10:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
Jun 15, 2008 | 12:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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  • Jun 07, 2008 | 10:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 08, 2008 | 6:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 08, 2008 | 9:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 09, 2008 | 7:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 15, 2008 | 12:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
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