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Book TV provided coverage of the 2020 J. Anthony Lukas Prize, sponsored by Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University to “recognize excellence …

BookTV presented coverage of the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards, given each year to honor the best books published in the United States, according to the organization. The NBCC is …

Steve Coll looked at the CIA’s secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the problematic relationship between the CIA and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He spoke at the 18th…

The presentation of the Lukas Prize, awarded annually for books on an “American topic of political or social concern.” 2018's winners include, Amy Goldstein, Janesville; Stephen Kotkin, Stal…

Steve Coll looked at the CIA’s secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the problematic relationship between the CIA and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Anti-corruption researchers and advocates talked about oil and gas production companies and their role in promoting government corruption around the world. The panelists detailed many recent…

The J. Anthony Lukas Prize is given by the Nieman Foundation and the Columbia University School of Journalism to non-fiction books on an “American topic of political or social concern.” 2017…

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll investigates the corporation that has greater revenues than the economies of many western nations. He discussed the company’s power and influence…

Panelists talked about the public’s right to know versus the responsibility to protect classified information for national security. Participants included two former CIA directors and former…

Book TV presented coverage of the 2014 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. This year’s nominees included: Dan Fagin, author of Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvat…

Panelists talked about how journalism has changed since the Guardian newspaper’s decision to publish leaked U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance files submitted by former governm…

Peter Bergen and a panel of contributors to the book, Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics and Religion talked about the threat posed by extremists who operate in t…

Fatima Bhutto, niece of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, talks about growing up in a family of power brokers. Ms. Bhutto also chronicles the fate of many of her close relative…

Ahmed Rashid, author of Pakistan on the Brink, looks at Pakistan in light of the escalation of war in Afghanistan by the United States and discussed the problems that Pakistan should expect …

J. Alexander Thier spoke about U.S. policy in Afghanistan, troop withdrawals, and the future of Afghanistan following U.S. withdrawal. He said that education and health care rates had increa…

Government officials and terrorism experts testified on terrorist groups in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. They also talked about U.S. efforts to deny terrorists safe havens. Some members expr…

Panelists discussed the situation in Pakistan, the Afghanistan War, and al-Qaida. Among the topics they addressed were regional security challenges, the transition to Afghan control, the pot…

Dan Benjamin gave the keynote address at a New America Foundation event on assessing the threat of al-Qaeda threat 10 years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He spoke about…

Following Steve Coll’s opening remarks, panelists assessed the al-Qaeda threat 10 years after the terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001. All of the panelists agreed that while the threat …

Foreign policy experts talked about Afghanistan President Karzai’s leadership and ways the United States could negotiate peace in Afghanistan. Other topics included the Taliban, al-Qaida, an…