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    The Next Pandemic

    Ali Khan talked about his book, The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind’s Gravest Dangers, in which he examines the world’s deadliest diseases, possible new threats, lessons …

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    A Thousand Small Sanities

    New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik talked about his book, A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism, in which he shared his thoughts on liberalism and how it has been def…

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    The Free Speech Century

    Columbia University President Lee Bollinger and First Amendment scholar Geoffrey Stone examined the evolution of free speech since the Supreme Court’s 1919 ruling which decided that freedom …

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    Fight for Liberty

    Max Boot, Bret Stephens, Garry Kasparov, and Philip Bobbitt talked about the threat to liberty in the U.S. and around the world.

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    It's Better Than It Looks

    Gregg Easterbrook introduced policy reforms to address economic inequality, climate change, and more. He emphasised shifting from a fear-based approach to one that restores hope.

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    Rescue

    David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, offered his thoughts on the global refugee crisis and what can be done about it.

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    The Constitution Today

    Professor Akhil Reed Amar talked about his book, The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era, about the relevance of America’s Constitution to contemporary headlines.

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    The Right Nation

    John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge spoke about their book The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America, published by Penguin Press. The book takes a look at the conservative movemen…

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    The Last Empire

    Serhii Plokhy, Ukrainian history professor at Harvard University, talked about his book, The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union, in which he reports that the dissolution of the …

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    No One's World

    Charles Kupchan argues that we are moving into an age when no country or region will dominate the world the way the American, British, or other empires have in the past. He responded to ques…

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    Superfusion

    Zachary Karabell argues that the U.S. and Chinese economies have become so intertwined that disrupting either one would have tragic consequences. He spoke at the Carnegie Council in New Yor…

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    Freedom for Sale

    John Kampfner argues that over the past twenty years several countries have decided to trade freedom and liberty in exchange for economic prosperity. He says that this trend challenges the …

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    The Next 100 Years

    George Friedman discussed what the world might be like over the next century (which countries will rise in power, where the wars will be fought, etc.). He spoke at the Carnegie Council in Ne…

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    On Compromise and Rotten Compromises

    Avishai Margalit talked about his book On Compromise and Rotten Compromises (Princeton University Press; November 1, 2009). In his book he talks about the virtues and limits of political com…

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    Economic Crisis: A National and International Perspective

    Randy Charles Epping and Steven Greenhouse talked about the economic crisis and what government, business, and labor should do to alleviate it. Mr. Greenhouse talked about the economy from a…

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    Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East

    Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac talked about their book, Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East (W.W. Norton and Co.; June 17, 2008). In the book the authors present a histo…

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    Nobodies

    John Bowe talked about his book Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy, published by Random House. Mr. Bowe talked about exploitation of workers in…

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    Talk of the Devil: Encounters With Seven Dictators

    Italian journalist Riccardo Orizio discussed his book Talk of the Devil: Encounters with Seven Dictators, published by Walker and Company. The book profiles seven infamous leaders whose care…

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    The Accidental Empire: Israel

    Mr. Gorenberg talked about his book The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977, published by Times Books. He talked about the history of the Israeli settlemen…

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    Reaching for Power: The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World

    Professor Nakash talked about his book Reaching for Power: The Shi’a in the Modern Arab World, published by Princeton University Press. He examined the meaning of the rise of the Shi’a in th…

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