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Professor Fukuyama was interviewed about his life, his career, and his writings. Topics included the Iraq war, terrorism, neoconservatism, Africa, and international foreign policy. He respon…

Bernard-Henri Levy, French philosopher and author, discussed his book American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville, published by Random House. For his book, the autho…

The editor and two contributors to the book The Right War?: The Conservative Debate on Iraq, published by Cambridge University Press, took part in a panel discussion about the war in Iraq m…

Tod Lindberg moderated a discussion with the authors of "Beyond Paradise and Power: Europe, America and the Future of a Troubled Partnership", published by Routledge. The panelists discusse…

Author and Professor Francis Fukuyama was interviewed about his book State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, published by Cornell University Press.

Professor Fukuyama spoke about his book State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, published by Cornell University Press. In the book, Professor Fukuyama argues that th…

Scholars discussed “functional issues” relating to U.S. foreign policy. They discussed military policy, human rights and international law, the connections between foreign policy and economi…

Mr. Tenner and Mr. Fukuyama talked about the benefits, pitfalls, and consequences of advances in biotechnology. Mr. Tenner is the author of Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Tech…

The panelists talked about current foreign policy and speculated about what President Bush will include in his State of the Union address. Topics included the Iraq War and its aftermath, mil…

Scholars talked about media coverage of foreign affairs events and differences in U.S. and European coverage. Among the topics they addressed were the quality of news coverage of foreign pol…

The panelists talked about post-war reconstruction in Iraq. They discussed the successes and problems associated with the reconstruction efforts, and stressed the importance of good, compreh…

Senator Kennedy spoke about U.S. policy on Iraq, potential military action against Iraq, and efforts to return United Nations weapons inspectors to the country. He said that military force s…

Members of the President’s Council on Bioethics talked about human cloning and bioethics, concentrating on the ethical questions surrounding granting patents for medical and scientific resea…

As part of a day-long conference on bioethics and human cloning, Doctor Ted Friedman talked to council members about genetic engineering and its potential use in sports. Following his remark…

Professor Fukuyama discussed his book Our Posthuman Future, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Professor Fukuyama talked about the possible future impacts of biotechnology around the wo…

Participants discussed the future of the Middle East region. They focused on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, warring factions in Afghanistan, terrorism and poverty in South A…

The panelists discussed the ethics issues of genetic research and its political impact on democracy and governance. They answered questions from members of the audience.