What's going on? Has the Middle East of strict Islam suddenly turned into something more modern? Listen to Neil Quilliam, a deeply knowledgeable,...
Looking for Change in All the Right Places: The New Middle East
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Are the Bad Guys REALLY Winning?
Listen as Anne Applebaum discusses how this new world(dis) order might evolve. What does she mean by “the 21st century is, so far, a story of the...
Searching for New Leaders
Great leaders may or may not be born that way, but their skills and abilities certainly evolve and mature over time. That is why we established an...
Looking For—and Finding—Real Leaders
The only hope for a world awash in troubles is that leaders with vision, universal values, and determination will seize the moment. But just...
Give Peace a Chance (this time in the Middle East)
Listen as Ambassador Dina Kawar parses the possibilities, good and bad, in the Middle East Ambassador Dina Kawar was appointed as Ambassador...
Save the Seas
Do you care about the future of the oceans? Can we save the oceans? Oceanographers Sylvia Earle from the US and Asha de Vos from Sri Lanka talkes...
Cyber Defenders: Protecting Human Rights Online
Ronald Deibert is fighting back against digital predators to protect citizens and civil society. Listen as Ron explains how Citizen Lab does the...
China: On the Road to Perdition?
Is China’s leadership acting out of strength or weakness? Is war possible? Is war avoidable? Listen as Kevin Rudd assesses where China is today, and...
Electrify Everything!
Do we have the technologies in hand to decarbonize economies in ways that are compatible with how people want to live? Saul Griffith, inventor,...