A Conversation with Neil Quilliam Imagine hundreds of thousands of young men and women, partying through four days and nights in the desert. Where? ...
Power in the 21st century
Ukraine: Between a Rock and a (Not Very) Hard Place
A conversation with Constanze Stelzenmüller During the past months, Russia has steadily ratcheted up military pressure on Ukraine and tried to...
Will There Be War? / Constanze Stelzenmüller
Listen as Constanze Stelzenmüller—an expert on Germany, geopolitics and trans-Atlantic relations - shares her views on what is at stake. Hostile...
Looking for Change in All the Right Places: The New Middle East
What's going on? Has the Middle East of strict Islam suddenly turned into something more modern? Listen to Neil Quilliam, a deeply knowledgeable,...
Democrats Versus Dictators: Who will Win?
The world as seen from Washington or Paris or Berlin looks starkly different than the one seen from Moscow or Beijing or Teheran or Caracas. The...
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...
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...
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...
New World Order: Middle East Chapter
Iran sits at the center of this emerging new reality. Rapprochement among Arabs and peace with Israel is one thing if it is aimed at a united front...