DescriptionSouth Africa is critical for the sake of the health of the world, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu says at this National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon. Archbishop Tutu played a fundamental role in bringing democracy to South Africa and liberating Nelson Mandela. In this program, the Nobel Prize winner discusses the past, present, and future of his nation and why it is critical for the international community to continue to lend it support and aid. In addition, Tutu takes questions from the live audience. This address took place on October 6, 1999.
DescriptionThe West Must Stay Friends with the House of Saud: Sir Andrew Green, Former British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Syria; Robert Lacey, a British historian who has lived in Saudi Arabia and is the author of the international best seller The K…
DescriptionLet's Keep Turkey Out of Europe: Dr. Michael Stuermer, Foreign Policy Analyst with Die Welt newspaper; Dr. John Casey, Fellow of Gonville & Caius, Cambridge; and Kevin Myers, a broadcaster, columnist, novelist, and award-winning correspon…
DescriptionWhen historians want to find out about the ideas that motivated American foreign policy in the early years of the twenty-first century, they would do well to read this book. Robert Kagan has formally set out a case for unilateralism on the part of the United States, as opposed to the multilateralism now characteristic of Europe. The U.S. is now quicker to use military force, less patient with diplomacy, and more willing to coerce or bribe other nations to achieve a desired result. By contrast, European nations are trying to work together, preserving the ties of diplomacy, cooperation, long-term problem solving, and international law, all of which are signs of weakness. Kagan believes that the United States can disregard a weak Europe, and have a free hand in pursuing its global interests.
DescriptionKresge Auditorium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was filled to capacity. Outside, hundreds were turned away for lack of room, while inside, Noam Chomsky spoke to nearly 1, 300 concerned citizens about the invasion and occupation of Iraq and t…
