Historian Sir Michael Howard joins Conversations with History host Harry Kreisler for a discussion of the changes in Europe with the end of the Cold War.
Conversations with History Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor Michael Hardt of Duke University. They discuss his joint work with Antonio Negri on Empire. Professor Hardt reflects on his own intellectual odyssey and how his political activism shaped his thinking about radical consciousness in an age of Empire.
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes writer/critic Mark Steyn, the 2007 Nimitz Lecturer at Berkeley. Focusing on his new book, "America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It," they discuss Europe and America's relations with the Islamic world. In the interview, their conversation also focuses on the craft of writing in a multi media globalized world.
UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler welcomes author and columnist William Pfaff for a discussion of U.S. foreign policy, U.S.- European relations and the end of the Cold War. Pfaff reflects on his intellectual odyssey and comments on the role of the press in shaping U.S.opinion toward world politics.
On this episode of Conversations with History, host Harry Kreisler welcomes historian and journalist Timothy Garton Ash who reflects on writing, the fall of communism, and the future shape of Europe.
Host Harry Kreisler welcomes The Right Honorable Lord Patten of Barnes CH for a discussion of the European Union's common foreign and defense policy, relations between Europe and the United States, and the challenges posed by the emergence of the economies of China and India. Lord Patten also offers his reflections on diplomacy, enlargement, and the power of ideas in politics.
Sir Ralf Dahrendorf, sociologist, former EU Commissioner and former Warden of St Antony's College at Oxford talks with UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler about his formative experiences and the ideas that have shaped in career in the academy and in public service.
Conversations Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Olli Rehn, Vice President of the European Commission, for a discussion of Europe's response to the 2008 Economic Collapse. Topics covered include a comparison of the U.S. and European institutional situation at the time of the Lehman collapse and the divergence of response; Europe's complex institutional structure; why political/economic analysis is necessary for understanding Europe's policy making; why timing, power and sequencing of priorities are so consequential; the role of the commission and its goals; the use of language in...
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Neil Kinnock, the former leader of the Labor Party and Member of Parliament in Great Britain. In this 1994 interview, Kinnock discusses his choice of a political career, the nature of politics, the difference between theory and practice, and the choices confronting parties of the left in the era of Reagan and Thatcher.
Conversations with History host Harry Kreisler interviews Joseph Joffe, editor/publisher of Die Zeit, about the implications of the Bush Doctrine for U.S-European relations.