Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett for a discussion of their new book, Going to Tehran. In the conversation, the Leveretts analyze the Islamic Republic of Iran's strategic goals and domestic politics. After analyzing the biases embedded in U.S. perceptions of Iran, they conclude with a proposal for changing U.S. relations with Iran by emulating Nixon's breakthrough with China.
Conversations with History host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor Fawaz A. Gerges for a discussion of the origins, evolution and future direction of Islamic militancy.
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Israeli political scientist and peace activist Galia Golan for a discussion of the peace movement in Israel. She reflects on the Israeli domestic situation, compares Israeli occupation policies to South Africa's apartheid, and analyzes Israel"s geopolitical constraints. She also compares the stability of superpower conflict in the Middle East during the Cold War with today's regional geopolitical situation, especially Israel's conflict with Iran.
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes author/consultant Edward N. Luttwak for a discussion of U.S. global strategy. He analyzes the Iraq debacle highlighting the misperceptions and strategic errors made by the United States in the conflict. He questions the importance of the Middle East and discusses the more important challenges facing the United States.
UC Berkeley Professor of Government, Ernst B. Haas, discusses his life, his work and his most recent book, "Nationalism, Liberalism, and Progress, When Knowledge is Power" with Harry Kreisler.
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Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier for a discussion of U.S. foreign policy from the Fall of the Berlin Wall until the attack on 9/11. They discuss the search for a grand strategy during the Clinton administration and outline the debates among liberals and among conservatives about the U.S. role as the sole superpower, especially the relative importance of economic power versus military power in shaping world order. Chollet and Goldgeier also focus on the new security challenges facing the United States-- global warming, terrorism, and the spread of infectious...
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Edward Alden of the Council on Foreign Relations for a discussion of his new book, "The Closing of the American Border." Alden, former Washington bureau chief of the Financial Times, discusses the Bush administration's response to 9/11 and the consequences for America's commitment to open borders and leadership of globalization. He details how a policy of smart borders and risk management is sacrificed as the bitter debates about immigration policy take center stage.
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor Daniel B. Rodriguez, Dean of the Northwestern Law School,for a discussion of the challenges facing law schools in a new economic environment. Tracing his intellectual journey, Dean Rodriguez discusses the changing nature of federalism and its interface with the law and with politics. He analyzes the job of law school dean describing its different constituencies and how a dean must balance the concerns of students, alumni, practicing attorneys, the bar associations and state government while meeting the challenges of a new economic...
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor David Vogel of UC Berkeley for a discussion of the evolution of business government relations in the United States and Europe. Focus is on environmental policy and the efforts to bring ethics to the marketplace.
