A Jewish Perspective on the Relationship Between Lewis Strauss and J. Robert Oppenheimer
December 7, 2023, 12 noon – 2pm
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Past Programs
The US and Southeast Asia: The Challenging Times Continue
September 30, 2014 Will Itoh, Ambassador, Director, Washington International Programs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates Just in the past year, the political and economic atmosphere in mainland Southeast Asia – from Myanmar to Vietnam – has dramatically shifted. Myanmar’s “Arab spring” has faded, economically prosperous Thailand
Slovakia in the European Union 10 Years On: Promises Fulfilled?
August 12, 2014 Rick Zednik, EURActiv CEO The spring of 2004 was momentous in the history of independent Slovakia. On May 1 of that year, the country joined the European Union. Coming as it did less than five weeks after Slovakia joined NATO, this marked the culmination of a long process that
Still Thinking about the Unthinkable: Maintaining Nuclear Stability through Times of Transition
June 16, 2014 Houston T Hawkins, Senior Fellow, Principal Directorate, Global Security, Los Alamos National Laboratory Any reduction of the nation’s nuclear arsenal will have consequences, both direct and ancillary. Before the U.S. moves too far in shrinking nuclear stockpiles, many circumstances will need to be carefully evaluated. The following developments
“Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset” TED talk (Video)
February 21, 2014 Hans Rosling, MD, Karolinska Institute, Moderator Arvid Lundy Even the most worldly and well-traveled among us will have their perspectives shifted by Hans Rosling. A professor of global health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, his current work focuses on dispelling common myths about the so-called developing world, which (he points
US Foreign AID and Child Survival: . . . What the US could Still Accomplish
November 15, 2013 David Douglas We are living through an unprecedented decline in deaths of children worldwide from preventable diseases. U.S. foreign aid played a central role in this little-known story. Around the world 6 million fewer children will die this year than in 1990. This global effort has been collaborative,
A Writer in Exile: My Only Country: Words and Literature
October 28, 2013 Kebir Ammi, French/North African novelist/dramatist/essayist How does the world appear to a North African novelist living, writing and teaching in post 9/11 France? What do his stories tell us about the world and 21st century civilization looking at it from the perspective of a Muslim émigré?