Live Broadcast of NPR's Talk of the Nation
In this National Conversation event, NPR will be broadcasting live Talk of the Nation at the Wilson Center. Expert panelists David Ignatius and Robert Kagan will discuss the foreign policy opportunities and risks that President Obama faces in his second term; Graham Allison, Cheng Li, and Ashley Tellis will discuss lessons from the Cold War; and Wilson Center CEO Jane Harman will describe her vision of a world where there are as many women leaders as men.
Overview
Obama's Foreign Policy: Opportunity and Risk
Earlier this year, President Obama was caught on camera telling then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that a second term would give him more flexibility to negotiate on missile defense. If true, where else does this flexibility reach, how would he use it and where should he start?
David Ignatius, Associate Editor and columnist, The Washington Post
Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Deborah Amos, Foreign Correspondent, NPR
Avoiding Another Cold War: Lessons from the Last One & How to Prevent Another
For decades, the US and USSR were locked in a checkmate that defined every aspect of global relations and brought us to the brink of nuclear war. Now, we confront a new multipolar landscape in which China will become a superpower; India, Pakistan, and North Korea have nuclear weapons; and Iran presents the gravest strategic challenge. What has the Cold War taught us that applies to the new challenges in a multipolar war?
Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Cheng Li, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
When Women Lead
The goal of the Wilson Center’s Women in Public Service Project is to see fifty percent of the world’s public service jobs filled by women by 2050. Wilson Center President Jane Harman describes her vision of a world where there are as many women leaders as men.
Jane Harman, Director, President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The National Conversation, a joint production of The Wilson Center and NPR, provides a nonpartisan forum for deep dialogue and informed discussion of the most significant problems facing the nation and the world.
NPR’s Talk of the Nation.
When Americans want to be a part of the national conversation, they turn to Talk of the Nation, NPR's live, midday news-talk program. Host Neal Conan leads a productive exchange of ideas and opinions on the issues that dominate the news landscape. Heard every day on NPR member stations across the country.
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