AIF2010: World Affairs: Recent Episodes
The Aspen Institute
The Atlantic national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg presses the Israeli ambassador to United States on the peace process and the looming confrontation with Iran.
Valerie Plame Wilson, Diane Weyerman, Richard Burt, John Sheehan, Moderator Bruce Blair
Innovation will shape the future of the global economy, as some industries prosper while others decline. Our panel will discuss where innovation will make its greatest strides: Which sectors and countries are positioned for economic growth and how fast will it happen?
From American corporate giants to five-person farming operations in developing countries, are businesses that are started and run by women the foundation of the Next Economy?
Each day in every corner of the world, women and girls are forced unto wrenching conditions, their basic human rights are violated, and their lives are irreparably scarred. This session brings to light the reality of sex trafficking around the world - and at home- and identify next the steps necessary to prevent it.
Though cyber-security seems to be a the nation\'s forefront, it\'s cyber-power that could portend the true dominant players in global and economic affairs for decades. Will the two issues morph into one?
Covering the United States no longer means having a Western view of the world, so how is the role of media changing internationally?
Smart power is a theory that a deliberate, seamless mix of military, economic, development, and cultural resources can achieve US national security objectives. It\'s a cornerstone of the Obama administration foreign policy.
Free-speech activist, author, and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali opens up about her tumultuous youth, her fight for women\'s rights, and what it means to be on receiving end of death threats from members of the Muslim community.