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Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari recounts her incarceration in Evin Prison, the most notorious penitentiary in Ahmadinejad’s Iran, and discusses recent events in Iran. |
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Bulent Aliriza, Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses Turkey's foreign policy and trade strategy. |
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New York Times columnist Roger Cohen recounts his experience in Iran during the post-election protests and reflects on the future of Iran. |
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Wang Dan, a key leader of the 1989 student movement, discusses the lessons of the Tiananmen Square events and today's China. |
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John Waterbury, former president of the American University of Beirut, discusses the alleged resistance of Islam to democracy. |
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David Mares analyzes how Latin American countries altered their energy policies with changes in energy markets since 1973. |
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David Kilcullen, former advisor to General Petraeus in Iraq, discusses modern warfare, illuminating the "War on Terrorism" and the associated "small wars" across the globe. |
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Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University, argues that the United States and the Soviet Union vied for primacy in the Middle East during the 45 years of the Cold War and exacerbated regional and civil wars. |
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Siddharth Kara investigates the mechanics of the global sex trafficking business across four continents and takes stock of its devastating human toll. |
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Maureen Freely, author and translator of Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, discusses writing about Turkey for an Anglophone audience and conveying the Turkey she loves at a time when the political story is often dark and ominous. |
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Barnett R. Rubin directs the program on the Reconstruction of Afghanistan at New York University. He offers a sobering assessment of Afghanistan's political and economic situation. |
