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Great Decisions 2009 Television Series
Great Decisions 2009 Television Series, hosted by Ralph Begleiter, devotes one episode to each of the eight Great Decisions 2009 topics, exploring them in detail with experts in the field. The DVD set contains eight half hour episodes dedicated to the Great Decisions topics.
#2101 Running Out: The Global Food Crisis
In Egypt, army units are baking bread for the poor. In Mexico, office workers are cutting back on tortillas. Even in New York City, gourmet shops are no longer stocking certain items. What’s behind the global food crisis?
Guest 1: Henrietta Fore, Administrator, USAID
Guest 2: Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development
Guest 3: Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute
Guest 4: Joachim Von Braun, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute
Guest 5: Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Program
#2102 Off the Grid: Energy & the U.S. Economy
Drill baby drill. Are there any realistic alternative energy scenarios on the horizon? While domestic production is one solution, much more will be needed to break America’s dependence on oil.
Guest 1: Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican from Alaska
Guest 2: John Hoffmeister, Former U.S. President, Shell Oil Company
Guest 3: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Energy Reporter, The Economist
Guest 4: John Ghazvinian, Author, The Scramble for Africa's Oil
Guest 5: Daniel Esty, Director, Center for Business and the Environment, Yale University
#2103 Rising Giants: The World’s Fastest Growing Countries
High oil prices. The crisis on Wall Street. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Americans face these and other challenges, a number of fast-growing countries, Brazil, Russia, China and India, are poised to compete in the global economy. Are they a real threat to U.S. dominance?
Guest 1: Bob Kerry, President, The New School
Guest 2: Kishore Mahbubani, Author, The New Asian Hemisphere
Guest 3: Susan Segal, President and CEO, Council of the Americas
Guest 4: Parag Khanna, Author, The Second World
Guest 5: John Wolf, President, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships
Guest 6: Michael Schiffer, Program Officer, The Stanley Foundation
#2104 Race for the Arctic
As Arctic ice melts, the opening of the North West Passage could be the definitive event of our time. Is the U.S. poised to take advantage of this new trade route and its vast resources, or is Russia edging it out? What are the ramifications of the great melt?
Guest 1: Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican from Alaska
Guest 2: Scott Borgerson, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Guest 3: Ed Struzik, Reporter and Author, The Big Thaw
Guest 4: Caitlyn Antrim, President, Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans
Guest 5: Harlan Cohen, Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature
#2105 Cuba After Castro
With Fidel Castro cast out of power due to illness, his brother Raul has initiated unprecedented reforms in Cuba. But what happens when a Castro no longer controls Cuba?
Guest 1: Senator Christopher Dodd, Democrat, Connecticut
Guest 2: Sarah Stephens, Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas
Guest 3: Sarah Stephens, Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas
Guest 4: Peter DeShazo, Director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Guest 5: Brian Latell, Author, After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro’s Regime and Cuba’s Next Leader
#2106 Border Patrol: Pakistan and Afghanistan
Eight years after 9/11, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is as lawless as ever and Osama bin Laden is still on the loose. Should the U.S. move to secure this region, home to ranks of Taliban and al Qaeda leaders?
Guest 1: Christiane Amanpour, CNN world affairs correspondent
Guest 2: Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
Guest 3: Richard Armitage, former Undersecretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Guest 4: Ashraf Ghani, former Finance Minister, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Guest 5: Pamela Constable, Deputy Foreign Editor, Washington Post
Guest 6: Peter Bergen, Author, The Osama bin Laden I know
#2107 Human Rights: ‘Never Again,’ Again and Again
Libya. Zimbabwe. North Korea. These countries aren’t just human rights violators; some of them have had seats on the UN Human Rights Council. How can the U.S., itself accused of violations in the past, help move the issue forward worldwide?
Guest 1: Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America
Guest 2: David Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State
Guest 3: Kenneth Roth, President, Human Rights Watch
Guest 4: Brett Schaefer, Fellow, International Regulatory Affairs, Heritage Foundation
#2108 Egypt Rising: From Pharaohs to Facebook
It has been said that Egypt is not a country, it’s a civilization. Rooted deeply in tradition, Egypt today is in a state of transition. As the government seeks to reform and maintain control and the economy grows steadily, what does the future hold? An on-location Great Decisions special report.
Guest 1: Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt
Guest 2: Ahmet Abul Gheit , Foreign Minister, Arab Republic of Egypt
Guest 3: Dr. Gamal Abdel Gawad, Director, Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Guest 4: Rachid Mohamed Rachid , Minister of Trade, Arab Republic of Egypt
Guest 5: Amin Abaza, Minister of Agriculture, Arab Republic of Egypt
Guest 6: Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, University of Maryland
Guest 7: Adel Iskandar, Author, Al-Jazeera
Guest 8: James Zogy, President, Arab-American Institute
Guest 9: freelance Egyptian reporter
Guest 10: Maha Azzazm, Associate Fellow, Chatham House
Other Great Decisions 2009 items include:
[Great Decisions] [Teacher's Guide]
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