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Great Decisions 2012 Television Series DVD Box Set

Publication Date:
January 01, 2012
Price:
$39.95
Item #:
FPA31619
ISBN #:
978-0-87124-240-2

Description

The Great Decisions in Foreign Policy television series, produced by the independent Foreign Policy Association, returns on PBS and on DVD.

The series gives armchair diplomats in-depth analysis and expert opinion on the eight most critical global issues facing America in the year ahead. With host Ralph Begleiter, former world affairs correspondent for CNN.
 

2012 Line Up


After the Arab Spring

Guests:

Mona Eltahawy, Columnist and international public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues

Shadi Hamid, Director of Research, Brookings Doha Center

Featuring:

Secretary Madeleine Albright, Foremer Secretary of State

Cal Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy

General Michael Hayden, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency and Former Director, National Security Agency

Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group

Marina Ottaway, Senior Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Gideon Rose, Editor, Foreign Affairs

Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland


Shining City on a Hill: Exporting Democracy

Guests:

John Glenn, Policy Director, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition

Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution

Featuring:

Thomas Carothers, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Paula Dobriansky, Former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs

Robert Gallucci, President, MacArthur Foundation

Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy

Stephen Hadley, Former National Security Advisor

David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times

Paul Williams, President and Founder, Public International Law & Policy Group


Beyond the Border: The U.S. and Mexico

Guests:

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Policy and 21st Century Defense Initiative Fellow, Brookings Institution

Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center

Featuring:

Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary of Homeland Security

Jeffrey Davidow, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

Sean Goforth, Professor of International Political Economy, Coastal Carolina University

Julia Preston, National Immigration Corresponsdent,  The New York Times

Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, Mexican Ambassador to the United States

Arturo Valenzuela, Director, Center for Latin American Studies,  Georgetown University


Cybersecurity: Defense in the Digital Age

Guests:

Susan Landau, Visiting Scholar, Department of Computer Science, Harvard Univeristy

Martin Libicki, Senior Management Scientist, RAND Corporation

Featuring:

Stewart Baker, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Senator Ben Cardin, Senator, Maryland

Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary of Homeland Security

Stephen Hadley, Former National Security Advisor

General Michael Hayden, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency and Former Director, National Security Agency

John Nagl, President, Center for a New American Security

David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times


Drawdown: Exiting Iraq and Afghanistan

Guests:

Nora Bensahel, Deputy Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security

Michael Knights, Lafer Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Featuring:

Robert Gallucci, President, MacArthur Foundation

Stephen Hadley, Former National Security Advisor

General Michael Hayden, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency and Former Director, National Security Agency

Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

John Nagl, President, Center for a New American Security

Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Martha Raddatz, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, ABC News

Gideon Rose, Editor, Foreign Affairs

David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times

Celeste Ward Gventer, Associate Director, Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law


Living Planet: State of the Seas

Guests:

David Helvarg, President, Blue Frontier Campaign

Carl Safina, President & Founder, Blue Ocean Institute

Featuring:

Susan Avery, President and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Senator Ben Cardin, Senator, Maryland

Paul Collier, Author, The Plundered Planet

Vikki Spruill, President and CEO, Ocean Conservancy

Paul Williams, President and Founder, Public International Law & Policy Group


Inside Indonesia

Guests:

Sadanand Dhume, Resident Fellow, the American Enterprise Institute and South Asia Columnist, Wall Street Journal

Walter Lohman, Director,  Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation

Featuring:

Endy Bayuni, Former Editor in Chief, The Jakarta Post

Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal, Indonesian Ambassador to the U.S.

Ambassador Stapleton Roy, Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia


Race for Resources: Energy and Geopolitics

Guests:

David Goldwyn, President and Founder, Goldwyn Global Strategies

Frank Verrastro, Senior Vice President and Director of the Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Featuring:

Paul Collier, Author, The Plundered Planet

Stephen Hadley, Former National Security Advisor

Michael Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, CFR

Robert McNally, Founder and President, The Rapidan Group


The New Global Economy

Guests:

Adam Davidson, Co-Founder & Co-Host, Planet Money, NPR

Merit Janow, Professor of International Economic Law & International Affairs, Columbia University

Featuring:

Secretary Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State

Maria Bartiromo, Anchor, Closing Bell, CNBC

Dan Ryan, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Services Advisory Practice

Ian Solomon, U.S. Executive Director, The World Bank