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Vice President for National Program and Outreach
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E-mail: ifaskianos@cfr.org
October 2, 2008
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Listen to authors Derek H. Chollet and James M. Goldgeier discuss their new book and the importance of the events from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Foreign Policy History
June 18, 2008
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Listen to Noah Feldman, adjunct senior fellow at CFR and professor of law at Harvard Law School, discuss his new book, The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.
See more in Religion
May 7, 2008
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Listen to Sebastian Mallaby, CFR's director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics, and deputy director of studies, discuss current trends surrounding the economics and politics of globalization, and the causes and consequences of the globalization backlash.
May 6, 2008
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Listen to Steven A. Cook, CFR's Douglas Dillon Fellow, discuss the status of the Israel/Palestine peace process sixty years after the creation of the state of Israel as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Religion
April 29, 2008
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Listen to Edward Alden, CFR Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow, discuss current visa and immigration policy as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.
See more in Immigration
April 24, 2008
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Listen to Wesleyan professor Francisco R. Rodriguez discuss the economic policies of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in Venezuela, Economics, Poverty
April 15, 2008
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Listen to Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, discuss the American evangelical community's current foreign policy priorities and their influence on policymaking as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.
See more in Religion
April 10, 2008
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Listen to Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discuss the state of the U.S. economy and its implications for the rest of the world with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in Geoeconomics, International Finance, Trade
March 20, 2008
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Listen to CFR International Affairs Fellow Amy B. Frumin discuss issues surrounding post-conflict reconstruction with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.
This call is made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
See more in Civil Reconstruction, Foreign Aid
March 19, 2008
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Listen to Stephen Biddle, CFR senior fellow for defense policy, provide an update on the current situation in Iraq and examine the political and military implications of U.S. policy options going forward as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.
This call was made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
See more in Iraq
March 12, 2008
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Listen to Gloria E. White-Hammond, cofounder of My Sister's Keeper and copastor of Bethel AME Church in Boston, discuss the role that faith-based organizations are playing in Africa, with a focus on their efforts in Darfur, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.
February 28, 2008
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Listen to Stanford University's Michael A. McFaul discuss his recently coauthored Foreign Affairs article, "The Myth of the Authoritarian Model," with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in Russian Fed.
February 14, 2008
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Listen to Joshua Busby, assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, discuss the relationship between climate change and U.S. national security interests with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in National Security and Defense, Climate Change
February 13, 2008
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Listen to Vali R. Nasr, CFR adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, lead a conversation on the implications of U.S.-Iran relations for the future of the Middle East, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.
February 7, 2008
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Listen to Laurie Garrett, CFR senior fellow for global health, examine the current dialogue on containing and curtailing pandemics as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.
See more in Global Health
January 31, 2008
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Listen to CFR fellow Michael A. Levi discuss mechanisms for preventing nuclear terrorism with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series. This call was made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, Weapons of Mass Destruction
January 17, 2008
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Listen to Ray Takeyh, CFR's senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, discuss U.S. policy toward Iran with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series. This call was made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
See more in Iran, U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 16, 2008
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Listen to Peter Beinart, CFR senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy, discuss the presidential primaries and the key international issues being debated among the candidates as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.
See more in U.S. Election 2008
January 15, 2008
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Listen to Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun chair of Islamic studies at American University, lead a conversation on the current political turmoil and civil unrest in Pakistan, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.
See more in Pakistan, Religion
December 13, 2007
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Listen to Michael J. Gerson, CFR Roger Hertog senior fellow, lead a conversation on his new book, Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace America's Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail if They Don't), as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.
See more in Religion, U.S. Strategy and Politics
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